While at first glance these stunning black and white portraits look like they were created in Illustrator, you’d be surprised to find out they’re actually pen drawings. 20-year-old England-based artist Josh Bryan has a set called Triangulations where he’s taken some well-known celebrities. Bryan’s beautiful pen portrait of Marilyn Monroe is still one of favorite artworks. Using just black fineliner pens, which range from 0.1 mm to 1.0 mm, Bryan creates triangles of varying sizes until they resemble a familiar face. As he explains, “The creative process is quite simple. I make sure the image I use as a reference isn’t too well-known, even though the subjects are. I then map triangles over the face drawing, around the different tones on the face. The lines are added in afterwards to determine the amount of tone needed in each triangle.” It can take Bryan anywhere from seven to 12 hours to finish each drawing, depending on the darkness of the image.
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