It occurred to me only after setting up the “LOST Sketch Collection” page that except for my early caricature of Evangeline Lilly I hadn’t draw any other women from the show. My bad. Therefore we have to do a few of the ladies of LOST. This week’s ink-wash sketch is Yunjin Kim, who plays Sun-Hwa Kwon. READ MORE
Busy, busy, busy with several projects, so too busy to post anything substantial. Here’s a quick concept illustration for a simplified, “cartoonified” old fashioned sailing ship for an animation project I did recently… I’m currently slinging real paint (!!) doing a pair of originals for personal projects, then it’s back on to several other jobs in progress, including something for MAD #504. READ MORE
Speaking of copyright infringement… these pictures were sent to me by my friend Julio Cesar Maranjo Marin, a terrific cartoonist from Colombia I met last summer when I visited Cali to speak at a cartoonist’s event: Click for a closer look… This restaurant is right down the street from where Julio works. The mural is covered with lifted caricatures… I believe the Batman one was done by Ben Burgraff. I’m not sure about the Marx Bros., Marilyn, Bogart (? or maybe Warren Beatty?) or the Mona Lisa with the black eye. The rest are all old ones of mine. Absolutely no point to this post,… READ MORE
Q: Just wondering… can a famous person take legal action against a caricature artist for using their likeness or name? I would like to post some caricature work on my blog, but I don’t know if someone could come after me legally for it. Have you ever had problems? A: Great question, and one that I get a lot. A few years ago a college of mine in California got a call from Jay Leno‘s people because he was using a caricature of Leno in his L.A. yellow pages ad. He was asked not to do that, and although I believe he had the legal… READ MORE
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnkacdjEOkQ[/youtube] I’ve blogged now and again about the unethical practices of some (that’s SOME, not ALL) street caricature artists who steal the work of others from books or the Internet and display them as if they were their own. I’d like that practice to go away, but I certainly wouldn’t want to see this happen: New York Seeks Limits on Art Vendors in Parks According to the linked article from the New York Times, NYC’s Park and Recreations Dept. has proposed to limit the “number of vendors allowed in parts of Central Park and all of Union Square Park, Battery Park and the High Line… READ MORE
The above image is the official teaser for the new animated MAD show coming this fall to the Cartoon Network (image courtesy D.C. Universe: The Source) READ MORE
iTop iTen Dept. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH4yCmc9OkE[/youtube] I don’t watch late night TV anymore but when I did I was a Letterman guy, and this top ten list is pretty funny. It’s the top ten excuses from the guy who lost the prototype next gen iPhone in a California bar last week. READ MORE
If you’ve happened to visit this blog in the last few days on an iPhone, Android or other mobile device you (hopefully) will have noticed a different look on your hand-held surfing machine courtesy of a great plug-in called WPtouch. The MAD Blog uses the excellent WordPress blog software, and this plug in automatically formats the blog with a quick loading and easy to use mobile theme when it detects the visitor is using an Apple iPod Touch, iPhone, Goodle Android, Palm Pre or other touch- based mobiles. There are configurable options but it works great right after loading and activation. It cuts down on… READ MORE
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