Illustration Friday – Entangled

November 30, 2009 8 comments

I wanted to warm up for some illustrations I need to work on today by doing one for illustrationfriday.com.  The theme is “Entangled”.

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Woody Allen Caricature

November 9, 2009 Leave a comment

Woody Allen

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Leonardo DiCaprio Caricature Sketch

November 5, 2009 Leave a comment

I wasn’t sure which Leo caricature I liked better so, I thought I would post them both.  The pen and ink was from the day of doodling with my daughter mentioned in the last post and the 2nd one was more recent.

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio 2

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Jonas Bros. Caricature Sketch

November 3, 2009 Leave a comment

One day this past summer my daughter and I spent the entire day on our back porch doodling.  One of the results for me was this caricature of the Jonas Bros.  My previous post of Posh Spice also came from that fun day.

Jonas Bros.

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Halloween at the McCord’s

November 1, 2009 Leave a comment

As some of you know, I like to go a little crazy decorating my house for Halloween.  This year I was a little delayed with all the crazy rain we’ve had but, fortunately Halloween day was beautiful and I was able to set-up the decorations.  Each year I try to come up with something new to add to the house and this year was no exception although, it was more of a revision than something new.  I have a DVD that plays a series of scary Halloween faces and in the past I would set this up to play in our third floor window.  Never really like it up there but, it was the best spot that I had to set it up.  This year I thought it would be great if I could get it to play in the opening of the garage door.  It ended up being a huge hit for visiting trick or treaters.  Although not quite the same thing as being there, I wanted to post some pictures of how it all looked.

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Posh Spice Caricature Sketch

October 30, 2009 1 comment

For this caricature, I really wanted to focus on that ridiculous pose that Posh does every time a camera is on her.  Or, am I mistaken and this is the way she walks all the time?

Posh Spice Sketch

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Tina Fey Caricature Sketch

October 28, 2009 3 comments

Tina Fey Sketch

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Bill Cosby Caricature Sketch

October 27, 2009 Leave a comment

I read today that Bill Cosby recently received the “Mark Twain Prize for American Humor”.  I’ve always been a huge fan of his from the time I was little and heard my brother playing Mr. Cosby’s album titled “To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With”, to his days on “The Cosby Show”.

As I started to work on this caricature, I first thought about how I wanted to draw him.  I set out to find some reference photos of how he looks today.  But, in my search I soon realized that it was the younger Bill Cosby who had an influence on me.  I remember watching him on the show “The Electric Company”, a great, great show from the 70’s and, I think I even saw him on “Sesame Street”.  But, it was his animated show “Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids” that became a big part of my growing up.  I loved plopping in front of the T.V. on a Saturday Morning to watch it and, as I look back now I realize something.  As a kid growing up in a small town in the Midwest, “Fat Albert” was my exposure to people who were a different color and race than me.  This was one of the few shows on T.V. that showed me that there was a diverse America out there.  This message was unknowingly silent to me though, as I was a kid who just fell in love with great characters on a Saturday morning show and who loved to hear Mr. Cosby’s message that he was teaching.  Now as an adult I can see that it was much more.

Bill Cosby Sketch

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Garth Brooks Caricature Post

October 26, 2009 2 comments

Some of you may notice that I have a different blog.  I found out that people were trying to leave comments but couldn’t.  Hopefully, this will remedy the problem.

I read that Garth Brooks was coming out of retirement so, I thought it would be fun to try and create a caricature of him.  It actually became more of a challenge.

SketchGarth Brooks

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Tony LaRussa Caricature Post

October 21, 2009 Leave a comment

Original Tony LaRussa Caricature Sketch and one with a little color added.

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