ANOTHER XMAS GIFT!

As a lifelong Liverpool supporter, this was a painful one to do. The man in the middle is a friend of mine, Michael 'Slev' Slevin, flanked by Cantona and Keane.
All grudges aside, you have to hold your hands up and say that they're both legends. The man in the middle is a legend in his own special way!!

THE BEST NIECE IN THE WORLD

That heading should earn me at least a few brownie points!!
This is my niece Aimee and the drawing was a part of her Christmas present this year. She was dead pleased with it. As you can see, she's something of a music fan and should have her first full opera composed by the time she's 12.
The cat in the picture is Maxwell who belongs to my lovely wife Karen (I'm saying all the right things here!!!) and I.

RETIREMENT GIFT

Here's one I did a while back but as it was a surprise present for a retirement, it had to be kept under wraps!

MORE LIVE WORK

Here's some pictures of work I did at a wedding this weekend up in Donegal in association with Niall O'Loughlin's Caricature Company . It was quite a trek and a long day but well worth it.
These are just a randon selection of the day's work.......

LIVE WORK

I did a wedding in Kilkea Castle, Co Kildare last weekend. It was nuts but good fun!! Here's a few snaps from the night.

MISS ELTON JOHN

I was reluctant to do this guy, such is my dislike for him but he's got an intersting little face to say the least. I started with a pencil sketch and rather than just render the head, I though it would be only right to give him the full body treatment!

The second image is a Ken Coogan 'work in progress' special.

NEW GIFT CARICATURES

Here's a couple of new gift pieces just finished. The first is of a colleague of mine who, along with about 10,000 other likeminded fitness fanatics/freaks, is running in this year's Dublin marathon. She'll be raising money for a great Charity called AWARE and asked me to do up a caricature of her to accompany her e-mail correspondence looking for support.
The second is a commisioned piece done through Niall O'Loughlin's Caricature Company for a client who's boyfriend has just graduated from law school as a lawyer of all things.....

QUENTIN UPDATE

Ok, so I've been working on this Tarantino sketch (probably a little longer than necessary but what the hell...) and this is what I've come up with so far. Thanks to those of you who suggested various changes!!!

QUENTIN TARANTINO

Just a quick digital sketch I did to while away the time of Movie Director extraordinaire Quentin Tarantino.

DAVE GROHL

Here's a current work in progress (another one to add to the list!!!) of Foo Fighters front man and all round nice guy, Dave Grohl.

AND ANOTHER........

Here's yet another comissioned piece done fresh this week for The Caricature Company. Once again, the client was delighted with the final version. Makes it all worthwhile!!!!

NEW GIFT CARICATURES

Been pretty busy lately (thanks Niall!!). Here's a couple of new pieces just recently finished (the drawing of the couple was actually done about two months ago but I plum forgot to post it!!!!)
Anyway, here they are..........

MY LIVE DRAWING FACE

I must admit, it was very strange seeing these photos of me at work. I had no idea I looked so intense!!!
These photos were taken by my friend Dean at a wedding in the Vault bar in Dublin's IFSC.

DELL CARICATURES

Here's a selection of live work I did last weekend in the Dell offices as part of their 'Fun Day'.
I was Niall O'Loughlin's partner in crime for the day and as usual, they went down a treat.

Niall O'Loughlin

ANNIVERSARY GIFT

It was my parents wedding anniversary last weekend......guess who forgot?
Hope this will go some way towards being accepted back into the family (kidding).

LIVE WORK

Here's a selection of some live caricatures I did at a corporate even in the beautiful Guinness Storehouse, Dublin last Saturday night on behalf of Niall O'Loughlin's Caricature Company . Really enjoyed this one......well, i enjoy them all. Just enjoyed this one that bit more! Everyone was walking around drinking lovely pints of Guinness which was extremely distracting........

REM PHOTOS

I know this is completely unrelated to the world of caricatures but how could I resist posting pictures like these?
I was lucky enough to have got not only a ticket to see the final night of R.E.M.'s 5 night residency at Dublin's Olympia but also a VIP pass to the aftershow party where I rubbed shoulders with the band and spoke utter nonsense in my start-struck state. Been fans of these guys for about 17 years now and it was an absolute privelage to meet them. I also managed to take a couple of nice shots during the gig too. What a night!