Tom's Mad Blog
October 4th, 2012 | Posted in Freelancing
I received several emails and at least one comment asking about the process involved with going something like the Minnesota Twins team illustration above, so I thought I’d share a little about my approach to such a project . . . it is a little different than a typical crowd illustration. I’m a big proponent of doing all the drawing on a given illustration as one organic piece. In other words, I don’t like doing separate caricature study “heads” and then pasting them into a layout, trying to get them to work together. That always results in a “disconnect” for me, where the illustration as… READ MORE
October 3rd, 2012 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
This week’s subject is actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who has come a long way since “3rd Rock from the Sun”. READ MORE
October 2nd, 2012 | Posted in Freelancing
Some months back I eluded to a mysterious book project I was working on, which I could not reveal until it was actually published. Well, today is the official release date. It’s called The Bro Code for Parents, written by that awesome dude Barney Stinson, and some guy named Matt Kuhn, published by Simon and Schuster. For those who do not watch American TV, this is the latest in a series of books that stem from the sitcom “How I Met Your Mother”, the others being The Bro Code, The Playbook and Bro on the Go, none of which I illustrated. These books are ostensibly… READ MORE
October 1st, 2012 | Posted in Freelancing
Clicky to Embiggen… Back in the early-mid 2000’s I did an illustration of the entire Minnesota Twins baseball team roster each year, which was given away as a poster at the ballpark on the last home game of the season aka “Kid’s Appreciation Day”. I hadn’t done one since 2006, but this year the Twins hired me to do it again. The above is the result, given away at yesterday’s game. The ones I did in earlier years were ink and watercolor original paintings, which now hang in the Twin’s offices. This new one I did digitally. *EDIT– Due to popular request (and since no… READ MORE
September 30th, 2012 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Do you think the printed version of MAD will eventually stop, and it will become digital only? A: That’s a question with two answers. Will the printed version of MAD ever stop? Yes, of course it will. Nothing lasts forever, and eventually MAD will cease publication. Hopefully not for a long time. Will it stop because the “digital revolution” will eventually kill all traditional printing? No, I don’t think so. I think magazines and especially books will continue to exist in printed form for a long time. The death of radio has been predicted since TV really got going in the 1950’s, but radio… READ MORE
September 28th, 2012 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Sketch week wraps up with this far less ambitious caricature of actress Mila Kunis, drawn while being very distracted by Michael Jantze‘s excellent presentation on his animation process at the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning. Full report to come next week! READ MORE
September 27th, 2012 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Since everybody seemed to like my pen sketch yesterday, here’s another one using the same technique–multiple Oscar winning actress Meryl Streep. READ MORE
September 26th, 2012 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
This is a little different . . . done with a thin marker/pen: actor Steve Buscemi. Sketch week is getting a little too testosterone-heavy. I’ll try and find some ladies to make fun of tomorrow and Friday. READ MORE
