I don’t think the marvelous Adele qualifies as an example of “Classic Rock” quite yet, but I’m including this older sketch in that series just because she is a modern classic. Original available in the Studio Store. READ MORE
Monday MADness… Tuesday edition. For a brief time in 2002 I was MAD‘s go-to artist for the parodies of all films starring both Gene Hackman and Owen Wilson! That was a short lived specialty, but I did get to do the art for MAD‘s spoof of “The Royal Tenebaums” (MAD 417, May 2002) and this film, “Behind Enemy Lines”. Or as MAD called it in #415, March 2002: READ MORE
I taught another great group of students this past weekend here in Minnesota… including one who came all the way from Brisbane, Australia! My traditional class T-shirt illustration is above. I’ve only got one workshop with spaces still available this year, and it’s next month in Pittsburgh. Details here. READ MORE
Q: Can just anyone learn how to draw caricatures, granted they have some artistic talent in the first place? A: I guess that depends on at what level of success you consider needs to be reached before the artist in question can “draw caricatures”. Art is subjective. Anyone can pick up a pencil and move it around on a piece of paper and that’s drawing. Mastering drawing, or any art form, is a different story. That’s a lifelong pursuit. Caricature is an artform and anyone can learn about it, study it, and practice drawing them. Study and practice hard enough and, with your caveat of… READ MORE
This is what happens when you slack off for a day just because you happened to have been born on that date 51 years ago…. READ MORE
“May the Fourth be with you”??? … D’okay. READ MORE
While digging through some drawers I ran across an old sketchbook from 2011 or so that had a fair amount of sketches in it. Many I’ve shared here already but as this month is crazy with work and travel, I may be revisiting a few here and offering them for the first time in the Studio Store. Here’s one of the great Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. READ MORE
I have a handful of my “Special Edition” versions of my Dracula and Doctor Who prints left taking up space in my flat files, so I am pricing them to sell at more than 50% off. The Special Editions are a signed and numbered print AND the original black and white inked artwork of one of the caricatures from the print. I have three “Doctor Who” SE’s still available: Peter Davison Colin Baker Paul McGann And two of the “Dracula” SE’s: Louis Jourdan Christian Camargo Get them while you can. Formerly $125 now only $60! READ MORE
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