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Questionable Life Decisions, Part 1

December 12th, 2013 | Posted in General

Someone’s mom is not going to be pleased. READ MORE

Time Running Out on Studio Store Holiday Gifts!

December 6th, 2013 | Posted in General

Shipping times get hairy as the holiday approaches… if you are thinking about getting something from the Studio Store in time to wrap up for a Christmas present, now’s the time! I have only 15 Limited Artist Editions of my book left! 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. Only 120 of these limited editions will ever be made, and 105 of them are gone. I’m down to my last 44 Doctor Who “The Doctor is In” limited edition prints. Get one for that… READ MORE

The Morgan Freeman iPad Painting

December 6th, 2013 | Posted in General

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEdRLlqdgA4[/youtube] This has been all over the internet the last few days. Artist Kyle Lambert did this digital painting of Morgan Freeman using ProCreate and an iPad… and his finger.¬¨‚Ä†According to the video, it took over 285,000 brush strokes and 200 hours of work. This has elicited a lot of discussion and speculation on the internet about, among other things, the following: 1. Did he just trace a photo? My two cents: Yes, he must have used a photo as an underlayer even though it is not seen in the video (easy to exclude from a screen capture video). No way could anyone do something… READ MORE

Singing the Baby Blues

December 5th, 2013 | Posted in General

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDUKzdidzQo[/youtube] This is a great video interview with syndicated comic strip “Baby Blues” creators Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott about the genesis of the strip. I’m fortunate to be able to call Rick a good friend. We have been on many USO tours together to places like Germany, Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, and even drew together on the U.S.S. Enterprise in the middle of the Arabian Gulf. He’s an incredible talent… incidentally he was honored with the NCS Reuben Award for “Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year” last May. A well deserved honor. Baby Blues has a special place in me and The Lovely Anna’s hearts. It… READ MORE

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 28th, 2013 | Posted in General

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving… I hope you are spending it with family and friends, like it was meant to be! READ MORE

Sunday Mailbag

November 24th, 2013 | Posted in General

Q: In your book you address the problem of nondescript, ‘standard’ faces, and mention finding ‘one outstanding feature. Just one’. My question concerns the opposite scenario – where a subject may have numerous ‘deviations from the norm’ … I suppose we should be driven by a quest for likeness, no matter what. But is this a situation where subjectivity comes into play? A: Caricaturists have a term for a face like you describe… it’s called a “Field Day”. I understand what you are saying, and it is true that if a face has a lot of features begging for exaggeration you can be confronted with… READ MORE

Sunday Mailbag

November 17th, 2013 | Posted in General

Q: What was the longest amount of time you’ve spent on caricaturing a subject? I sometimes find myself struggling with a subject and can spend days trying to get it right, when others seem to work out right away. I was just wondering if you’ve ever had this problem and how you get past it. A: That happens sometimes, and to everybody. When I’m doing a parody for MAD I will sometimes find one of the subjects seems to elude me, or if I am doing some other project I might find myself struggling with the likeness of a caricature. The odd thing is that… READ MORE

Dwindling Supply in the Studio Store!!

November 14th, 2013 | Posted in General

Shameless Plug Dept. Some of the limited edition stuff I’m hawking online are getting close to the end of their editions, so I thought it might be time to give folks a heads up if anyone is thinking about getting one of these for a gift for somebody this holiday season: “The Mad Art of Caricature” Limited Artist’s Edition Only 16 of 120 left! I just mailed out a batch of these last week, and there are only 16 remaining. Here are a couple of recent ones, with the reference pics I used to do the caricatures (clicky to embiggen): If you aren’t familiar with… READ MORE