It’s elementary, my dear Watson… there are only six of my limited edition Sherlock Holmes prints left! Numbers 445 to 450. I have zero artist proofs of this one, so that’s it. If you were thinking of getting one for that big Sherlock fan in your life, you’ve been warned! READ MORE
One of the blog posts I get the most responses and questions about is this article I wrote back in 2006 about the “right of publicity”, which is a celebrity/famous person’s right to protect the value of their likeness… it’s a kind of copyright of their face. Obviously this is something caricaturists are concerned with. Can an artist do a caricature of a celebrity and sell it, and not get into trouble over it with the celebrity in question? If you read the article the answer is, as with most questions about the law, “it depends”. The other day I got an email asking about… READ MORE
After his passing yesterday, it seems like everyone is posting their story of where/how they met the late Stan Lee, so I though I’d post my Stan Lee Story… I don’t have one. I never met or talked to the man, unless you count peeing next to him in adjacent urinals at a Minneapolis comic book show. Of course, you just stare straight ahead like the tiles in front of you are the most fascinating design you’ve ever seen when you are doing your business at a urinal. Conversation is not encouraged. I have drawn Stan into MAD a lot, though. I gave him a… READ MORE
Thanks for all the years of Excelsior, Stan! READ MORE
My LA Workshop starts today through Sunday, class illustration above. I currently have one spot available in my upcoming Phoenix, Orlando and Las Vegas workshops, and two spots in Atlanta. Grab them while they are still available! READ MORE
Thanks for all the great feedback on the possible second edition of the book. I received a lot of great thoughts as well as some enthusiastic support of the idea. Some of the suggestions were things I was already planning on doing, and some were things I didn’t realize people would like to see added or see more of. The second book will contain (among other possible things): Rewritten and rethought concepts and approach of caricature fundamentals throughout New sections or expanded sections about drawing children, older people, specifics like mustaches. beards, glasses, etc. A chapter on drawing/exaggerating bodies Expanded chapter on live caricature techniques,… READ MORE
I mentioned this in passing a few weeks ago here, but I am seriously considering doing a substantial rewriting of my book The Mad Art of Caricature“. In teaching all these workshops I have come up with some new concepts and ways to explain the process of seeing and drawing a caricature that I think are worthy of inclusion. To be honest, these workshops have changed the way I approach my caricatures as well as how I teach others. That said, it will be a lot of work to revamp the book because I am not talking about adding a couple of pages of fluff.… READ MORE
Well, one review anyway… from Batman-news.com. They have some nice things to say about Jacob Lambert and my new book Don’t Let the Penguin Drive the Batmobile. Of the three kids book parodies I drew for MAD, this was my favorite. I find it more challenging to parody the look of a more simple, minimalist art style than a more illustrative, elaborate kind of art. It took some thinking and experimenting to merge the Batverse with the Mo Willems Pigeonverse, but in order for a parody of something like Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus to work, the look of the visuals must capture… READ MORE
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