Drawing the Twelfth Doctor!

I recently held a poll on my tumblr to see which doctor I should draw. The results were pretty interesting by themselves, but the 12th Doctor, played by Peter Capaldi, was the clear winner. 

The era of the Twelfth Doctor is one of my favourites of Doctor Who, with almost always excellent writing, great characters and storylines. Twelve begins appearing grumpy and standoffish, yet you can see how much he cares as he tries to save people and grapples with the question of "Am I a good man?". His relationship with his first companion, Clara, is so interesting to watch as Clara becomes more and more like the Doctor, and how he is willing to spend 4.2 billion years to save her in Heaven Sent, quite possibly the greatest Doctor Who episode of all time. 

Other characters that help to make Twelve's era so great include his second companion, Bill, who constantly asks questions and forces him to reconsider what he takes for granted, while being an incredibly funny dynamic duo, and Missy, the first female incarnation of the Master and my all time favourite character. 

In terms of the actual drawing, I found a reference photo from Pinterest (link here), and decided to try drawing with ballpoint pen. I typically draw with pencil, but I found that the ballpoint pen and the lack of erasability made me be more intentional with my lines, and also stopped me from redoing one line over and over to get it just right. Of course, this drawing isn't perfect, but I'm still incredibly proud of it. 

That's all for this post! I'll leave you with some advice from Twelve: "Laugh hard. Run fast. Be kind."




 

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