Nikola Tesla
The Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, and scientist
Born on July 9/10, 1856 in Smiljan, Lika (Austria-Hungary)
Died on January 7, 1943 in New York City, New York (USA)
Inventions: a telephone repeater, rotating magnetic field principle, polyphase alternating-current system, induction motor, alternating-current power transmission, Tesla coil transformer, wireless communication, radio, fluorescent lights, and more than 700 other patents.
He was also thought to have been working on the invention of a "Death Ray" in the months prior to his death.
Great picture, still a bit too blurry but a great start.

I didn't know there was an old guy (scientist/engineer) named Tesla... I had to look it up. The only Tesla I ever knew of was the band, and the only reason I knew about them is because one of my little brothers had a backstage pass at one of their concerts and had one of his guitars autographed by them. I like it when I learn something new. Something about the way you did this reminds me of work by a certain artist...the way the eyes are really dark and almost everything else is soft. I'm drawing a total blank on who it is, though, just know this style looks familiar somehow.
( :)... sythe's post showed up same time as I was posting mine... would have saved me from having to look it up!)

edit: painting old dead guys is a lot of fun :D

Pretty acurate.

Didnt he also create the particle beam?

He was rumored to have been working on all kinds of stuff like that. This is good , if a bit out of focus.

yea chan, pull your socks up