We spent a little more time on this one at the workshop just because the photo reference had a lot of heavy shadows so we had to do a lot of values to get anything that worked. READ MORE
Under a multiple deadline crunch right now so no time for a new “sketch o’the Week”. Instead here’s one of our warmup sketches from my workshop in Washington DC last weekend, Gene Wilder. First thing on the second day of the workshop we do four warmup sketches of subjects suggested on the spot by the class. We spend 10-15 minutes on each. I search for and then project an image on the left and then draw it on the right side as seen above while the class also draws it. It gets us revved up for a long day of drawing. READ MORE
In our last episode, I told the story of how I was lucky enough to get to meet Quentin Tarantino on the set of “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” to deliver the original prop art I did for him. During our conversation he told me about his idea to do a parody of the fictitious “Bounty Law” TV show that Leonardo DiCaprio‘s character was supposed to have starred in back in the late 50’s early 60’s. I told him we should pitch that to MAD and see what happens. What happened was the folks at MAD thought it was a great idea, so in… READ MORE
Arriving in subscribers mailboxes now, on news stands (one last time) tomorrow and in comic book shops everywhere Wednesday! Cover (Tom Richmond) MAD Straight Jacket Ad (reprinted from various, first appeared in MAD #46) Letters Page (Ed.) Lousy Law (Andrew Secunda, Tom Richmond) Spy vs. Spy (Peter Kuper) The Lighter Side of (Tammy Golden, Jon Adams) Cartoon Scenes We’d Like to See (Sergio Aragonés, Colors: Carrie Strachan) Shorts & Briefs Panel Cartoon (Anya Davidson) Woodstock Puzzle (Charlie Kadau) Panel Cartoon (P.C. Vey) Panel Cartoon (Charlie Hankin) Panel Cartoon (Jon Adams) Panel Cartoon (Lars Kenseth) Signs She’s Not Into You (Arie Kaplan, A Person, Colors: Nathan… READ MORE
Q: You’ve said that when you do live caricatures, you draw features in a specific order, starting with the eyes. I’m curious whether you have a similar approach when you “flesh out” the caricatures in your illustrations, or do you first work with the head shapes and body outlines since the character placement is as important as the caricature itself? Or does your process vary from project to project, depending on how many caricatures the project requires and how restricted your layout is? I ask because I’m trying to develop a workflow of my own, but I know that sometimes you get better results when… READ MORE
I’ve got a workshop in the Washington DC area underway starting today! Class illustration above. Potential locations in 2020 include LA, New York, Raleigh and Vienna! READ MORE
Holy Media Overload, Batman! An interview with me about the Tarantino film art and the process behind it posted today on the Motion Picture Association of America’s “The Credits” feature, written by noted film critic and author Nell Minow. I think my Warholian 15 minutes might be in play. READ MORE
David Levin‘s marvelous Pop Goes the Culture TV show has been doing a series of interviews with “The Usual Gang of Idiots” about the end of original content in the regular issues of the magazine. He must be reaching the bottom of the barrel because a new episode just got posted featuring me as a guest, recorded live from my studio in beautiful downtown Burnsville. Visit David’s YouTube Channel to see interviews with former MAD editors Joe Raiola and Charlie Kadau, and MAD artist Ray Alma, with more to come I am told. In fact, check out his other episodes of the show featuring an… READ MORE
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