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  • 1. Celebrities pen portraits byJJoosshh BBrryyaann

2. 20 years old English artist Josh Bryan creates amazingcelebrity pen portraits using just a black pen. Hisportraits collection, called Triangulations, is more thanjust a remarkable artwork but also a gemetrical preciousstone. Subjects of his pen portraits are big stars like JohnnyDepp, Marilyn Monroe, Albert Einstein, HelenBonham Carter, Johnny Knoxville and AmyWinehouse. Each portrait is made by hundreds oftriangles. And no, its not the product of any vectorsoftware like Illustrator, Josh has drawn these by hand. By Looking at his flickrprofile its pretty clear that Joshis a polyvalent artist as he shows in his porfolio reallygood photos as well:https://www.flickr.com/photos/joshyouare/ 3. The creative process is quitesimple, Bryan toldMy Modern Metropolis. Imake sure the image I use asa reference isnt too well-known,even though thesubjects are. I then maptriangles over the facedrawing, around the differenttones on the face. The linesare added in afterwards todetermine the amount of toneneeded in each triangle.When I first saw some of hisworks, I was convinced theywere digital renderings madewith advanced software likeAdobe Illustrator, but it turnsout every line is drawn byhand with black finelinerpens. After examining theseincredible artworks morecarefully, I noticed some of thelines werent perfectlystraight, proof that the almostcomputer-like portraits wereindeed drawn by a humanhand. 4. Each one of Josh Bryans triangulationsis made up of hundreds of triangles,and can take between 7 and 12 hoursto complete, depending on thenumber of lines that need to bedrawn in every triangle in order todarken the tone. His collection ofcelebrity portraits includesrenderings of Marilyn Monroe, AlbertEinstein, Johnny Depp or HelenaBonham Carter. The latest additionto the series is a mind-blowingportrait of late singer AmyWinehouse.