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
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
A quick pencil study of “My Name is Earl” star Jason Lee. READ MORE
Here’s an entire illustration project from start to finish. The steps are not frequent enough for this to be a “how to”, but it does illustrate the process pretty thoroughly. The client is “The Marlin Company”, which produces workplace and employer communication subscription materials. Part of their products are posters that communicate important workplace ideas and concepts like “Teamwork” and “Quality”, etc. I do art for a humorous line of these posters almost every month. I get the concept and description of the ‘scene’ I need to illustrate. My job is to create an image that is humorous yet gets the message across clearly. This… READ MORE
The above is a very quick gag cartoon I did for a travel agent website that is now up and running. I was supposed to do regular cartoons as updates but I don’t know if that is going to happen. I’m just throwing it up here for the sake of having some art in this post, since as always I can’t share my latest jobs until they see publication. I’m going out of town to St. Louis and the National Caricaturist Network Mini-Con on Sunday, so last week and this week have been/are crazy with my trying to get all my jobs out the door… READ MORE
Q: As a college art student, or a freelancer, one is faced with many late nights in a row working to meet deadlines. I’ve had many of these instances and I found myself very sleep deprived, but I still had to push on through. I found that the motor skills start to detiriorate after several days of little to no sleep. Inking becomes very difficult and even sketching can be a challenge, not to mention trying to be creative in such a state. Have you ever experienced this, and how do you deal with it. A: Monster Lo-Carb. Seriously, I know what you are saying.… READ MORE
Still crazy busy with deadlines for multiple clients, so today I am just going to post this reminder again about my guest speaker appearance and inking workshop March 2-5th in St. Louis. It’s my last reminder, I promise… although I’ll be posting reports on the event after it’s over. It’s not too late to register and attend… in fact you can do it at the door (just not with a credit card). You do not need to attend the entire three day event as they have special admission fees for just a workshop or some of the seminars that will be held. There are some… READ MORE
I’m paying the price right now for spending too much time doing tutorials on the blog. Ugh… Meanwhile <insert shameless plug here> don’t forget to visit The MAD Blog Store to get your very own T-shirt, poster, clock or other piece of crap with the Dreaded Deadline Demon or The MAD Blog logo on it! READ MORE
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