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January 24th, 2014 | Posted in General
That’s it! The Limited Artist’s Edition of my book is all sold out. To paraphrase the immortal Popeye: 120 editions is all there is, and there isn’t no mo’! Many thanks to the 120 folks who ordered one of these, and for the patience many showed when it took me sometimes up to a month to get their book done. The folks who ordered the last several of these won’t have to wait that long, I should be able to get these last few done early next week. READ MORE
January 24th, 2014 | Posted in General
Looks like one of the final three backed out suddenly, so there is actually one left! Get it while it’s hot! READ MORE
January 24th, 2014 | Posted in General
Is It Schilly in Here, or is it Just Me Dept. If you have been thinking about getting one of the Limited Artist’s Editions of my book for yourself or as a gift for some MAD fan or caricaturist… now’s the time. There are exactly three left of the 120 limited editions, and when they are gone, they’re gone. Have a caricature of you or the person of your choice drawn by me inside a copy of The Mad Art of Caricature!, complete with a hand-numbered bookplate. You send in your photos Tom draws you on the half-title page! (click image to enlarge) 117 crazy… READ MORE
January 23rd, 2014 | Posted in General
I get the occasional email or other message from concerned individuals who write to tell me they have found my book The Mad Art of Caricature! available as a free PDF download here or there, and just wanted to make me aware of it. I really do appreciate that, but I am sadly very aware of it. These are copies someone has spent hours scanning in from a printed copy (presumably) cut up into individual pages. The images look terrible and the text is furry but it’s readable. There is not much I can do about this, unless I want to spend all day every… READ MORE
January 21st, 2014 | Posted in General
Sunday night The Lovely Anna and I watched the third season premier of “Sherlock”, the updated re-imagining of the classic character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle… it was great as expected. As a Sherlockian myself, I love this show. I wrote a review of it when I posted the above drawings as a Sketch o’the Week a while ago. All of what I said in that review stands true in the new episode, which bodes well for the rest of the season. I especially love the nods to some of the original canon in a few of the side stories and quick moments… among… READ MORE
January 17th, 2014 | Posted in General
It’s been a while since we saw this guy… READ MORE
January 14th, 2014 | Posted in General
I got this email the other day from caricaturist Mike Giblin: I’ve been reading extensively on your blog (and other sources) about Caricature and the Right of Publicity, and though a lot of it still has my brain in knots I’m beginning to see the distinction in what’s advisable and what’s not. My question is to do with subject matter, specifically citing your Secret Agent Man artwork as an example. I understand that by offering the illustration as original artwork AND a limited edition print run, you’ve made a solid case for the fine art angle – and as such, there are no likely legal… READ MORE
January 12th, 2014 | Posted in General
Q: You write in your book and on your blog how important it is that everything in an illustration has the same style, look, and feel, for instance background people. How do you make something part of your universe, when you’ve never drawn it before? For instance a camel or a horse (like on the splash page of The Hunger Pains)? Do you need a lot of extra sketches or can you just draw everything right away with the help of some photo references? A: That’s a good question, I hadn’t ever really thought about it before. First off, the oft-given advice referred to above… READ MORE
