{"id":4146,"date":"2012-11-23T01:01:42","date_gmt":"2012-11-22T23:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.art-spire.com\/?p=4146"},"modified":"2019-02-17T18:04:19","modified_gmt":"2019-02-17T16:04:19","slug":"beautiful-pencil-portraits-by-isaiah-stephens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.art-spire.com\/en\/illustration\/beautiful-pencil-portraits-by-isaiah-stephens\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful pencil portraits by Isaiah Stephens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Isaiah Stephens is an American freelance illustrator and student in animation who has a passion for traditional drawing. Today&#8217;s article presents a selection of his beautiful pencil portraits. The way this artist brings out that deep feeling of melancholia from his work is a real gift. <!--more-->Don&#8217;t hesitate to check out <a href=\"http:\/\/isaiahstephens.deviantart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">his portfolio<\/a> to see much more.<\/p>\n<p><!-- index.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-12779baa049709ded17a08b05acbd8f9-1\">\n\n    \t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.art-spire.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2012\/Novembre_2012\/23-11-12_Isaiah_Stephens\/Isaiah_Stephens_01.jpg\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/www.art-spire.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/2012\/Novembre_2012\/23-11-12_Isaiah_Stephens\/Isaiah_Stephens_01.jpg\"\n               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