July 5th, 2011 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
Click for a closer look… I’ve been swamped all summer, but have put several projects behind me in the last few weeks including: Sports Illustrated Kids– 2 pager MAD animated show work– Season Two begins Jeff Dunham Illustration Work The above Marlin Co. Poster illustration I have just a few jobs on the board right now: MAD– 6 page parody for #511 Yet another Marlin poster More Jeff Dunham stuff THE BOOK READ MORE
July 3rd, 2011 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: As a young artist, I try to practice drawing cartoons and caricatures. From your point of view, what are some good famous people to draw to help me improve in all areas of drawing caricatures? Example– (insert famous person here) is good to draw to practice on hair and wrinkles. A: There is no good answer for that because just about any face, celebrity or otherwise, will provide good practice for some feature or other. In fact, the process of looking for a face that you would identify as being good to practice drawing hair, wrinkles or any other aspect of the face is… READ MORE
July 1st, 2011 | Posted in Freelancing
This is the last of the art I did for Season One of the animated MAD show on the Cartoon Network.¬¨‚Ć these appeared on the episode that aired this week in a segment called “Glee-VR”, and the subjects are Jared Padelecki and Jensen Ackles from the TV show Supernatural. I already have one episode for Season Two “in the can” as they say in the business. READ MORE
June 30th, 2011 | Posted in General
In the sheer craziness of what is becoming my summer, I plum forgot to post my annual “Happy Birthday” to The MAD Blog, which turned five years old on the 26th of June. So far we’ve had 1,906 posts (five of which have been these lame “Happy Birthday MAD Blog” posts, so actually only 1,901 posts), 7,658 comments, 251 Sunday Mailbags, 242 Sketches o’the Week, and a 100% score on the “total waste of time” meter.¬¨‚Ć Right now the blog averages about 1.1 million page views a year, a little over 3,000 per day. Thanks for visiting for the last half decade! READ MORE
June 29th, 2011 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Once again… better late than never. This week’s Sketch o’the Week is Saturday Night Live alum Amy Poehler. READ MORE
June 28th, 2011 | Posted in General
We might be seeing this ugly guy some this week… READ MORE
June 27th, 2011 | Posted in Freelancing
I am totally swamped right now, but here’s a recent small project I did that just saw print. This is a spot illustration that appears in the current issue of UTNE Reader (July-Aug 2011). It depicts viral internet rapper “Ms. Peachez” being looked upon with contempt and disbelief by Snoop Doggy-Dogg and Jay Z for her stereotyped, “Southern hip-hop” styling. BTW, Ms. Peachez is actually Mr. Nelson Boyd. It’s hard to tell if the Peachez videos are supposed to be parodies or celebrations of Southern culture. I’m going with the former, since the video the illustration is referencing “Fry that Chicken” is so over-the-top with… READ MORE
June 26th, 2011 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: I love the MAD show on Cartoon Network! Its got just enough MAD Magazine in it to seem like part of the “Usual Gang” but is also different and appealing to the “Robot Chicken” crowd. How did the show do? Is there going to be a second season? What did you think of the work you did on the show? A: I’ve been told MAD on the Cartoon Network did very well in viewership and with viewer response, although I do not have any numbers to back that up. It must have done pretty well, as they announced that it was being picked up… READ MORE
