As we find ourselves well into Awards season, the usual debates continue to heat up about which director deserves which trophy, and whose boring artsy flick is overrated, who got snubbed and so on. The biggest debate usually ends up being about how well a host fared, and the recounting of previous poor selections to the job. No stranger to hosting gigs, British comedian Ricky Gervais managed a three-peat at the Golden Globes, with his sometimes offensive, sometimes more offensive, yet always quaintly humorous jabs. Strange that for a creator of several successful BBC shows (including The Office), movie actor, comedian and producer, one of his most memorable roles has been hosting awards shows. I like to think it was his ability to not hesitate to put his foot in his mouth whenever the situation called for that really sealed the deal, and cemented his all-time classic host status. Gervais is funny because he has no fear.

This portrait of Ricky is done in pencil with some digital colours. It started out as a sketch trying to capture his smile which tends to be more of a grimace really, and since I thought it was going in the right direction, I polished it off with a bit of shading and texture.