November 1st, 2015 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Based on your past experiences, do you find that it is easier to do caricatures of some people over others? A: Yes, of course. Caricature is based on an artist’s perception of a subject and their features. Some subjects have obvious physical or personality-based traits that jump right out at you, and those types of faces are easier to caricature not because they are easier to draw (they have the same features everyone else has) but because you identify what features you are going to exaggerate and how to stretch them without much effort. As you develop your “eye” for caricature, more and more… READ MORE
October 30th, 2015 | Posted in Freelancing
I have mentioned before that after over 12 years of doing print poster illustrations for The Marlin Company’s workplace subscription program, they recently moved over to full digital content including doing some limited animation on my artwork. They recently posted an example of what they do on their FaceBook page, with the above illustration as the sample. This was the first time I ever saw any of the results as well. Sorry, I have no way of embedding the video here. You’ll have to visit the Facebook link above if you want to see the animation. READ MORE
October 29th, 2015 | Posted in Freelancing
The November issue of Sports Illustrated Kids (now on news stands) features this two page spread illustration by moi depicting some popular athletes enjoying (or not) Thanksgiving. See how many you recognize. Clicky to embiggen… READ MORE
October 28th, 2015 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Continuing on with my little run of caricature sketches of the cast of “Firefly”, here is Alan Tudyk as Serenity pilot Hoban “Wash” Washburne. This original sketch is available in the Studio Store! READ MORE
October 26th, 2015 | Posted in General
After yesterday’s mailbag concerning MAD possibly doing full length parodies of modern video games, here’s the piece I mentioned I did the art on from way back in MAD #471, Nov. 2006… “When Video Games Become Religious” written by Jacob Lambert. Pencil roughs followed by the finished spot illustrations (my favorite one is above)…. READ MORE
October 25th, 2015 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: Has the magazine ever considered doing full-length video game spoofs with the same style and look as the Movie/TV Show parodies? If they haven’t done it for a particular reason, what is that reason? For me personally, I would’ve loved to see parodies of games like GTA V, the Call of Duty games, and Bioshock/Bioshock Infinite. A: This is really a question for the MAD editors, but I thought it was an intriguing idea so I thought I’d post it. MAD‘s done plenty of material on gaming, including a huge “50 Worth things about Video Games” back in MAD #457, Sept 2005. I know… READ MORE
October 22nd, 2015 | Posted in Illustration Throwback Thursday
Back in the late 1990’s/early 2000’s I did several illustrations for a radio syndicate called U.S. Radio Stations used in ads for their stations and packages. Some were for certain themed stations and some for specific hosts and their shows. Here are a few: READ MORE
October 21st, 2015 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Back to my “Firefly” series… here’s Capt. Mal’s right hand woman, the tough but sexy Zoe Washburne as portrayed by Gina Torres. As always, this original sketch is available to buy in the Studio Store! READ MORE
