Posts filed under 'Caricatures'
Medieval Mayhem up in Pinetop. It was nice to get away from the 100+ temps of Phoenix even with the rain every day!
There was a bit of down time – I was able to read most of “The Name of the Wind” by Patrick Rothfuss.
I did get to meet a local celebrity! 
He is a High School music teacher (as is his wife; pictured above) – which makes him a celebrity in my mind!But, in addition to that, he also plays in a band called Three Guys and a Bunch of Drums. If you have been the the Arizona Renaissance Festival you may have seen them.
And finally, what would a Ren Fair be without:
Finish Him!
Sir Richard (of the Phoenix Zoo!) and company. …Merely a flesh wound.
July 26th, 2010
For the 5th of July, I worked at a retirement home in Sun City. Drawing folks with a few wrinkles is way more fun than those without. (To me anyway.) Every face tells a story, some stories are just more interesting! This nice lady wasn’t a resident, but another worker at the party (making balloon animals).
July 26th, 2010
For the 4th of July I was invited to work at a company picnic in Flagstaff. It was a good event – who knew a bunch of lawyers would be that fun!
July 26th, 2010
One of the nice things about where I work is the variety of project I get to be involved in. Sometimes just answering the phones, sometimes doing a training video with a Shaolin munk. (The typical day has a lot more of the former though.)
Recently, we had a one-day “Shaolin Camp” with well over 100 kids. Before the event I did a Shaolin training/exercise DVD, and helped with a t-shirt layout. The day of the event I did a greenscreen photo shoot (and on-site print) of the attendees. Other than a few bugs (it’s been a while since I’ve used greenscreen…) it went pretty well. The munk has a great sense of humor – he noticed some sketches at the office, and asked for a caricature.
Original Photo
Munk Caricature
I took the photo at a “regular” class. You can kind of tell the lights are set for kids, since his face is a bit in shadow.
July 1st, 2010
Every now and then I get asked to do a wedding invitation caricature. The original idea was to do a western theme – but the bride-to-be decided against it, and went with a more “traditional” look.
June 30th, 2010
I did a caricature gig in Sedona recently. I have the habit of showing up early – esp if it is someplace far… so I had some time to kill. I did a quick study of the view from from where I worked, and took a few pics.
The gig was great! It was a wedding reception with a pretty fun crowd. Had I not gotten ticket on the way home for a bad headlight, it would have been perfect!
June 29th, 2010
I have been working with a company that has wanted caricatures of clients. – Usually I do caricatures of employees, (like for an employee of the month), but this is nice for a change! (And more frequent.)
They all have the same bodies, I just draw a new head from a photo, and attach it in Photoshop. (If only being a surgeon was so easy…)
June 26th, 2010
Commissioned work for a 1 year anniversary. She is a teacher, he is a DJ.
This was a tricky caricature since they took the “kitchen sink” approach. Here is an excerpt from the email:
“The way I see it in my head is the mountain as the back drop and the st.louis arch going across the paper like a rainbow. We are both jumping in to a car with are swimsuits on and I have the headphones around my neck and you can have her kind of tossing the book aside. Make it look like we are driving to a camping site, And the car could have stickers on the cars with all the places we went to on our honeymoon and St.louis and Chicago and a Thanksgiving Vegas.”
Then they added a tidal wave, Dr Seus, etc. etc.
All in all, I think it turned out ok!
June 26th, 2010
Sunday I tried a new place to do caricatures. The Phoenix Park-N-Swap, on 40th st & Washington. Sunday was a pretty busy day! I hope to be there next Sunday. (I’ll be competing with the Superbowl, we’ll see how that goes…)
February 2nd, 2010
Saturday at the zoo.
February 2nd, 2010
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