Showing posts with label caricatures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label caricatures. Show all posts
Monday, November 21, 2011
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Redneck Opus
Here's a little piece of commissioned work I just finished recently, a little thing called "the Green-neck farmer." 
This was inked by hand, then scanned and colored with a lovely little painting-simulation program called ArtRage 3.
Here's an earlier, rough pencil version:
and some conceptual sketches done in an attempt to come up with the central character, based on a number of photos gathered online:
and a few of the images used for inspiration in finding the character with more specific characteristics than I might have come up with right off the top of my head:
...sorry for showing you that last one.
This was inked by hand, then scanned and colored with a lovely little painting-simulation program called ArtRage 3. Here's an earlier, rough pencil version:
and some conceptual sketches done in an attempt to come up with the central character, based on a number of photos gathered online:
and a few of the images used for inspiration in finding the character with more specific characteristics than I might have come up with right off the top of my head:
...sorry for showing you that last one.
Monday, August 10, 2009
DUDE--- doodles!
okay, you're not getting the new comics until maybe next wednesday, so until then you're gonna get stuck with more of my pointless doodling. So deal widd'it.
coupla caricatures, a few feeble attempts at capturing that galumphing run which is so unique to the giraffe...
...And a drawing that quickly descended from an attept at a basically realistic sketch of a horse's head into the anarchic cartoony chaos you see as the result of trying to entertain and surprise the small audience of youthful observers who were watching in astonishment as I drew this. always fun to turn the act of drawing into an entertaining show, and kids always make the best audiences, as a simple thing will delight and amuse them- little things like having both eyes on one side of the head, or super-exaggerated short legs, or a ribbon tied into a bow on the "pony-tail."
coupla caricatures, a few feeble attempts at capturing that galumphing run which is so unique to the giraffe...
...And a drawing that quickly descended from an attept at a basically realistic sketch of a horse's head into the anarchic cartoony chaos you see as the result of trying to entertain and surprise the small audience of youthful observers who were watching in astonishment as I drew this. always fun to turn the act of drawing into an entertaining show, and kids always make the best audiences, as a simple thing will delight and amuse them- little things like having both eyes on one side of the head, or super-exaggerated short legs, or a ribbon tied into a bow on the "pony-tail."
Monday, July 20, 2009
Bonfire Sketch-aroo
new comics are on the way, but not getting done this week, so to tide you elite few readers over until then, here's some sketches i did at a bonfire recently. two of the originals were given away, so all I have are facebook-sized photos of them.
I still have this third drawing but I'm to lazy to hunt it down ant scan it in to post here. Maybe later I'll replace this photo with a proper scanned version.
this fourth one was of one of the girls at the bonfire, who had just about the coolest hair-do ever. In fact the drawing really doesn't do it justice.
EDIT: (updated) here is a scan of the third sketch. You may notice a slight alteration i made to Edwin's fishing pole
between the time the drawing was photographed and when it was scanned. These sketches were all done with a ballpoint pen, so after i scanned this in, I had to Photoshop out the original fishing pole.
I still have this third drawing but I'm to lazy to hunt it down ant scan it in to post here. Maybe later I'll replace this photo with a proper scanned version.
this fourth one was of one of the girls at the bonfire, who had just about the coolest hair-do ever. In fact the drawing really doesn't do it justice.
EDIT: (updated) here is a scan of the third sketch. You may notice a slight alteration i made to Edwin's fishing pole
between the time the drawing was photographed and when it was scanned. These sketches were all done with a ballpoint pen, so after i scanned this in, I had to Photoshop out the original fishing pole.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Politics: from the latin; "poly," meaning many; and "ticks," meaning bloodsuckers.
I strongly dislike artists talking politics, despite having spent 3 years as an editorial cartoonist for a college newspaper. to clarify, I think that artists ought to address ISSUES that EVERYDAY PEOPLE deal with, not the political shenanigans that go on in Washington.
That said, I am still glad that Giuliani has dropped out of the race for Republican candidate, as he and i disagree strongly on many issues I feel are important. How good a leader he may have been during the 9-11 crisis is not as important as the kind of leader he might have been in the White House. So then, here is my take on Rudy's foreign policy:
And now for a little lighter fare, i present... Spidey's 50th birthday!
And this is a drawing based on an old aesop's fable about The Frog and the Ducks, which was used as a sermon illustration today.
