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Nick Cave caricature

2008-04-10T15:44:00.003-04:00

Another Drawing Board post. This one is my contribution to the Nick Cave Drawing Jam.

I do have much fun at that site...

Couple new Drawing Board caricatures

2008-04-10T15:39:00.003-04:00

Been doing more caricatures over at the The Drawing Board. Here's couple of new ones I've recently posted.

This is one of Hache:

And here's one of Bangalore_monkey:

New caricatures...

2008-03-26T12:24:00.002-04:00

Man, looks like I'm on a roll, here... I've posted more here in the last two days than in all of 2007!

Anyway, here are two more caricatures I've done over at the Drawing Board.

First up, oogen:

and here's one of mar4o:

A Tribute to Mark

2008-03-25T10:31:00.004-04:00

I can't believe I haven't posted this up yet... It's a portrait that I did back in '06 for the family and friends of my brother-in-law's brother, Mark. I myself didn't have the good fortune to spend much time with Mark, but whenever I did see him he was always at the ready with a great big smile and warm hug. He was one of the most genuine, caring people I have ever met and my own life is richer knowing him.

One vivid memory I have of him was at my own father's funeral. As I stood in front of the casket, having a pretty hard time dealing with my dad's passing at such a young age, Mark came up to me, put his arm around my shoulders and said in such a gentle, reassuring way, "It'll be ok, Steve. It'll be ok." I had heard that from many people that day, but when Mark uttered those words, it resonated in a way that really helped me cope. I'll forever be grateful to him for doing that.

Although he was born with Downs syndrome, he acheived much in his lifetime. Graduated at 25 from John F. Kennedy Special Education school, competed in Special Olympics for years, winning medals in swimming, wrestling and basketball, was on the Community Handicap Awareness Team, loved to dance and attend Greenbay packer football games and participated in many community events. He loved music and got a big kick out of imitating Luciano Pavarotti.

Here's some exerpts from a local newspaper published shortly after his passing:

"For nearly 50 years, Mark, 52, was an icon in the community - his life, a tribute to society's acceptance and appreciation of handicapped individuals."

"A social butterfly, he touched the lives of an entire spectrum of people."

Indeed he did.

So, here's my personal tribute to my friend, Mark:

Finally, some more caricatures...

2008-03-25T10:22:00.002-04:00

I know it's a long time between posts again, but I'm trying to get back into the drawing thing here, so here's a couple of new ones of folks at the Drawing Board. Hopefully, I can keep it up...

This one's Pedroscope

and here's Comlock

A Nuff is a Nuff

2007-08-06T08:24:00.000-04:00

Hey there, sketchhead enthusiasts! Here's another caricature that I did for the Caricaturists' Caricatures thread over at The Drawing Board.

Presenting Nuffinc:

First post of 2007! Woo hoo!

2007-07-17T09:24:00.000-04:00

Oh, wait, it's July... Ok, ok, so I have not been doing much posting here. Well, I'm hoping to change that. So, here's a new caricature that I did over at The Drawing Board. This is ACH:

A tribute to James

2006-12-26T17:51:00.000-05:00

Ever since I heard the sad news yesterday that The Godfather of Soul, James Brown passed away, I've been working on this sketch.

Here's to you James, hope ya dig it!

(click image for larger version)

Barack revisited

2006-12-24T10:10:00.000-05:00

Here's a little more refined version of the same one...

obamarama!

2006-12-23T17:50:00.000-05:00

Ok, so I haven't posted in awhile... oh, legion of fans, please except my humble apology... he he... Anyway, here's a quick sketch of Barack Obama that I did today just for the heck. I mean, this guy seems to be creatin' a stir, so I thought I'd do a drawing of him... besides... those teeth! Couldn't resist...

btw, I sure have been derelict in posting on this blog when I promised that I would try to keep it up. so, my new year's resolution is going to be to post more... ha! let's see how well that works out...

and... yet another one

2006-10-25T08:53:00.000-04:00

Caricature, that is. This one is of HellboyOne over at The Drawing Board.

