Tom's Mad Blog
April 2nd, 2010 | Posted in General
[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/10606990[/vimeo] Cartoonist and Australian Cartoonist Association member Lee Shepard recently uploaded this video of me doing a quick caricature demo at the 2009 Stanley Awards weekend in Sydney, where I was one of several presenters. Unfortunately Lee was sitting with my substantial bulk between his camera and the paper, so you can’t see me drawing much except when I am kneeling down or when I move aside. Sorry about that, Lee. This segment took place after I gave a boring hour long lecture on caricature and the audience was drawing the same faces on the screen as I was during the demo. Two things about… READ MORE
April 1st, 2010 | Posted in General
No place exotic like Colombia, Iraq, Australia or Cuba… just St. Louis MO to help open up our caricature operation for the season at Six Flags. I’m not even flying but driving… however I have no drawing of me driving along with underwear flying out of my car window so i just used the airplane. I’ll upload a postcard from the park! READ MORE
March 31st, 2010 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Our Sketch o’the Week series of ink-wash caricatures of the cast of “LOST” continues with this one of Naveen Andrews, who plays the former Iraqi Republican guardsman and interrogator Sayid Jarrah. I was informed by my neighbor Kim, a fellow LOST fanatic, that if my next subject was not Sayid she would have me killed. I live to draw another day. READ MORE
March 30th, 2010 | Posted in On the Drawing Board
Not a whole lot on the board right now. That’s a good thing as I have to travel over the next two weeks opening up my theme park operations in Missouri and Massachusetts. I always have to turn down a few jobs at this time of year because of the theme park demands. I just wrapped up a series of storyboards for some animated segments in a movie as well as a few additional character designs for it, and another Marlin Co. poster illustration. Here are the things I am currently working on: 2010 NCS Reubens T-Shirt Art– My annual illustration for the cartoonists weekend… READ MORE
March 29th, 2010 | Posted in General
Artwork by Anton Emdin Those who frequent The MAD Blog know I do not lightly recommend artist’s blogs or websites. There are so many good ones (and so, SO many bad ones) that singling one out is tough to do. However, I have no problem in recommending the spankin’ new blog of Australian cartoonist and illustrator Anton Emdin. Anton sat next to me at the Australian Cartoonist Association’s Stanley Awards: Anton and me down under … where he won a Stanley for Best Illustrator. As it happens he is also one of the nominees for the National Cartoonists Society’s divisional award for best Magazine Illustration/… READ MORE
March 28th, 2010 | Posted in General
Q: I’m just wondering if there are any special consideration you need to take in your illustrations, colour wise, that you know are going to be printed?¬¨‚Ć I know in animation, when a background is being painted in Photoshop, there’s a filter that checks if the colours will show up on TV, but is there similar issues with colouring for print? A: There are a few things you need to keep in mind about colors in print, especially when it comes to digitally created art. First off, and probably the most immediate concern, is the difference between the colors you see on the screen and… READ MORE
March 27th, 2010 | Posted in News
©????- (ok… ©Marvel Comics until further notice) Marvel Comic’s superheroes are famous for being different than the typical type because they are written as having to deal with personal and human issues and problems as often as they do the superhuman kind. Apparently Marvel itself is no different. A legal battle is shaping up pitting Marvel Comics and its new parent the Walt Disney Company against the heirs of legendary comic book artist Jack Kirby, who are arguing that a portion of the copyrights to many of Marvel’s most marketable characters belong to their late father and his estate. This is similar in some respects… READ MORE
March 26th, 2010 | Posted in News
Before… March 19th, 2008 four months after surgery… Did you think I was kidding??? It has officially been one year and a handful of days since I got my left rotator cuff repaired via arthroscopic surgery. So, here is the latest update.. I am pleased to say I am back in the gym and near 100% again. I still have a lack of strength and stability when my shoulder is in certain positions, but steady rehab and a slow progression into real weightlifting has me doing most exercises pain free as long as I don’t overdo the weight. I am gradually building strength and size… READ MORE