A frog wanted to go flying, but having no wings, had to come up with a different means to achieve that goal. He found to ducks, and got them to hold a stick between them, and grabbing the stick in his mouth, he was able to ride between the two. As he flew high overhead, some people saw the strange picture, and wondered aloud, "I wonder whose idea that was?"
The proud frog said, "I did," but, when he opened his mouth, he fell to his death.
Moral: pride comes before a fall,
or,
sometimes, you just gotta keep your mouth shut!
That said, I am still glad that Giuliani has dropped out of the race for Republican candidate, as he and i disagree strongly on many issues I feel are important. How good a leader he may have been during the 9-11 crisis is not as important as the kind of leader he might have been in the White House. So then, here is my take on Rudy's foreign policy:
"The Monroe Doctrine"
In case this cartoon doesn't make sense to you, try an image search on Google for "giuliani cross -dress"
In case this cartoon doesn't make sense to you, try an image search on Google for "giuliani cross -dress"And now for a little lighter fare, i present... Spidey's 50th birthday!
And this is a drawing based on an old aesop's fable about The Frog and the Ducks, which was used as a sermon illustration today.
A frog wanted to go flying, but having no wings, had to come up with a different means to achieve that goal. He found to ducks, and got them to hold a stick between them, and grabbing the stick in his mouth, he was able to ride between the two. As he flew high overhead, some people saw the strange picture, and wondered aloud, "I wonder whose idea that was?"The proud frog said, "I did," but, when he opened his mouth, he fell to his death.
Moral: pride comes before a fall,
or,
sometimes, you just gotta keep your mouth shut!
Monday, November 12, 2007
The Jay and Brock Show
A buddy of mine from college who is a radio DJ sent me a message the other day asking if I couldmake a caricature of him and his co-host. Naturally I said yes.
Here are some pictures of them I used for reference:
And my first rough sketches, pencilings,and inkings:
Monday, November 05, 2007
spidey and a caricature
I have several sketches i took a at a parade, but I'm feeling too tired to scan them all right now, so this is what you get: a caricature of one of my friends, and a sketch of Spider-man.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
crazy week
I had a week off work, and went to the NFAF. while driving, while waiting, and while about to nod off in the hotel, I drew. And drew. Here a few of the weird things that came out the end of my pencil.
A claymation duo called Wallet and Grimace:
A caveman attempting to invent corporal punishment:
A dragon-creature spewing ash:
A pet alligator whose job is in danger of termination:
A somber satyr playing a melancholy tune on his bone-pipe:
My brother wearing a funny hat he got:
A grotesque couple:
And some preliminary planning sketches for some additional bits of the squirrel animation I have [not] been working on:
'kay, bye.
A claymation duo called Wallet and Grimace:
A caveman attempting to invent corporal punishment:
A dragon-creature spewing ash:
A pet alligator whose job is in danger of termination:
A somber satyr playing a melancholy tune on his bone-pipe:
My brother wearing a funny hat he got:
A grotesque couple:
And some preliminary planning sketches for some additional bits of the squirrel animation I have [not] been working on:
'kay, bye.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Respite of the Muses
In a feverish state of mind, I scrawled furiously, carving deep into the pad with my nub of a pencil, anxious to get as much on paper as I could while the ethereal and fickle muses still hovered in my presence. While sleepwalking through rote retreads of the character I created several months ago, inspiration came when I made a "mistake" in the placement of the facial features. As I examined the altered appearance of the man, I suddenly saw a world of opportunity for exaggeration, caricaturization gone mad, and I seized the moment, pushing my drawings further and further, until Nick was no longer the semi-realistic man here:
He went through a rapid period of evolution,
until finally he became the absurdly distorted abstraction you see here:
Eagerly I pressed on, my eyes glazed with the mad gleeful fury of the ecstatic state of inspiration I had entered. I began to experiment with other characters, pushing them, pulling back again pushing another direction, exploring the limits of acceptable believability until exhausted, I dropped pad, pencil and glasses by my bed and collapsed into a sound slumber.
He went through a rapid period of evolution,
until finally he became the absurdly distorted abstraction you see here:
Eagerly I pressed on, my eyes glazed with the mad gleeful fury of the ecstatic state of inspiration I had entered. I began to experiment with other characters, pushing them, pulling back again pushing another direction, exploring the limits of acceptable believability until exhausted, I dropped pad, pencil and glasses by my bed and collapsed into a sound slumber.
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