peetasperfectgirl asked: hey, omg your work is amazing, have you done one of liam hemsworth or josh hutcherson???xxxxx
Both :) http://fav.me/d5q207u - http://fav.me/d5e3ra0 - http://fav.me/d5b41sr
Thank you very much!
Jenny Jenkins
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Jenny Jenkins: 25-year old portrait artist, USA
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May162013
April172013
Ending of an Era
The time has finally come…after about 8 years of having my own website(s), I’ve finally decided to close down :’(
Back around 2005 I was a very active member of the HPANA forums (Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator, a very popular fan-site back in its day) and opened a “graphics shop” to make avatars and signatures for other forum members to use. I even designed a banner that the site used for well over a year at the top of their page!
Eventually I caught the eye of a web/graphic designer who offered me free hosting so that I could make a website of my own and expand not only my knowledge of design but my exposure. I had dabbled in making small websites before (my first being a Rollo Weeks fan-site on Tripod in 2001) but this was the first time I actually had room to grow. So began my “I. C. Graphix Factory”
The “I.C.” actually stood for Ice Cold, as I’ve always been a huge Coca-Cola fanatic and collector, and as I was going through a Lemony Snicket phase at the time I made all my page titles fit those same initials (referencing the VFD for those who are familiar with the book series) and it was really quite fun.
Requests for forum graphics grew into requests for full web-designs, so finally I created “Denouement Designs” specifically for providing that service.
Eventually I decided to get my own domain and hosting: thewholehorizon.net, which would cover several aspects of me and my works. Having my own c-panel access, I was able to try all sort of new things with coding, and with them my baby went through constant redesigns in both style and function.
I did what I could to gain more traffic, but I didn’t always have time to keep up with it, so it ended up being more of a “project site” for me to tinker with whenever I had new ideas to try out.
A couple years ago, I dove deep back into traditional portrait artwork, but I didn’t like having two completely different art forms on the same site targeting two different audiences, and thus I made Jenny-Jenkins.com, also reachable by JennyAnnJenkins.com. This would strictly be a traditional artwork portfolio, which I would associate with trying to bring in commissions, while all my other randomness would stay back at The Whole Horizon. Eventually I decided that the latter was no longer necessary, and redirected the domain to the new site instead.
I’d been using DeviantArt for years, but I still liked having something of my own to continue tinkering with and did so for almost 2 years.
Along the way I picked up a Facebook Page and Twitter Feed, then gradually Tumblr and Pinterest as well, and realized that it was becoming too redundant to have the same content on so many websites. I managed to keep up with it until now, however, but as my hosting is up for renewal this month, I’ve decided it’s not worth the money to keep it going considering how little traffic it still gets compared to these other methods of sharing content. Alas, I must say goodbye to the last of my websites…
While DA will always be the first place I post completed pieces and provide the most detail about each, I’ve chosen my Tumblr to be a sort of replacement to my home page and it’s where I’ll have all my domains redirect to for now. Here I can still customize a lot (you’ll notice I reworked my web design into the theme) and it seems more appropriate of a site to post things that AREN’T specifically “artwork submissions”.
To anyone who actually just read through that incredibly long boring history, I applaud you! And I promise I’ll try not to torture you like that again. It was just something I needed to do o.O
April102013
Disneybounding as Prince Eric from The Little mermaid!
Went to the zoo yesterday and decided to do something fun for the pictures :)
I’ve been dying to get into cosplay but A. don’t have a lot of money to spare and B. even if I were to obtain/make costumes, I wouldn’t really have any occasions to wear them beyond Halloween, so I’d feel like it was a waste anyway. Instead I came up with the idea of “casual cosplay” (yes, I thought of it on my own before I hit the interwebs and saw that it was already a thing so I still get to give myself credit) and decided I could start mix-and-matching my existing clothing items to mimic the color schemes or styles of tv/movie characters. I stumbled upon the DisneyBound tumblr where I found LOTS of inspiration and started digging through my wardrobe to see what I could come up with. Given that I have about 35 solid-colored tank tops, I’ve already put together a LONG list of possible combinations and am so excited to start wearing them out and building on them.
This is only my second time “disneybounding” as they call it (the first time was as Belle from Beauty and the Beast) and I decided I want to try to start sharing them.
Hope you like!
