May 15th, 2020 | Posted in News
Earlier this month another scheduled workshop passed by having been postponed due to the pandemic, this one was supposed to happen in Long Island City, NY. We did a little Zoom meeting for those able to participate and I did the class poster art, and am mailing out all the workshop swag to everyone. We’ll reschedule that one for the fall sometime once the hotel staff gets back to work. Other postponed workshops include my caricature illustration workshop that was scheduled for March here in MN, the April Chicago workshop, and now the Vienna and Dublin workshops in June. I have rescheduled some of these… READ MORE
May 14th, 2020 | Posted in Daily Coronacature
Here’s my take on today’s Daily Coronacture subject. basketball great Michael Jordan! This is a great example how the figure and physicality of a subject can come into play and be exaggerated. Jordan had long, muscular, but kind of thin arms. His wrists and forearms were especially long and thin. He had wide shoulders and a long, tapered torso. When he went airborne his fingers splayed out and were knotted in a kind of awkward way. Finally he had a big, muscular neck. As far as his face goes, the extreme expression dictated much of the exaggeration here. However he has a small cranial mass… READ MORE
May 13th, 2020 | Posted in Daily Coronacature
Here’s my caricature of today’s subject, “Blondie” lead singer Deborah Harry. Deborah is a famously beautiful woman, but that does not mean she’s hard to caricature. Beautiful people are beautiful for a reason. They have aspects to their look and “presence” that causes people to find them beautiful. These are the things you want to identify and exaggerate. She has very large, prominent cheekbones and a wide jaw, which creates a very wide and squat feel to her face shape. She has a small, slightly upturned nose. The main focus of her sexy look is the heavy, sleepy lidded eyes and the high arch of… READ MORE
May 12th, 2020 | Posted in Daily Coronacature
Here’s my take on action film actor (and restauranteur), Danny Trejo! READ MORE
May 11th, 2020 | Posted in Daily Coronacature
I promised to do a new one of Little Richard so here it is. READ MORE
May 11th, 2020 | Posted in Daily Coronacature
Here’s my caricature of today’s subject, Jeff Goldblum! Jeff has a long face but not much top of the head… most of his length is in the area between the eyes and mouth. He has full lips and in particular a pronounced lower lip. He also has “sad, hush puppy” eyes. READ MORE
May 11th, 2020 | Posted in Daily Coronacature
I meant to do a new one of Little Richard yesterday but got too caught up in all the Mother’s Day fun with kids visiting, so here’s one from a couple of years ago. READ MORE
May 9th, 2020 | Posted in Daily Coronacature
Caricaturists have a technical term for the type of face Danny DeVito has… it’s called a “field day”. Danny’s face is far wider than it is tall, and yet it is “squeezed” in the temple area so he has a squat “peanut” shaped head. His forehead is nearly as wide at the cranium sides as his lower face/jaw/jowls. When you have a subject with a headshape that has such an obvious and pronounced departure from the “typical” portrait head shape, it is easier to push the exaggerations and not compromise the likeness. READ MORE
