Sketch O’The Week
November 26th, 2008 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
This week’s subject is “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart. This sketch took about 1/2 hour. It’s a good example of how the posture and body language of a subject can play an important part in the overall effectiveness of the caricature. Stewart’s hunched forward posture and folded hands are as recognizable a feature of his persona as his ample nose. Likewsie expression comes very much into play with his caricature. He often looks up from under his brows and cocks and eyebrow at the camera. These elements help reinforce and strengthen a caricature. READ MORE
November 19th, 2008 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
One of the few TV shows I have been watching this year has been “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”. I was pleasantly surprised how good it was last year in it’s mid-season short run. One of the things that stuck me was the unusual but very good casting of the show. Lena Headly from “300” as Sarah?… I thought she would be too soft but she’s got a nice balance between the paranoid pyscho of Linda Hamilton and a more human mother. Summer Glau as Cameron the female terminator? I thought she was too little and delicate but she’s the best part of the show.… READ MORE
November 12th, 2008 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Speaking of the National Caricaturist Network Convention, the only workshop I was able to attend was Steve Silver‘s “Figure Drawing”. Steve is a phenomenal artist and his workshop was terrific. He stressed the value of quick figure studies over doing long, drawn out poses as the best way to develop your figure drawings skills. He had a model come in and the packed room drew according to his direction. We did three different exercises in his workshop. First, we started out with twenty quick 30 second studies of the model in various poses. 30 second poses Next we did what animators call a “turnaround”, drawing… READ MORE
November 5th, 2008 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I’m on my way to North Carolina to catch the last few days of the National Caricaturist Network’s annual convention, so here’s a quick study of country music singer Taylor Swift. READ MORE
October 29th, 2008 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Here’s a stab at the famously hard-to-caricature William Shatner. Actually these days he’s a lot easier to capture than he was in the 60’s as a younger man. Boston Legal is one of The Lovely Anna‘s favorite TV shows. BTW, sorry for the ugly “©2008 Tom Richmond” in the image, but I am going to start adding that to anything I put on the internet to try and safeguard as best I can against the possible passage someday of the Orphan Works Act. READ MORE
October 15th, 2008 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
This week’s sketch is a quick 10 minute or so study of “Mr. Madonna”, director Guy Ritchie. Actually it is a disservice to him to say he’s only famous as he’s married to Madonna. In fact he’s a pretty good film maker. His movie “Snatch” with Brad Pitt and Jason Stratham is a favorite of mine. Hilarious. READ MORE
October 8th, 2008 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
As promised, a sketch of actor Nathan Fillion. I am not really familair with the actor, as I have only seen the Firefly movie (once) and no episodes of the show nor seen him in any other programs. My observations: He has wide set eyes and a wide nose bridge. He has a somewhat flat and broad nose all the way to his nostrils. His brow is very pronounced. His jaw is square but he has a small chin, and a narrow mouth with thin lips. His eyes have an odd “walleye” sort of look like they are starting off in slightly different directions. Low… READ MORE
October 1st, 2008 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
I had high hopes of doing a sketch here in Germany and then uploading it to the blog and having that serve as the “Sketch o’the Week”. However Landstuhl is a small town and finding a place with a scanner that would serve is proving too convoluted a process, so I am going to cheat this week and post a couple of old sketches for the “Supercapers” job I did this summer that I happened to have on my MacBook Pro. Oliver Muirhead and Tommy “Tiny” Lister Clint Howard These pencils were inked and colored and used in the semi-animated credits of the movie. I… READ MORE
