I’m still working through this massive list of commissions from my Virtual Artists Alley event and the subsequent orders (I’m still taking them by the way). I’ve been having fun but really taking my time on them… way too much time probably. Here are a couple of recent ones… Want one? Visit my Corona-Con Artists Alley Table! Just know I am at least a week to 10 days out on my list right now. READ MORE
Here’s my take on today’s subject: Rihanna! Rihanna is a beautiful woman, and many people struggle to caricature beautiful people. That’s because all too often people expect caricatures to exaggerate what would be considered a person’s flaws… big noses, small chins, etc. Caricature is all about exaggerating what makes a person unique and recognizable from the next person. Those things can quite easily be elements of beauty as well as those of goofy. Rihanna has heavily lidded eyes, and her irises are a light, intense green that gives her a vey haunting look. She has a small nose but it is rather wide. She has… READ MORE
I uploaded the live stream video I did yesterday to my YouTube channel, so those who missed it and are adverse to Facebook can watch: READ MORE
This is my “live caricature style” drawing of Slash. I did this the same way I do live caricatures at a theme park or event live on a stream feed just now. If you missed the studio tour and the live demo here’s a link. READ MORE
MAD posted a sneak peek of this on their Instagram page yesterday so I guess I can share it here. I did the art on this ad parody written by Grant Reed that appears in the latest issue (MAD #13, Jun 2020). While shipments of the printed magazine (and all comic books thanks to Diamond Distribution) to comic book shops are being suspended, MAD is still being printed and sent out via subscription and digital. This issue should be showing up in mailboxes right about now. Digital distribution on April 15th. READ MORE
Here’s my take on today’s subject, Anthony Bourdain! His face has so much to work with it’s hard to know where to start. Overll he has a long, narrow head shape but where do you exaggerate the length? I find the distance between the nose and mouth, and the mouth and chin, to be the most important to exaggerate, so that requires me to give him a short nose and a smaller forehead. He has a very wide chin and prominent lips. Expression-wise he has sad, “hush puppy” eyes and a pursed sort of mouth. READ MORE
I did this for UK humor mag Viz as part of a gag ad for a collector’s plate commemorating Prince Andrew’s 60th birthday. You’ll have to do a search for “Price Andrew Pizza Express” to get the story. Here’s the actual page from Viz #294: I may use “Poland Piano” as a pseudonym from now on, although that is a poor picture of me. BTW the guys at Viz are damn funny. READ MORE
Last week I did a little tour of my studio and an inking/drawing demo on the National Cartoonists Society’s Instagram. Unfortunately Instagram does not save that sort of video, and in fact the entire first hour with the studio tour was lost right after it was done because I had to start a new video feed to continue past that first hour, and that replaces the previous “story” instantly. So, I am going to do it all again on Wednesday, this time on my Facebook Art Page. Tune in at 5 pm Central time on Wednesday when I’ll give you a live tour of my… READ MORE
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