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Tom’s Daily Coronacature: Larry David!

April 8th, 2020 | Posted in Daily Coronacature

Here’s that MAD cover commission featuring our Daily Coronacature subject Larry David! This was done with brush pens and Copic markers. READ MORE

Live Stream Tomorrow at 5pm Central!

April 7th, 2020 | Posted in General

I’m going to do another live stream tomorrow at 5pm CDT from my studio, this time I will be doing a walkthrough of the process of doing a movie parody for MAD Magazine, starting with the script and layouts all the way to the color finals, with lots of original art to look at. The Lovely Anna will once again moderate, so I can answer questions. This will take place on “Facebook Live” on my Facebook Art Page… hope you can join me! READ MORE

Tom’s Daily Coronacature: Rachel Dratch!

April 7th, 2020 | Posted in Daily Coronacature

How can you not have fun drawing the amazing and hilarious Rachel Dratch??? Here’s a bonus one of her, in a cameo from the parody of “30 Rock” in MAD #490 (June 2008): READ MORE

Tom’s Daily Coronacature: Titus Welliver!

April 6th, 2020 | Posted in Daily Coronacature

“Bosch” is one of The Lovely Anna‘s favorite shows, and here’s my take on Titus Welliver who plays the lead. I actually drew this one on Instagram Live, so if you go to my Instagram profile @art4mad you can watch me draw this live in my “story”. READ MORE

Sketches in the Store…

April 6th, 2020 | Posted in Daily Coronacature

I had not intended to try and sell my “Daily Coronacature” sketches as I am not doing this to try and sell anything, but enough people keep asking me if these are available that I am just going to go ahead and put them up in the Studio Store if anyone is interested. I won’t be actively hawking them, but will just quietly add them in as I go. READ MORE

Tom’s Daily Coronacature: The Blues Brothers!

April 5th, 2020 | Posted in Daily Coronacature

Sunday Mailbag: Live Caricature Tools?

April 5th, 2020 | Posted in Mailbag

Q: Can you tell us what kind of pencil you are using, what it’s wrapped up in and other details on the tools you use for drawing live caricatures like the one you did on your live video? A: Sure. Here’s the live caricature demonstration mentioned (starts at the beginning of the drawing part): I use a soft graphite pencil for live drawing. The pencil I use is a Caran d’Ache Fixpencil 3, which is a “clutch” type mechanical pencil. A clutch pencil uses one stick of lead at a time, and has a claw-like front end on it that grips the lead. You need… READ MORE