Darine Stern-was an American model and the first African-American model featured on the cover of Playboy magazine by herself.Stern was the first black woman to appear as a solo model on the cover of Playboy magazine in the October 1971 issue.Her appearance followed that of Jean Bell, who was featured on the magazine's January 1970 cover along with four white models.She began her career in the late 1960s as a bank teller and hostess for the Top of the Hancock Building Restaurant. There she acquired various well-known admirers and met her soon-to-be-husband, David Ray.

Title:February-Black Celebration-Darine Stern-Feb. 12, 2016
#model #blackactress #firstwoman #playboymagazine #pioneer #nudity #hughhefner #playboymansion #brokebarriers #colorpencil #graphiteonpaper #linedrawing #photoshop #drawingfamous #mixmedium #drawingceleb #famous #nuduepictures #scandalous

Geoffrey Holder-was a Trinidadian-American actor, dancer, musician, director, choreographer, and artist. He was a principal dancer for the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, before his film career began in 1957 with an appearance in Carib Gold.He was also in the first film version of Annie and he was a James Bond villain in Live and Let Die,He also had a successful-run as a Coca-Cola spokesperson for several commercials in the 1970s-1980s.

Title:February-Black Celebration-Geoffrey Holder-Feb. 22, 2016
#Annie #liveandletdie #jamesbond #cocacola #commercials #dancer #thewiz #broadwaystar #fromthetheater #colorpencil #graphiteonpaper #linedrawing #drawingfamous #drawingceleb #actor #performer #commercials #television #moviestar

Heavy D-was an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Myers was the leader of Heavy D & the Boyz,The group maintained a sizeable audience in the United States through most of the 1990s. The five albums the group released included production mainly by Teddy Riley, Marley Marl, DJ Premier, Myers's cousin Pete Rock, and "in-house" beatmaker Eddie F. Myers also released four solo albums and discovered Soul for Real and Monifah.

Title:February-Black Celebration-Dwight Arrington Myers a.k.a Heavy D-Feb. 2, 2015
#rapper #singer #dancer #greatlyrics #blackcoffee #janetjackson #alright #remix #michaeljackson #hiphopgenre #mtvera #pioneer #colorpencil #graphiteonpaper #drawingceleb #drawingfamous #goodmusic #extremelytalented

Della Reese-was an American singer, actress, television personality, author and ordained minister. As a singer, she recorded blues, gospel, jazz and pop. Several of her singles made the US Hot 100, including the number two charting song, "Don't You Know?

Title:February Black Celebration-2018-Della Reese-Feb. 23,24, 2018
#touchedbyanangel #harlemnights #blackactress #thespian #moviestar #television #films #graphiteonpaper #colorpencil #original #freehand #drawing #drawingceleb #drawingfamous #female #civilrightsactivist

Bob Crane-was an American actor, drummer, radio personality and disc jockey known for starring in the CBS sitcom Hogan's Heroes. Crane was a drummer from age 11, and began his entertainment career as a radio personality, beginning in Hornell, New York and later in Connecticut.

Title:Tragic Beauty-Bob Crane-No.21-June 19, 2014
#hogansheros #mostattractive #sexaddict #voyuer #peepingtom #videotapes #scandal #goodactor #tragedy #unsolved #drawingceleb #famous #graphiteonpaper #visual #mixmedium #freehand #original #concept #tragicbeautyseries #militarylife

Hattie McDaniel-was an African-American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian. For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first African American to win an Oscar.

Title:February-Black Celebration-Hattie McDaniel-Feb. 5, 2015
#actress #gonewiththewind #firstblackactress #wonanacademyaward #playingamaid #historical #confiderate #female #blackpride #february #drawingfamous #drawingceleb #graphiteonpaper #colorpencil #original #acting #legend

Etta James-was an American singer and songwriter known for her powerful vocals and bridging genres like blues, R&B, and rock 'n' roll. Her career began in 1954 and she released her final album just before her death. James is best known for hits like "At Last" and "I'd Rather Go Blind". Her 1961 recording of "At Last" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 and the National Recording Registry in 2008.

Title:February-Black Celebration-Etta James-Feb. 7, 2015
#atlast #staxxrecords #groundbreaking #whitehair #incrediblesinger #badgirl #neverbackeddown #fearless #pioneer #leader #drawingfamous #drawingceleb #graphiteonpaper #colorpencil #blackpride #february #outspoken

Teresa Graves-was an American actress and singer who played undercover detective Christie Love in the ABC crime drama Get Christie Love!. Her role helped pave the way for more diverse female representation on television, inspiring Black actresses like Viola Davis and Kerry Washington to star in their own primetime dramas. Graves died in a house fire at the age of 54 in 2002. At the time, few in her Los Angeles neighborhood knew she had been an actress.

