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September 21st, 2018 | Posted in General
The internet can be a wonderful thing, but it does have a significantly ugly underbelly. One of the worst aspects of the internet is that it has trained a generation of users that anything they can find on the web is theirs to use as they wish, simply because no one is there to stop them from stealing it and using it. The result is that “intellectual property” i.e. stuff people create like art, writing, photography, etc. has become devalued. Far too many internet users think they everything on the web should (and is) free for the taking. People who would would never dream of… READ MORE
September 18th, 2018 | Posted in General
There’s yet another lively discussion at the International Society of Caricature Artists Facebook page going on, this time about street, fair, theme park, etc. (known collectively as “retail” caricaturists, meaning they sell their work directly to their subjects as opposed to “gig” caricaturists, who are paid by a client to draw the people at the client’s event) putting up work on their display boards that are not their art but caricatures by others stolen from the internet. You see it a lot in tourist trap areas like Times Square, Montmartre, Leicester Square, etc. I’ve blogged about this multiple times. Like here. And here. Oh, and… READ MORE
September 14th, 2018 | Posted in General
I am a member of an organization called the International Society of Caricature Artists (which, incidentally, I heartily recommend to anyone doing caricature professionally at any level). Right now there is a lively discussion going on on their members-only Facebook page about the trials and tribulations of what many call “cookie cutter caricature” and what I call “generic caricature”. I thought it would make a good topic for an article here. Briefly, “generic” caricature is when a caricature artist draws the same features over and over again on everyone, regardless of what that subject actually looks like, and is often seen in live caricature done… READ MORE
September 11th, 2018 | Posted in General
Too much travel and not enough studio time. READ MORE
September 10th, 2018 | Posted in General
I was a guest at Rose City Comic Con this past weekend. One of the things I do at these shows are full color “sketch covers” done on one of the blank cover variants of MAD. Sadly it was not a very busy convention for us, but I did this sketch cover as a sample for the booth. Done using brush pens, copic parkers and a touch of colored pencil. READ MORE
September 7th, 2018 | Posted in General
This is an article I wrote a number of years ago, that I repost here every couple of years. I often get emails from people asking “are there any “intellectual’ copyright laws preventing an artist from drawing/painting a caricature of a celebrity/sports person, then selling the original artwork and artist’s prints of the original drawing?” Yes, there are. They are called the “right of publicity”. The information is still very relevant. Here’s the article: Caricature and the Right of Publicity A few years ago a colleague of mine who does party caricatures in southern California was contacted by comedian Jay Leno about an ad the… READ MORE
September 6th, 2018 | Posted in General
While I am in Portland I should post the workshop illustration I did for my Portland workshop that took place in early July. I had to delay doing this piece because of a family health crisis and the resulting deadline fallout. All the workshoppers were very patient with me while I finally got the art done. I’m busy scheduling my 2019 workshops, so keep up with the announcements of the locations and dates by signing up for our mailing list! That’s the thingy up on the top right area of this window! READ MORE
September 6th, 2018 | Posted in General
The Lovely Anna and I will be at Rose City Comic Con in Portland, Oregon this weekend doing our usual comic-con thing! I’ll be at booth #1066, which is NOT in Artists Alley but in an area for featured guests… so come and find us! I’ll also be doing live demos at the Wacom booth on: Fri Sept 7: 5:30-6:30 Sat Sept 8: 5-6 Sun Sept 9: 3-4 If you are at RCCC stop in and say hello!! READ MORE
