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Published: 2005-06-02 07:54:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 8361; Favourites: 213; Downloads: 246
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"He came back up with a bit of brown cloth on his pinkie finger. We all looked close at it, and noticed that it was nothing less that a tiny deerstalker..."Jeremy Brett (1933-1995) was a marvellous and versatile actor with a distinguished forty-year career in film, television, radio, and stage. He is most internationally famed for his masterful and enriching portraiture of the world's greatest consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes. He has touched the hearts of millions, including my own. Mr. Brett is the "quintessential" Holmes! He is, and shall be, always dearly missed.
This is portrait is from my "Professionally Jeremy" Series, in which I compose an artwork of Mr. Brett about every year in dedication to him. A few years ago, I illustrated three sketches for Otaku Tess ' charmingly written story, The Case of The Cheese Snatcher, where the human residents of 221B Baker Street discover evidence that there's a mouse in the lodgings! Hmmm...who could that be, I wonder?
(For more "Brettish" information, please visit my tribute club on DA: The DeviantArt Jeremy Brett Club .)
Medium - Ebony, 4B graphite, 6B graphite, 8B graphite.
© Diane N. Tran.
Sherlock Holmes © Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Case of The Cheese Snatcher © Otaku Tess , with her permission and her blessing.
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Thanks! Glad you like it!
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can I using this pic to my twitter ava???
very nice hand, I like it
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Sure thing. Just give me credit (or a link back to my DA account).
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yes, I don't remove your watermark hehehe
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I'll remove the watermark and email it to you. I'll need your email for that, of course.
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Thanks! That means a lot to me!
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This is so adorable!
I love how his expression from the original photo is changed: he is smiling more here, as if in a subtle expression of delight, and it's still perfectly true to what he looks like... that is such a treat, well done.
Now for some constructive unofficial criticism: I agree with you on the hand, it looks to me like "The Mysterious Case of Jeremy Brett's Sixth Finger." But it really was very confusing in the original photo too, it kind of looks like he does have six.
Thank you for this picture, I am officially inspired to draw now.
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Thanks! I'm glad you like it!
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always the definitive...he did do very well
As always, brett will be missed.
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Agreed. Brett forever!
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I'm not a Premium member, so it says here I can't write a Critique - I'll just have to do with a critique without the capital letter, then 
This is a magnificent portrait, with the wonderfully sweet touch of Mr. Sherringford Basil on the Great Detective's little finger. You clearly master the use of different pencils, with alternatively soft and brilliant lights and very black darks that highlight his distinctive profile - I'd really envy your talent if I didn't remember that it comes with a lot of hard work as well! Superb piece, going straight into my favourites
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Awwwwwwww, I really appreciate that they you took the time to do write a critique, subscription or not. That really means a lot.
I'm really glad you like this portrait. I really wanted to do something unique with this piece, particularly since it was an illustration for a friend's story. I had the use a lot of different pencils, yes, but I think it was worth it, even though I feel his hand is deformed. (Growl.) Nevertheless, thanks again! Huggles and snuggles!
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I love it. Wonderful shading. And of course, the Brettnose in profile.
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Thank you! I really appreciate that. That nose was a pain! I love you, Jeremy, but, WOW, your nose has to be PERFECT for it to even look remotely like you.
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yes. The Brettnose is deeply important, and not just because I want to poke the bridge of it repeatedly and giggle.
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Heehee, like the Pillsbury Doughboy tummy. Hee-heeeee!
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Yes. Jeremy Brett's nose is like the Pillsbury Doughboy.
Gah, I feel weird crack art coming on.
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Thank you so much! Glad you like it! Looks like we have a mouse!
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Thank you. I really appreciate it!
Do check out my group:
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Ohhhh wowzers. That is amazing. I am envious of your shading. The shadows on his temple, and falling across his nose are PERFECT. One of the best Brett portraits I've seen. Totally dreamy.
And the tiny deerstalker is the icing on the cake. The Great Mouse Detective was my first introduction to Holmes, back when I was like, seven!
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Thank you. I'm really glad you like it. The shading was what took the longest. I just gradually go from light to dark, layer over layer, until you get this. It look about three hours to get it just right.
If you like Great Mouse Detective, please check out the rest of my gallery. It's very GMD-centric.
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basil's dearstalker I assume.
Very cute, and wonderful drawing of Brett.
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Thank you! And, yes, it is Basil's deerstalker.
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Holy moly man. I didn't think you were cool enough to draw two (and maybe more, once I filter through your art) Brett!Holmes. Great tribute to the greatest Holmes portrayal yet
(Yeah, you better believe it, movie-goers :V)
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I'm not "cool" enough to draw two? Well, now you know... Hurray, I'm "cool"!
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You indeed are. And thanks for the fav
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I've never gotten the chance to comment on this picture before, another brilliant masterpiece slipped past me! After going through another JB/SH/viewing episodes phase (that's not a bad thing in the least, by the way), I found this and loved it so much, I had to go read the story! Unfortunately, the link it goes to is dead from the dearly departed Geocities. However, I did a search on FanFiction.net and found the story! I am quite proud of myself. Here is the link if you want to update it here.
[link]
Oh, and I hope Basil got his deerstalker back, might be a tad small for Holmes to wear...
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Links fixed. Thank you for the links! I really appreciate it!
I'm glad you're getting back into the Granada series, and what a wonderful series it is! And I do believe that Basil does get the deerstalker back, leaving it next to a mouse-hole.
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You're welcome! Glad to hear he gets it back, he loses so many of those.
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Brett was the best all right! His face is very distinguished and your use of light and dark is dramatic. My one concern is that his fingers look chubby. I'd give his face 4 1/2 stars out of five and his hand 3 stars. The mini-deerstalker cap is a nice touch and it's instantly recognizable.
I have a painting of Holmes based on Brett: [link]
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Thank you so much for the critique; I really appreciate it. This was my one of my first art pieces of Jeremy Brett and I agree completely with the hands looking messed up. I think the later portraits I did of Jeremy look look much better.
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All I have to say about this can be resumed in one word: Grrrrrr!
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