Tom's Mad Blog
March 5th, 2008 | Posted in News
A few pictures from Tuesday at the NCN MiniCon: Teresa “Okie Artist” Farrington‘s marketing seminar The “Party Style” competition in action Ed Steckley‘s “Psychology of Caricature” seminar Ed’s enraptured crowd… Sorry about the lack of art pictures and info, but I was swamped finishing up a MAD job, prepping and then conducting my cartoon inking workshop. Tomorrow I will have a full report with plenty of pictures of artwork, and maybe even a few sketches of my own of some attendees. READ MORE
March 4th, 2008 | Posted in News
Monday at the NCN St. Louis MiniCon is in the books. The seminars went well with Joe Bluhm, Marlene Goodman and Dave “Bippy” Boyer all imparting some great information. Joe did a demonstration of a digital painting technique that was terrific. He’s a talented artist and his ability to paint is top notch. I learned a lot from his seminar. Marlene did a talk about using markers with caricature and Dave did his legendary seminar on health and caricatures. Unfortunately I spent almost all of the day working on the last bit of my latest MAD job, so I missed those as well as the… READ MORE
March 3rd, 2008 | Posted in News
The St. Louis NCN MiniCon kicked off nicely last night with an icebreaker reception at the convention hotel. There is a very good turnout for this event, including two artists from Japan, one from Korea and one from Israel! Today’s festivities kick off at 9:30 with an opening meeting and speakers throughout the day including Joe Bluhm. Artists are already sketching away at the icebreaker “The Nose”caricature agency’s Tad Barney, Minnesota illustrator James Hungaski and former NCN president and Golden Nosey winner Roger Hurtado Caricaturists Mel Lothrop, Angie Jordan and Dan Laib All the way from Israel- Or Weitzman St. Louis caricaturists Jim Batts, Ryan… READ MORE
March 2nd, 2008 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: I just read your tutorial on inking from your blog. I just have a question regarding cleaning brushes and nibs after doing ink work. What would be an effective way to do this? What should I use? I just bought myself a brand new nib and brush, and I’m afraid of ruining them right away. I just want to make sure that they’re in good condition before I use them again. A: Ink is a nasty thing to dip a brush into. Permanent, waterproof ink? Even with careful cleaning your brushes will only last so long, but you can make them last as long… READ MORE
March 1st, 2008 | Posted in General
I’m furiously trying to wrap up a MAD job today before taking off for St. Louis for the NCN Mini-Con where I will be speaking and doing a workshop on inking. So, no time for a real blog post today. Next week I will be blogging live from the mini-con with lots of pictures of artwork and other fun stuff, and on Friday look for the next installment of my “How to Draw Caricatures” tutorials. I hope I’ll see a few MAD Blog readers at the mini-con! READ MORE
February 29th, 2008 | Posted in General
I’m really under the gun trying to get my latest MAD parody job wrapped up. Sorry, but no “How to Draw Caricatures” post this week. Next week for certain, though. READ MORE
February 28th, 2008 | Posted in News
I’ve written several times about the Orphan Works legislation, and it’s implications on freelance illustrators. This post describes it best, but here it is in brief: The Orphan Works Act is a change to copyright law that allows any party (publishers, advertisers) to use a piece of intellectual property (a photo, illustration, cartoon, etc.) if the owner of the copyright of said piece of intellectual property cannot be identified or located. The law requires a ‘reasonable effort’ to search for the copyright owner, but does not define what a ‘reasonable search’ entails. The law also limits the money that can be recouped by the copyright… READ MORE
February 27th, 2008 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
A quick pencil study of “My Name is Earl” star Jason Lee. READ MORE
