Facebook

Have you joined my artist's page on Facebook?  I've been doing caricature giveaways.  I plan on doing at least one per month for my followers.

How it works: I make a post that I'll draw one person who comments, I pick a person, I draw that person.

This was the latest one I did.  I picked the person based on his comment... Sounded like a fun challenge.

I got everything down to the juju bees and snickers. >:D

But yeah, follow me on Facebook and it could be you that I draw next.

Awesome nephew

My nephew sucked up to me by wearing my Biking Viking shirt, so I just had to draw him as his current Favorite Thing Ever, the Hulk.

Then we made a collaborative piece together. We drew his father as Thor.

Awesome nephew was proud of his awesome accomplishments. :D

It's nearly impossible to tell who drew which part. Especially since on the arm I drew, I put the thumb on backwards. :\

Caricature dump, holiday 2010

Serious babby is serious.

This guy had the hugest, most intense eyes. This caricature is honestly more like a straight-up portrait.

These two were fun. We had decided that if they were animals, he'd be a capybara and she'd be an owl.

(this was a bonus caricature, and my favorite)

This pipsqueak was a squirmer, but I got him.

I drew this guy from across the room and demanded he legally change his name to this drawing. He said he'd put it on his business card.  Eh, close enough.

A going-away caricature. Do people still say "or bust?"  Hmm.

Chihuahuas are always looking kinda cool.

Pet Caricatures

Over the summer, I drew quite a few pet caricatures.  These are just several that I happened to get a shot of.

Cat caricatures are always done from a photo. No cats enjoy being in public. Or on a leash.

The calico was the instigator of the group, its owner told me.

A dog.

Chubby chocolate lab. (Hey, that sounds like an ice cream flavor!)

This dog would stand on its hind legs and shake its front legs in the air. I just HAD to draw that.

This dog was far too good for me and wouldn't stay put for the photo.

These dogs are soooo popular.

I love it when pets resemble their owners.

The shorter one was half-corgi. He's sure got corgi ears! (which you can't see in his photo, of course)

This was the prettiest dog I'd ever seen!  It was part Dingo and had one blue eye. 

His ears had a real unique shape to them, too.

Earth Song Farm illustration

I did this illustration for Earth Song Farm in Medina, OH.

It's a lovely farm and the owners are great people. The picture only shows about 1/8 of their chickens (they have 200 happy free-range egg-laying chickens).

Olsen twins

I have a blue jay friend

Our backyard blue jay is my muse. He comes up to the window feeder and violently taps at his reflection. Sometimes it wakes me up, but I love the little guy.

I drew him sitting like people.

Jacob

Caricature - Jimmy Kimmel

I watch Jimmy Kimmel Live almost every night... He's the only late-night talk show I watch anymore since Conan is off the air. To be honest, Jimmy's monologues are my favorite, anyway. He's got the best delivery. He usually has crappy guests, though.

When he's speaking, I hardly ever see his top teeth. He's got a semi-Dick Cheney-sorta thing going.



Looking at other photos of him, I don't think I gave him enough chin.

To me, he's nothing but squinty eyes and lower teeth. Everything else is just filler.

I'll finish this later. Just kinda playing with color for now.

Caricature - Pete Emslie

It's Pete Emslie, the guy behind my favorite cartoon blog, The Cartoon Cave! He's also a professor of Animation program at Sheridan College (which is a top-notch program from what I hear).


These are the reference images he provided on the ISCA forum.


Kind of a step by step progression. You can see my underpainting. *blush*

Caricature - Julia Child

For the sake of posting often, here's a quick caricature I did of Julia Child.



Her smile was the most difficult part for me. When confronted with someone with a downturned smile, I'm always tempted to force the tips of the mouth up. But it's as good as drawing a lie! (Not to mention it hurts the likeness)

As a half-Amazonian myself, I love her towering height, and played that up by cutting off the top of her head.

The bright yellow background is simply a reflection of her warm personality.

If I ever revise/finish this, I'll put some food in there. :)