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
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
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
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
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
This is actually from Chicago back in August… forgot to take a pic of our table at NYCC! I’m finally getting around to posting about our time at New York Comic Con, which took place Oct. 8-11th. It was a bit of a whirlwind week, as The Lovely Anna started it with a midnight emergency room visit on Sunday the 4th, and an unscheduled gall bladder removal surgery about 12 hours later. All went well and she refused to cancel our NYC trip, so we were off to the Big Apple on that Wednesday (her surgeon did clear her). NYCC is fast becoming my favorite… READ MORE
I usually don’t bother to scan in my actual final pencils on any MAD jobs before I ink them, since I don’t usually need to send them in for approval (that’s all done with the roughs) and they are REALLY BIG and therefore a pain to scan. However I happened to come across scans of the final pencils for the splash page of MAD‘s parody of “The Dark Knight Rises” from issue #519 among some random files on my computer. I have no earthly idea why I went to the trouble of scanning them, but if anyone is interested in seeing what my final penciled… READ MORE
Q: Reading your mailbag a few weeks ago about rejection when drawing live caricatures, do you think it’s better to go for high sales or for great caricatures? A: Yes. Some retail caricaturists, meaning those that sell drawings to their subjects at theme parks, fairs, street corners, etc, seem to think you can’t do both of those things when in fact you can if you keep a few things firmly in mind: learn to read your subjects and be aware of the environment in which you are working. There are two extremes when it comes to retail caricature: The “Sell-Out”– This is the “caricaturist” who… READ MORE
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