I found this video interesting: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8[/youtube] Those are a lot of eye opening statistics. I’m not sure how any of that applies to anything, but there it is. READ MORE
Here’s a tiny little study of Johnny Galecki of “The Big Bang Theory”… actual sketch size only about 3.5 inches tall. The Lovely Anna, the kids¬¨‚Ć and I all love this show. I don’t usually enjoy sitcoms but this one is a riot. Any comic book/Sci Fi geek will absolutely appreciate the inside jokes, and it’s smartly written so you don’t have to be a comic book/Sci Fi geek to enjoy it. READ MORE
Things are slowing up a little for me right now. Just three projects in the works right now: Animated movie storyboards– I did a few storyboards for the now defunct Mike Jones Animation Studios here in the Twin Cities, but that was years ago. After designing several animated characters for director Ray Griggs‘ upcoming film project, he tapped me to storyboard the four animated scenes in the movie. Private commission– If you are one of the many people who have written me over the years asking if I do private commissions and I have given you this answer, please don’t be angry. This was requested… READ MORE
I got a few cool cartoons drawn by some of the cartoonists who I accompanied on the recent cultural exchange trip to Cuba: Image ©2010 by Brian Narelle Brian Narelle drew this one on some note cards he’d brought for doing doodles on. The joke is that the one souvenir I wanted from Cuba was an EMPTY cigar box. I wanted one of the authentic wood boxes to use in the studio for pens and stuff. I had a hard time finding one, so I bought a box of 10 cigars (Partigas No. 4s) which we smoked throughout the week and brought the box back… READ MORE
Q: I have a technical question for you; What rules do you use for shading your caricatures? I checked several of your examples and in many of them it is not clear to me where did you place your light source. It seems, for instance, that you imply primary and secondary sources… Moreover, do you have suggestions on where to place the light source for typical poses? In particular, with profile caricatures I have lots of problems… A: I am not sure if you mean live caricatures or just caricatures in general, but both have the same answer: the light source is placed where it… READ MORE
I had been thinking about writing a post on why doing caricature focusing on nothing but ridicule and insult is different than doing caricature focusing on capturing the essence of the subject… but my buddy Ed Steckley beat me to it. From Ed’s Blog: Caricatures that are downright mean and nasty, for apparently no other reason than to be an outlet for the creator to freely (and passive-aggressively) be a jerk and go for a cheap laughs are, in my opinion, the lowest form of caricature. ¬¨‚ĆThey have nothing to do with satire OR parody, and frankly may be the least cerebral of all types… READ MORE
Some weeks ago I blogged about a relief effort being organized by the National Cartoonists Society Foundation, the charitable arm of the National Cartoonists Society, on behalf of the Hodge family. Disney story artist and Big Idea productions director Tim Hodge‘s son Matthew was seriously injured when his car was struck by a train last August and remains in a coma. Tim being self-employed, the Hodge family has short term medical insurance that will not fully cover all of their bills, and Tim’s available time to work is limited by the care Matthew needs. This effort, Help the Hodges, is headed up by current NCSF… READ MORE
Bobble Rep, the iPhone app for which I did 543 (yes, the number keeps going up as members of congress get replaced) caricatures for, keeps getting a lot of praise and attention. Developer Ray Griggs called me the other day to say the app was listed as the number one recommended “Educational” app by the just released book Incredible iPhone Apps for Dummies by Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus. Upon getting a copy of the book, I did indeed read a very positive review of the app on page 30, listed first under “Education”. The author mentioned the internet firestorm set off by the apps initital… READ MORE
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