This week’s subject is Edward James Olmos, star of the updated “Battlestar Galactica” TV series on the ScyFy network. The series is over now, and I never watched it while it was running. I’ve recently been renting the DVDs and found it to be a very good show. It’s pretty courageous in the way it handles it’s characters… warts and all. Olmos is particularly good and he’s got a great face to draw as well. READ MORE
Lot’s of projects going on the board right now… Animation Character Designs– Political caricatures to be used for some animated segments in a documentary, wrapping those up this week. Personal Commission– I was honored to be asked by a cartoonist I greatly respect to do a caricature of a famous friend of her’s as a birthday present. I might be doing this digitally now. Movie Poster– A very simple design and illustration for previously mentioned documentary Movie Storyboards– More work on that documentary, now I’m doing the storyboards for the animated sequences as well! Workplace poster job– my usual monthly assignment Last Wednesday I posted… READ MORE
Busy, busy, busy already in the new year. Above is a small spot illustration I did for On Patrol magazine of USO president and CEO Sloan Gibson. On Patrol is the magazine of the USO, and the Winter issue features coverage of the USO sponsored NCS cartoonist’s trip to Germany, Kuwait and Iraq back in October. The website linked above is not yet updated to include the winter issue’s content, but the magazine features a great cover by Michael Ramirez, some pictures of us in action (I mean drawing… not the kind of action the people we drew are used to) and an article that… READ MORE
Q: Working as a freelance artist, how do you financially plan for retirement? As artists, I don’t think most of us ever plan to completely “retire” but by being a freelancer you definitely have to create your own pension. Do you simply put a percentage of your income away each year? I’m making an assumption here but, seeing how selling your originals in the future might be a part of your income, what are some of the practices you keep when preserving your artwork? I feel like it’s very easy to forget about the future and not have a plan because it seems so far… READ MORE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCDxaiYZXaU My pal, the great animator and illustrator Stephen Silver, has been working on an incredible video series project for some time that is about to come to full fruition this month with the first of several video releases. His project has been to travel to the studios of some of the great legends of cartooning and film them working while interviewing them about their process, their careers and their philosophies about art. All the while the camera is looking over their shoulder and capturing them actually drawings, inking and painting. Not only are these videos going to be fascinating looks into the work of… READ MORE
Here’s wishing everyone a happy and healthy New Year! READ MORE
The world of caricature lost one of it’s true giants Tuesday. David Levine, probably best known for his caricature illustrations for the New York Times Book Review, died on Dec. 29th at New York Presbyterian Hospital from prostate cancer and other ailments. He was 83 years old. It would not be an exaggeration to say that Levine’s work was as influential on caricature in the 20th century as that of Al Hirschfeld, Mort Drucker or any legend of that art form. His distinctive linear crosshatch style is also one of the most imitated by other artists. His caricatures were sharp, biting social and political satire… READ MORE
This week’s sketch is a bit of a cheat… a rough for another of those workplace posters. This one is about co-workers providing support in the face of another worker’s difficulties. READ MORE
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