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Merry Christmas!

December 25th, 2013 | Posted in General

Happy holidays and Merry Christmas from the Richmond family! READ MORE

If you read this blog regularly you will know I do not often endorse blogs or websites here… mainly because I figure you’ve wasted enough of your time reading my drivel you can’t afford to go off reading others. However, the occasional blog come around where I just have to say “take a look at this” because it is one of those rare birds that actually had something interesting to say that is more than your typical internet snark or “10 most this and that” lists. I posted the image above in a recent Sunday Mailbag. It was done as a wedding gift and promptly… READ MORE

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