Title:February-Black Celebration-Teresa Graves-Feb. 5, 2014
#actress #performer #burnedtodeath #firevictim #thespian #christie #freezesugar #graphiteonpaper #drawing #colorpencil #freehand #mixmedium #blackpride #february #drawingceleb #drawingfamous #femaleblackcop

Kobe Bryant-was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association.

Title:February-Black Celebration-Kobe Bryant-Feb. 14, 2020
#basketballplayer #legendary #hoops #player #baller #onthecourt #abovetherim #drawingceleb #drawingfamous #colorpencil #graphiteonpaper #freehand #original #male #blackman #february #blackpride #champion

Nipsey Hussel-was a Grammy-nominated rapper, entrepreneur, and activist from Los Angeles, California. Emerging in the mid-2000s, he gained recognition for underground mixtapes like Bullets Ain't Got No Name and The Marathon. His critically acclaimed 2018 debut album, Victory Lap, was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2019 Grammys. Hussle was a beloved community figure who invested in his hometown.

Title:February-Black Celebration-Nipsey Hussel a.k.a Joseph Asghedom-Feb. 15, 2020
#rapper #lyrics #rap #goodmusic #drawing #drawingfamous #drawingceleb #portrait #malefigure #linedrawing #freehand #original #rendering #colorpencil #mixmedium

Errol Brown-was a British-Jamaican singer and songwriter, best known as the frontman of the soul and funk band Hot Chocolate. In 2004, Brown received the Ivor Novello Award for his Outstanding Contribution to British Music...You Sexy Thing is Hot Chocolate's Big Hit!

Title:February-Black Celebration-Errol Brown-Feb. 25, 2020
#singer #1970smusic #classictunes #discotrack #drawingceleb #drawingfamous #portrait #graphiteonpaper #linedrawing #colorpencil #freehand #original #blackcelebration #malesinger #hotchocolate

Jensen Atwood-is an American actor from South Central, Los Angeles. Atwood is best known for roles in television productions such as Oprah Winfrey Presents: Their Eyes Were Watching God, Noah's Arc, and Dante's Cove.

Title:GAY SUPERHEROES-Jensen Atwood-June 7, 2016
#actor #noah'sark #sexy #goodlooking #extremelyattractive #physique #face #blackman #model #drawingonpaper #drawingfamous #drawingceleb #graphiteonpaper #freehand #linedrawing #mixmedium #portrait #verypopular #needsmorework #goodactor #thespian

Bernadette Cooper-Singer, songwriter, musician/multi-instrumentalist (drummer, percussionist, bassist, keyboardist/pianist), producer, and founder of R&B groups Madame X, Next Issue, and the '80s all-girl funk band Klymaxx. Apart from Klymaxx, Cooper has produced for Salt 'N' Pepa, Cheryl Lynn, Shalamar, and several others, a rarity for a woman in the music industry, particularly in the '80s and '90s.

Title:GAY SUPERHEROES-Bernadette Cooper-July 3, 2015
#klymaxx #meetingintheladiesroom #allfemaleband #themenallpause #singer #vocalist #herownstyle #diva #drawingfamous #drawingceleb #graphiteonpaper #drawinglines #colorpencil #freehand #portrait #blackfemale #lesbianenerg#hervibe #hergroove

Meredith Baxter Birney-is an American actress and producer. She is known for her roles on the CBS sitcom Bridget Loves Bernie, ABC drama series Family and the NBC sitcom Family Ties...in which she played the Mom to a very young talented actor who would go onto to make the incredible film "Back to the Future"-Michael J. Fox.

Title:GAY SUPERHEROES-Meredith Baxter Birney-Nov. 4, 2014
#familyties #sitcom #popular #funny #bestmomontv #comedygoal #greatshow #michaeljfox #famous #drawingonpaper #graphiteonpaper #colorpencil #rendering #original #freehand #gayart #gaypride #queerart #drawingceleb #pencildrawing

Robin Roberts-is an American television broadcaster who co-anchors ABC's Good Morning America. After growing up in Mississippi and attending Southeastern Louisiana University, Roberts was a sports anchor for local TV and radio stations.

