Prove yourself as the best artist for the week.

Greetings to you all and the wonderful members of this community, I am @emmaboy23 a guy who loves to draw and today I am here once again to showcase another of my drawings through this contest titled "Prove yourself as the best artist for the week organized by @dequeen. Creating a pencil drawing is more than just sketching—it is about expressing thought, energy, and character through lines and shading. Today I chose to draw a bold, muscular man figure that radiates strength, style, and confidence. In this post, I will walk you through the artistic choices and techniques I used to bring this drawing to life, all while keeping the work original.

Drawing materials

• A4 paper
• 2B pencil
• HB pencil
• eraser
• ruler
• sharpener
• black pen

step by step guide

step 1

First i started with the face, although less detailed than the body, the face was essential in delivering the personality of the drawing. I emphasized the eyebrows, gave depth to the eyes behind the glasses, and shaded the beard area to add maturity.

step 2

Next I began to draw the body of the man , including adding his muscular structure and his ribs as well.

step 3

After doing that, I then used my pen to outline my drawing as seen below.

step 4

Using a combination of 2B, 4B, and 6B pencils, I started adding depth to the figure. The muscles were shaded with curved strokes to give them a three-dimensional feel. I shaded darker around the underarms, along the inner arms, and between abdominal muscles to create contrast and depth.

step 5

After that, I added loosely shaded pants, drawn with darker strokes and folds to create a fabric texture. I included finer details like veins on the arms and skin creases around the shoulders and abs.

step 6

Finally, With the pose in place, I refined the contours of the figure. Using an HB pencil, I darkened the key lines: the head’s outline, the shoulder bulge, biceps, abs, and the clenched fist. Special attention was paid to the anatomy, exaggerating the muscles to give a comic-style, heroic look. Below is my final result.

Here's my selfie of i and my drawing

Completing this drawing took focus and layered shading, but the result was worth every stroke. This pencil drawing is a testament to how much emotion, energy, and skill can be poured into black and white art. It’s not just a display of strength on paper, but of the strength of the artist’s will, focus, and imagination. Hope you all enjoyed my post for today and that's the end of it.

Inviting
@saintkelvin17
@jasimuddin0
@tammanna

Cc @dequeen

Thanks for reading through