'nother caricature...

2006-10-19T04:03:00.000-04:00

Yup, still doing caricatures over at the Drawing Board... Here's Stingicide...

Kissin' Cowboy

2006-10-15T04:59:00.000-04:00

Here's another caricature that I did over at The Drawing Board thread. Funny pose. Reminded me of those ads for The Art Instruction School. "Draw the Pirate", "Draw the Cowboy", "Draw the whatever" or maybe it was just "Draw Me" with a picture of a pirate or cowboy... or maybe there never was a cowboy, I don't know, but anyway, that's what I thought of...

miles

2006-10-04T12:11:00.000-04:00

Ok, so I guess I have a strange concept of what constitutes a "week". Looks like I never finished up last week's "Jazz Sketch Week"... Oh well, these things happen when life gets in the way of drawing... anyway, here's a continuation of jazz week with this recent rendition of Miles Davis.

'Trane

2006-09-27T05:50:00.000-04:00

Doing a drawing of John Coltrane is fun, but listening to Giant Steps for the first time in years is heaven.

A Young Dizzy

2006-09-26T08:53:00.000-04:00

Continuing with My Jazz Sketch Week, here's todays's entry (click on image for larger version):

Jazz Sketch Week

2006-09-25T18:30:00.000-04:00

I came across a bunch of old drawings that I did a long time ago that were jazz related, so I decided to devote this week to drawings of the jazz world. I'll post a different one every day this week. Some old and some new.

This one is a blast from the past... did this the year before I got my Mac. So, contrary to popular belief I can draw without the 'puter/wacom tablet...

Here's Thelonius Monk (click on the picture for a larger version):

on edit: of course, "can draw" and "can draw well" are two different things...

Mr. Slim

2006-09-25T16:41:00.000-04:00

Caricatures are fun to do, but I'm gonna try posting up more of a variety of sketches soon...

this is one of vtslim.

Also, from the Trying-to-Improve-My-Little-Blog Department: I've fixed things so now when you click on the images you'll get a larger version to better examine the glorious/hideous details.

another caricature

2006-09-18T02:40:00.000-04:00

Here's my latest caricature for the thread over at the drawing board. This one is of Ssaleiro.

Caricatures of me

2006-09-17T12:18:00.000-04:00

Click on the little banner below to go to the caricatures that have been done by me by the wonderful caricaturists over at the hugely popular thread at The Drawing Board.

An oldie, but goodie...

2006-09-16T15:31:00.000-04:00

Since I'm not always going to be able to post new stuff, from time to time I'll post older stuff that I've done.

Also, I'm attempting using alternative technology on this blog as well, so I thought I'd try my hand at a YouTube video. Hope it works.

This is an animation of a self caricature that I did ages ago. It was for a study on expressions. Check it out let me know what you think.

I got meself a sketchblog. Wicked!

2006-09-13T23:24:00.000-04:00

Ok, so, here's my blog, folks. I'm gonna try to post stuff up here on a regular basis now that I am starting to finally get back into actually drawing stuff after 20 of years slaving away doing interface design. That's still my day job, but the stuff I'll post here is my after hours passion. (Well, that and writing/playing music, but creating a myspace page for that is a bit farther down on my to-do list)

I spend a lot of time on The Drawing Board. In particular, the hot hot hot Caricaturist's Caricature thread. It's where pro and amateur alike post pictures of themselves and everybody draws each other. We have a blast, so you should check it out.

Anyway, here's a quick sampling of a couple of the caricatures that I did...

This is the very first one that I posted up there last year:

This one was done a couple of months ago:

this is the most recent one I posted last week:

and to see all the rest that I have posted, click the banner below. (Bear in mind that it is a flash presentation, so if anybody has any problems viewing it, please indicate as such in the comment section. Thanks