March122013
Emma Watson
7x5” on bristol paper
Charcoal Pencils HB-6B
Charcoal Stick
Graphite Pencils B, HB, 3B, 5B
White Gel Pen
White Chalk pastel
Black Sharpies (Fine-tip and Wide-tip)
Tortillons
Kneaded Eraser
X-acto Knife
FINGERS!
Total Drawing Time: Uh….um….errrr…well I only put in about 3 hours since the previous update, but I don’t really know how long the first part took, maybe another 4-6? So maybe 7-10 hours total? *shrugs*
(Source: jenny-jenkins.com)
March12013
Severus Snape (Alan Rickman, Harry Potter films)
7x5” on bristol paper
Graphite Pencils 3H-6B
Charcoal Pencils B-6B
White Chalk Pastel
White Gel Pen
Tortillons
Kneaded Eraser
Sharpened Eraser
Total Drawing Time: 20-30 hours
(Source: jenny-jenkins.com)
February212013
Amy and the Doctor (Karen Gillan as Amy Pond, Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor, Doctor Who)
10x8” on bristol paper
Graphite Pencils 6B-5H
Charcoal Pencils 4B-HB
White Gel Pen
Black Fine-Tip Sharpie
Tortillon
Kneaded Eraser
X-acto Knife
Scissors
Scotch Tape (long story, the short version is mentioned in my previous WIP)
Total Drawing Time: About 20 hours if I had to guess
(Source: jenny-jenkins.com)
February172013
John Mitchell (Aidan Turner) from the BBC series “Being Human”.
5x7” on bristol paper
Graphite Pencils 3H, 5B
Charcoal Pencils HB, 4B
White Charcoal
White Gel Pen
Black Fine-tip Sharpie
Tortillon
Kneaded Eraser (I finally bought a new one, naturally the same day I ended up finding the one I lost—bugger got into my purse somehow!)Drawing Time: Once again I didn’t really keep track, but I’d guess around 10 hours
(Source: jenny-jenkins.com)
February142013
Arwen Undomiel (Liv Tyler, Lord of the Rings films)
5x7” on bristol paper
Graphite Pencils, 3H, 5H, H, 2B
Charcoal Pencils HB, 2B, 4B, 6B
White Gel Pen
White Charcoal Pencil
Black Fine-tip Sharpie
Black18 Eraser
Tortillons
Total Drawing Time: Not sure but I did it all today so under 8 hours. The prep work in Photoshop (and searching for images) was probably 4 hours alone last night though.
(Source: jenny-jenkins.com)
February72013
Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens, Suckerpunch)
8x10” on bristol paper
Graphite Pencils 2H, 3H, H, B, 4B, 6B
Charcoal Pencils HB, 2B, 4B, 6B
White Charcoal Pencil
White Gel Pen
Black Fine-Tip Sharpie
Kneaded Eraser
Black18 Eraser
TortillonsTotal Drawing Time: About 20 hours
(Source: jenny-jenkins.com)
February32013
Galadriel (Cate Blanchett, Lord of the Rings films)
5x7” on bristol paper
Graphite Pencils HB, 3H, 4H
Charcoal Pencils HB, 2B
White Gel Pen
Black Fine-tip Sharpie
Tortillons
Kneaded Eraser
White Charcoal PencilDrawing Time: 7-8 hours
(Source: jenny-jenkins.com)
January272013
Orlando Bloom
5x7” on bristol paper
Graphite Pencils HB, 3H
Charcoal Pencils HB, 2B, 3B, 4B
Black Fine-tip Sharpie (eyes only)
White Gel Pen (eyes only)
Tortillon
Kneaded EraserTotal drawing time: 8-10 hours
(Source: jenny-jenkins.com)
January262013
Orlando Bloom, work in progress!!
I wanted to draw him as Legolas or as Will Turner but I just haven’t been able to find a good pose from either that’s also HD enough. I haven’t given up yet though!
Drawing time so far: At least 5 hours
(Source: thewholehorizon.deviantart.com)
January172013
Neil Patrick Harris :D
5×7″ on bristol paper
Charcoal Pencils HB, 2B
Graphite pencils 3H, 2B
Tortillons
White Gel Pen
Kneaded EraserTotal drawing time: 10 hours
(Source: jenny-jenkins.com)
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