February 27th, 2018 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I just finished about 6 weeks of nonstop deadlines, workshops and travel… so this week on Tom’s Mad Blog I’m just going to shut up and draw a bunch of 60’s Batman villains. Here’s a sketch of the stunning Eartha Kitt as “Catwoman”. Original available in the Studio Store if you are interested. BatFacts: Eartha Kitt took over the role of Catwoman for the third and final season of Batman. The reason for this, according to Kitt’s first episode screenwriter Stanley Ralph Ross was “because Julie was doing a movie at the time. I think it was “McKenna’s Gold”. READ MORE
February 21st, 2018 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Sorry no time this week for a Batman villain sketch… I’m really under the gun with a deadline. Instead, here’s a little look at what we do in one of my caricature workshops. The above is one of 30 faces in our workshop book that we draw live in class. The book contains a selection of different face types, ages, races, male/female, etc. Part of what we do is examine each face, discuss observations and how to exaggerate what we see, and I draw the face along with the class with my drawing projected on a big screen as it’s being done. The above was… READ MORE
February 14th, 2018 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I’m traveling and have the deadline blues so no time for a sketch today. Keeping with the Batman ’66 theme, here’s a drawing I did for the MAD TV show on Cartoon Network, the late Yvvone Craig as Batgirl. READ MORE
February 7th, 2018 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Are we getting bored with the Bat-Villains series yet? Here’s the fabulous Julie Newmar as Catwoman. READ MORE
January 24th, 2018 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
More 60’s Bat-Villains… Lee Meriwether as Catwoman! Don’t worry, Batfans! Julie Newmar and Eartha Kitt are forthcoming… READ MORE
January 17th, 2018 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Another of my favorites from the 60’s Batman show, Burgess Meredith as “The Penguin”! READ MORE
January 10th, 2018 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
The second of my caricature sketch series of 60’s Batman TV villains, Cesar Romero as “The Joker”! I’m sorry if anyone was waiting for certain of these sketch subjects to appear in hopes of buying the originals. The first four, last week’s Frank Gorshin, this one, and Burgess Meredith and Lee Meriwether the next two weeks, are already spoken for and pre-paid (!). READ MORE
January 3rd, 2018 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Since I mentioned last week I was getting bored with the “Classic Rock” series as a subject for the Sketch o’the Week, a friend on Facebook suggested I do a series of all the villains from the 1960’s Batman show. Great idea for the New Year! Here’s the first… one of my favorites: Frank Gorshin as The Riddler! As always, the original is available in the Studio Store. READ MORE