Title:GAY SUPERHEROES-Robin Roberts-Dec. 11, 2014
#television #gma #talkshow #host #anchor #wellspoken #cancersurvivor #pioneer #leader #blackfemale #invitedintoourlivingrooms #comfortable #safe #secure #trustworthy #portrait #colorpencils #graphiteonpaper #pencildrawing #freehand #drawingceleb

Vino Alan-(born June 30, 1972) is an American R&B/soul/rock singer from Waynesville, Missouri who finished in 7th place on the second season of The X Factor USA. He was a part of the over 25s category, mentored by LA Reid. One of Vino's good friends on the show was fellow Missourian Tate Stevens. Known for his soulful vocals, Vino impressed week after week, often finishing 3rd on the leaderboard, but after a sudden song change, he was eliminated on November 29, 2012, finishing in 7th place.

Title:Legendary Male Singers Playlist-Vino Alan-April 4, 2018
#singer #contestant #runnerup #vocalist #tattoos #extremelysexy #gorgeous #greatvoice #pipes #canreallyblow #linedrawing #graphiteonpaper #drawingfamous #drawingceleb #pencildrawing #drawingpencil #visual #visualart #talented #musician

Ed Sheeran- is an English singer-songwriter. Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk, he began writing songs around the age of eleven. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play No. 5 Collaborations Project. He signed with Asylum Records the same year.

Title:Legendary Male Singers Playlist-Ed Sheeran-April 8,9, 2018
#singer #songwriter #irish #roots #greatsongs #goodtracks #coolcd #infectious #smooth #sounds #traditions #portrait #drawingfamous #drawingceleb #graphiteonpaper #colorpencil #mixmedium #photoshop #popular #guitarplayer #soloist

Sheryl Swoopes-is an American former professional basketball player. She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA, is a three-time WNBA MVP, and was named one of the league's Top 15 Players of All Time at the 2011 WNBA All-Star Game.

Title:GAY SUPERHEROES-Sheryl Swoopes-June 27, 2016
#basketball #player #athlete #champion #warrior #lesbian #woman #ontheteam #passingguard #bestinleague #colorpencil #drawing #portrait #photoshop #graphiteonpaper #rendering #drawingfamous #drawingceleb #visual #visualart

Rosie O'Donnell-is an American comedian, television producer, actress, author, and television personality. She began her comedy career as a teenager and received her breakthrough on the television series Star Search in 1984❤️spent sometime around her when she was handing out the CD version of the Broadway show Taboo she co-produced with Boy George-Good Times!

Title:GAY SUPERHEROES-Rosie O'Donnell-June 25, 2015
#comedian #starsearch #greatshow #notsonice #crankybitch #slay #theflinstones #actress #variety #sitcom #linedrawing #graphiteonpaper #drawingonpaper #drawingfamous #drawingceleb #rendering #mixmedium #photoshop #freehand #madonna #janetjackson

Joe Orton-was an English playwright, author, and diarist. His public career, from 1964 until his murder in 1967 committed by his partner, was short but highly influential.During this brief period he shocked, outraged, and amused audiences with his scandalous black comedies. The adjective Ortonesque refers to work characterised by a similarly dark yet farcical cynicism.

Title:GAY SUPERHEROES-Joe Orton-July 22, 2015
#playwriter #homosexual #tearooms #cottages #inlondon #thebeatles #murdered #killed #artist #portrait #graphiteonpaper #linedrawing #photoshop #mixmedium #visual #visualart #queerart #gayart #freehand #original #rendering #drawingfamous #drawingceleb

Audre Lorde-was an American writer, professor, philosopher, intersectional feminist, poet and civil gay rights activist.She was a self-described "Black, lesbian, feminist, socialist, mother, warrior, poet" who dedicated her life and talents to confronting different forms of injustice, as she believed there could be "no hierarchy of oppressions" among "those who share the goals of liberation and a workable future for our children.

Title:GAY SUPERHEROES-Audre Lorde-June 14, 2016
#lesbian #pioneer #activist #brooklynborn #newyorker #resident #poet #gaywoman #queer #portrait #rendering #visual #visualart #graphite #colorpencil #mixmedium #original #hero #savior #survivor #legacy #drawingceleb #drawingfamous #drawingonpaper

Tony Britt-was born on November 24, 1955 in Ghana. He was an actor, known for Death Wish 3 (1985), Jangles (1982) and The Cleopatras (1983). He died in June 1988 in the UK.He was also a very well know fitness instructor who pioneered live-tv work-out routines to HELP tone those bodies in the 1980s, He had his own segment called (Twice as Fit) on BBC Breakfast Time a popular morning tv series.

Title:Gay Superheroes-Tony Britts-Oct. 2,3, 2021
#gay #queer #superhero #portrait #famous #workout #athlete #gyminstructor #ontelevision #morningroutine #black #man #male #homosexual #graphiteonpaper #linedrawing #freehand #rendering #mixmedium #drawingfamous #drawingceleb #celebrity

illustration speaks for itself.

