I drew live caricatures at my Valleyfair theme park operation the last few days, but forgot my camera. I took one picture with my iPhone which turned out halfway decent: I also did a new park sample based on a past “sketch o’the week”: Next time I will try and remember the camera. READ MORE
This week’s subject: internet loud mouth Perez Hilton, someone with even less of a reason to be famous that the heiress who’s name he uses. I am told this is a very atypical expression for him, but it was done from a short article in an entertainment magazine and seemed the best of the reference I saw. READ MORE
I’m still busy recovering from my travels and catching up on the studio. The Pittsburgh wrap up will have to wait until later in the week. In the meantime here’s a cover piece I just finished for Scholastic, who do not mind if I share it prior to publication. It’s the cover of one of their math magazines: Pencil sketch Finished art. Click on image for a closer look… READ MORE
While I do have a deadline I am too under the weather to get up the energy to do a real post today. All this travel has caught up to me and I came home with a bad cold… or maybe the Swine Flu (??). Tomorrow I will post a wrap up of our trip to Pittsburgh and the Toonseum show. READ MORE
Uh oh! Looks like the mailbag is empty! When I get some fresh questions concerning cartooning, illustration, freelancing, MAD Magazine or other similar subjects I’ll be happy to answer them as best I can. E-mail me your questions and I’ll try and answer them here! READ MORE
Last night’s opening reception went well with a nice crowd. Here are some pictures from the event: The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh Toonseum curator/director Joe Wos and me Some of the pieces in the show Three of my kids: Victoria, Gabrielle and Tom Joe and I look over part of the show There were a number of local cartoonists and caricaturists at the reception, which featured some food, wine and a DJ. Lots of fun. Today I do a demo for kids at 1:00 pm and then at 5:00 I conduct a “master class” on caricature. READ MORE
Tonight is the reception for my show at the ToonSeum, part of the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh located at 10 Children’s Way, Pittsburgh, PA. The reception is from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. and is by invitation only, but if you are interested in attending contact Joe Wos at joe@toonseum.com. I will be attending as will The Lovely Anna and all four of my kids (!!). Anna will be at her usual witty and charming self, my children will be good looking and above average as always, and I will hopefully not have any hors d’oeuvres in my teeth. Saturday is the grand opening of… READ MORE
Just a few projects on the drawing board right now- MAD Job– Two pager that is scheduled for issue 502… due in October sometime. 🙁 Scholastic Cover Illustration– Monday deadline… looks like I’ll be working a bit when in Pittsburgh. iPhone App projects– Two of these in the works… an interesting idea and a possible new market for illustration. One is a maybe but one is a go involving over 500 caricatures. (!!!!) Just finished this workplace poster illustration for The Marlin Company: The above is a very rough pencil I did when at Comic Con in San Diego. I had to scan it at… READ MORE
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