December 10th, 2009 | Posted in General
I’m working on a very different project right now, designing political characters to be used as the basis of some 3D animation for a documentary film. This is WAY outside my comfort zone. You might think that since I draw caricatures of the same actors over and over in a MAD parody that it wouldn’t be that hard for me to draw a “turn around” of a caricature of someone. Not so. It’s a totally different animal to design a caricature that when rotated on an axis remains consistent in it’s proportions and exaggerations. The first character I was told to work on was former… READ MORE
December 8th, 2009 | Posted in General
Yep, here’s yet another time lapse “live caricature” style example from my 1993 demo video… this time of Rhea Perlman, one of the cast of the legendary sitcom “Cheers”. Also regular blog readers will be happy to know I am almost to the end of that demo reel. 🙂 READ MORE
December 7th, 2009 | Posted in Freelancing
This is beginning to become a Monday ritual. It’s 1:20 a.m. and I’m still up working on a job due tomorrow. Sleep is overrated. READ MORE
December 4th, 2009 | Posted in General
Nothing particularly interesting comes to mind to blog about today so here are the steps involved in a recent “workplace poster” job: 1. The assignment: 17 x 17 full color illustration showing a woman cutting off a man with an infant and a can of baby formula in a grocery store checkout line. Man should look surprised and a little annoyed but also dealing with it well. Lady has a cart full of groceries and will obviously be taking a lot of time checking out. The cashier is a trainee (must be young and labeled as a trainee) and looks confused/apprehensive. 2. Initial Pencils: (posted… READ MORE
November 30th, 2009 | Posted in General
EDIT- Well, that’s it! All my copies are now sold and I won’t be ordering any more to sign, draw in or otherwise sell here on The MAD Blog. Many thanks to all those who ordered the book. You can always order a copy through Amazon here. Christmas fast approaches and I have got exactly five… that’s right FIVE… copies of Bo Confidential: The Secret Files of America’s First Dog left. If you want one, now is the time to order. I will not be reordering any more nor offering them for sale with or without a signature, sketch or caricature of you after I… READ MORE
November 26th, 2009 | Posted in General
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November 24th, 2009 | Posted in General
Whenever we have people over to the house inevitably they end up in my studio for a tour… all one room of it. Maybe it’s not the Taj Mahal but still for most people it’s a bit like a visit to a candy store… I have surrounded myself with a lot of cool stuff for inspiration and a generally creative atmosphere and tried to lay out the space for both maximum efficiency and functionality. Laymen marvel, women weep and fellow artists turn green with envy. I’ve been threatening to redo it for years now. Well, I finally pulled the trigger this fall and remodeled the… READ MORE
November 23rd, 2009 | Posted in General
…that after being gone for the last 12 days the Dreaded Deadline Demon would be making an appearance today? READ MORE