Title:Forever, Barbra Streisand-Nov. 18, 2014
#singer #classic #drama #actress #linedrawing #graphiteonpaper #drawingpencil #pencildrawing #barrastreisand #famous #drawingceleb #drawingfamous #portrait #hellodolly #funnygirl #funnylady #fannybrice

Planet of the Apes-When astronaut George Taylor's spaceship crash-lands on an unknown planet, he discovers, to his bewilderment, that the planet is ruled by apes much more advanced than its primitive human inhabitants.

Title:Serious, Monkey LOVE-Tribute to Franklin J. Schaffner's 1968 film Planet of the Apes -Aug. 3, 2014
#classic #frandise #series #collection #greatspecialeffects
#practicalmakeup #retro #charltonheston #graphiteonpaper #colorpencil #drawingfamous #drawingceleb #comicbook

The Wonder Twins- are a fictional extraterrestrial twin brother and sister superhero duo who first appeared in Hanna-Barbera's American animated television series The All-New Super Friends Hour. The pair can activate their superpowers by touching their fists and saying the phrase "Wonder Twin powers, activate!".

Title:Romination...Shape of-Zan and Jayna of Exxor-Sep. 30, 2018
#thewondertwins #thesuperfriends #animation #cartoons #vintage #classic #retro #graphiteonpaper #colorpencil #drawingceleb #drawingfamous #linedrawing #pencildrawing #drawingpencil #ink #mixedmedium

Shirley Hemphill-was an American stand-up comedian and actress. A native of Asheville, North Carolina, Hemphill moved to Los Angeles in the 1970s to pursue a career as a stand-up comedian.

Title:February-Black Celebration-Shirley Hemphill-Feb. 18, 2014
#what'shappening #what'shappeningnow #comedian #funnylady #blackactress #comedictiming #alwaysfunny #drawingfamous #drawingceleb #linedrawing #graphiteonpaper #pencildrawing #drawingpencil #concept #freehand

Marvin Gaye-was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He helped shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo artist with a string of successes, which earned him the nicknames "Prince of Motown" and "Prince of Soul".

Title:February Black Celebration-Marvin Gaye-Feb. 19, 2014
#blackhistory #blackpride #february #blackhistorymonth #graphiteonpaper #drawingfamous #drawingceleb #malesinger #soul #r&b #greatballads #colorpencil #drawingonpaper #portrait #murderedbyfather #civilrightsactivist #what'sgoingon

The Three Stooges-were an American vaudeville and comedy team active from 1922 until 1970, best remembered for their 190 short-subject films by Columbia Pictures. Their hallmark styles were physical, farce, and slapstick comedy.

Title:Tribute to The "Original" Three Stooges Trio-Dec. 11, 2016
#comedytrio #classic #vaudevilleact #moe,larryandcurly #funnyfilms #slapstickcomedy #highjinx #blackandwhite #filmnoir #drawingceleb #portraits #threestooges #drawingpencil #illustration #original #pattern #desiqn

Tim Curry/Dr. Frank-N-Furter-s an English actor and singer. He rose to prominence as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the musical film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, reprising the role he had originated in the 1973 London, 1974 Los Angeles, and 1975 Broadway musical stage productions of The Rocky Horror Show.I'm HONORED to have attended the midnight showings@the original 8th street playhouse in the West Village of NYC-Funtimes! in high school...RIP-Sal Piro-Salvatore Martin Francis "Sal" Piro (June 29, 1950 - January 22, 2023) was an American Rocky Horror Elder, a Rocky Horror Legend, and the President of The Rocky Horror Picture Show Official Fan Club.

Title:Ageless-Tim Curry/Dr. Frank-N-Furter-Oct. 14, 1991
#therockyhorrorpictureshow #cultclassic #8thstreetplayhouse #midnightshowing #audiencepartipation #musical #filmversion #shocktreatment #pencildrawing #graphiteonpaper #drawingpencil #drawingceleb #photoshop #original #1975classic

Luther Vandross-was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer. Throughout his career, he achieved eleven consecutive RIAA-certified platinum albums and sold over 40 million records worldwide.

Title:Words of WISDOM-Luther Vandross-Sept. 11, 2014
#singer #velvetvoice #backgroundsinger #superstar #legend #devo #diva #incredible #portrait #handdrawn #freelance #freehand #drawingceleb #graphiteonpaper #colorpencil #photoshop #illustration #concept #wordsofwisdom