Tom's Mad Blog
June 18th, 2020 | Posted in Daily Coronacature
Here’s my caricature of Emma Stone for the Daily Coronacature. Emma has a very cute, wholesome, “girl next door” sort of look. She reminds me a little of Lindsay Lohan before all the drugs and booze. Emma has a tiny, short nose and quite big eyes. However when she smiles like this her eyes get very squinty, so the need to be wide to make sure they still occupy a lot of the face width, and the prominent bulges under the eyes become important as well. She has a toothy smile with “downturned” corners, which you occasionally see in people with big smiles. Most of… READ MORE
June 17th, 2020 | Posted in Daily Coronacature
Still struggling with a lot of different projects with tight deadlines, so this one is a bit late today… upcoming star of “The Batman” Robert Pattinson. At first Pattinson seems to have an easy face to caricature. He has a very square chin and sharp, angular features including an amazingly square jawline and prominent cheekbones. He also has heavy, dark eyebrows, a sharp, pointed nose and sort of sleepy eyes. However different angles of his face seem to present entirely different head shapes, and there is a lot of subtlety about his features and expression that can be elusive. I found that trying to really… READ MORE
June 16th, 2020 | Posted in Daily Coronacature
Alright Alright Alright! Matthew McConaughey was our subject way back on “Tom’s Daily Coronacature” day 31, but I copped out and posted an old caricature of him rather than do a new sketch. There were a handful of days around then where I had some nasty deadlines and did the same thing. I’m going back and doing new sketches of any subjects I wimped out on. So, here’s a new take on Matthew… I could not resist drawing him doing the “Lincoln Finger Roll”. READ MORE
June 16th, 2020 | Posted in Daily Coronacature
Here’s my take on the legendary Mel Brooks. No time for a breakdown today… it’s pretty self-evident anyway. READ MORE
June 15th, 2020 | Posted in Daily Coronacature
Better late than never today… here’s my Rosario Dawson. Rosario has a really wide and square jaw for a woman. Males tend to have larger mandible bones and brow shelves with a more sloped forehead than females, although there are plenty of examples that break that “rule”. Rosario has an angular jaw and chin, with a wide mouth and full lips. She also has big and wide eyes, and a narrow nose bridge with heavy eyelids. Here lower lids budge out quite prominently. By the way, this is not the first time I have drawn Ms. Dawson. In fact, I drew her “live” at the… READ MORE
June 14th, 2020 | Posted in Daily Coronacature
Here’s my Fred Rogers. I decided to add some of the figure because that’s so a part of his persona. This subject is challenging to caricature because he doesn’t have a very strong and identifiable expression that is associated with him. He is known for being very mild, calm, and even keeled. Having such a soft and understated “presence” give you nothing to exaggerate in terms of personality, so you are left with trying to capture that calm and mild look. Physically he has a few things to exaggerate. He’s got a fairly wide and large forehead area, and dark, heavy eyebrows that extend almost… READ MORE
June 13th, 2020 | Posted in General
I couldn’t resist drawing Frances McDormand in her role of “Margey” from the original Fargo movie. We Minnesotans have a special affinity for that movie, donchaknow. Dat der moovie was a heckuva deal. I mean, oh jeez, it was just like real life! READ MORE
June 12th, 2020 | Posted in Daily Coronacature
Here’s my George Takei! George is WIIIIDE at the cheeks, and he has a very wide smile so that means most of his mass to the bottom of his head shape. As a result, you have to reduce the mass in the forehead. READ MORE
