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April 19th, 2010 | Posted in MAD Magazine
The blog TV Series Finale happened upon my and Mark Evanier‘s posts of that gorgeous Jack Davis TV Guide spread, and the blog’s senior editor Trevor Kimball did us one better. The scan we linked to wasn’t the best of that image (and according to them was even missing a page!), so he dragged out his collected copy and did a proper scan of the entire illustration. Click on the image above for a much better look at this gem. Thanks Trevor! Also, visit Trevor’s post to see some additional black and white illustrations Jack did in the same issue. READ MORE
April 19th, 2010 | Posted in General
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ao63n5QkEE[/youtube] Jack Davis is not only an alum of the University of Georgia, but he’s been drawing the Georgia “Bulldawg” for them for a long, long time. The above video is from the university’s Bulldawg Illustrated, which no doubt has been frequently illustrated by Jack. The video is a gem not just because they talk with Jack, but it shows him banging out a drawing of the Bulldawg at his drawing table overlooking the river. Check out the way he holds his pencil! We are also treated to seeing him ink with a brush and do a quick color wash job on it. Great thanks… READ MORE
April 18th, 2010 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: How can one produce a caricature of someone that exaggerates their features without insulting them?¬¨‚Ć Various sites I’ve seen, including yours, exhibits a lot of great likenesses that don’t look offensive (since they’re not of me) so how can I assure myself the “subject” will have as much fun as all of us? A: The only 100% correct answer to that question (at least the second part) is “you can’t.” The old adage “you can’t please all of the people all of the time” is definitely in play when it comes to drawing caricatures, especially where live caricature is concerned. I have seen the… READ MORE
April 17th, 2010 | Posted in General
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9VwkStu0n8[/youtube] Looks like Jeremy is going to be doing a bunch of these hilarious spoofs of the goofy how-to videos you see all over the internet. Check out his YouTube channel for all the fun. READ MORE
April 17th, 2010 | Posted in Surf's Up Dept.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTLk3DWT2-0[/youtube] If you have ever run across some of the incredibly inane videos on YouTube offering “expert” advice on stuff like drawing caricatures, then you will be laughing until the tears are running down your cheeks over the video above. Don’t get me wrong, there are many useful and good video tutorials and resources on YouTube and about the web, but so many of them are useless and contain no real information whatsoever. Witness these incredibly lame caricature instructional videos I blogged about some time ago from the so-called “Expert Village”. Not only does the lady doing the instruction not tell you a single piece… READ MORE
April 16th, 2010 | Posted in News
NO!! Yes!! Earlier this week editorial cartoonist Mark Fiore was honored with a Pulitzer prize for his work, which in an of itself is historic in that Mark’s work does not appear in print… it’s all on the web at SFGate.com, Slate.com, CBSNews.com, Motherjones.com and NPR’s web site. He’s also making news this week for another reason… one that sounds all too familiar to me. He has submitted an app of his work to Apple for their App Store only to have it rejected for violation of the dreaded “Section 3.3.14” of the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement which states: Applications may be rejected if… READ MORE
April 15th, 2010 | Posted in General
Click for a closer look… You’ll have to click on the image above to see the amazing goodness of the great Jack Davis at his greatest. It was posted by the mysterious “DD” on the MAD fan message board MadMumblings.com. Speculation is that it is a foldout from a 1965 TV Guide showing the NBC fall lineup of shows, or possibly an ad commissioned directly by NBC for TV Guide or some other publication. Nobody drew dense crowd scenes like Jack. He would tell you the rich and earthy colors he got with his watercolor was a result of using lake water rather than tap… READ MORE
April 14th, 2010 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I’ve got trouble, Brotha! Better late than never today! Continuing our series of ink-wash sketches of characters from “LOST”, this week’s subject is one of my favorite characters, Desmond Hume as portrayed by Henry Ian Cusick. BTW- due to many requests I have set up a page with all the caricatures from this little LOST sketch series collected in it. You can see it here and always find a handy link under “Pages” on the top of my blogroll on the right of any blog page. READ MORE
