The last few weeks have been usurped by sudden family obligations, which has put me horribly behind on several jobs. Posting will be pretty sporadic here for the next week or so… READ MORE
In last week’s Monday MADness I shared a piece from MAD #471, November 2006 called “When Video Games Become Religious”. I actually had two pieces in that issue… the second being the above rare comic-strip format piece in the Fundalini Pages called “One Afternoon on Pacific Coast Highway”, commenting on Mel Gibson‘s then-recent drunken anti-Semitic rant after a traffic stop. Original pencil rough below. READ MORE
Q: Based on your past experiences, do you find that it is easier to do caricatures of some people over others? A: Yes, of course. Caricature is based on an artist’s perception of a subject and their features. Some subjects have obvious physical or personality-based traits that jump right out at you, and those types of faces are easier to caricature not because they are easier to draw (they have the same features everyone else has) but because you identify what features you are going to exaggerate and how to stretch them without much effort. As you develop your “eye” for caricature, more and more… READ MORE
I have mentioned before that after over 12 years of doing print poster illustrations for The Marlin Company’s workplace subscription program, they recently moved over to full digital content including doing some limited animation on my artwork. They recently posted an example of what they do on their FaceBook page, with the above illustration as the sample. This was the first time I ever saw any of the results as well. Sorry, I have no way of embedding the video here. You’ll have to visit the Facebook link above if you want to see the animation. READ MORE
The November issue of Sports Illustrated Kids (now on news stands) features this two page spread illustration by moi depicting some popular athletes enjoying (or not) Thanksgiving. See how many you recognize. Clicky to embiggen… READ MORE
Continuing on with my little run of caricature sketches of the cast of “Firefly”, here is Alan Tudyk as Serenity pilot Hoban “Wash” Washburne. This original sketch is available in the Studio Store! READ MORE
After yesterday’s mailbag concerning MAD possibly doing full length parodies of modern video games, here’s the piece I mentioned I did the art on from way back in MAD #471, Nov. 2006… “When Video Games Become Religious” written by Jacob Lambert. Pencil roughs followed by the finished spot illustrations (my favorite one is above)…. READ MORE
Q: Has the magazine ever considered doing full-length video game spoofs with the same style and look as the Movie/TV Show parodies? If they haven’t done it for a particular reason, what is that reason? For me personally, I would’ve loved to see parodies of games like GTA V, the Call of Duty games, and Bioshock/Bioshock Infinite. A: This is really a question for the MAD editors, but I thought it was an intriguing idea so I thought I’d post it. MAD‘s done plenty of material on gaming, including a huge “50 Worth things about Video Games” back in MAD #457, Sept 2005. I know… READ MORE
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