TOM WAITS SKETCH

Been playing quote a lot of this guy lately and forgot just how brilliant he is. 'Closing Time' is one of my all time favorite albums.
It inspired me to do this sketch in Photoshop.

LARRY KING

I started this a while before Christmas and guess I just plain forgot to post it!
Not sure why I picked Larry King as a subject and I definitely didn't plan for it to be so detailed but I liked the direction it was going and I just closed my eyes and went with it.
The bit about closing my eyes is a lie.

BLACKADDER PART II

Decided to give this one another crack. I think I've captured more of a likeness with this attempt.....

BLACKADDER RIDES AGAIN!!

To commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the sit-com Blackadder, the BBC screened a documemtary, looking back at the history of the show featuring interviews with members of the cast.
It reminded me just how special and side-splittingly funny this programme was and also how it will never, ever be bettered.
Here is a quick sketch of my all time favorite sit-com character (George Constanza is a close second!), Captain Edmund Blackadder from the fourth series 'Blackadder Goes Forth'.
All four series are absolute legendary works of genius, as are Rowan Atkinson's performances. Sadly, he went down in my estimation slightly when he went on to create the incredibly irritating Mr. Bean.

JACK NICHOLSON

Here's a work in progress of a reworked sketch from a while back (does that make sense?). This man is just too cool.......

SEASONS GREETINGS!!!

Yes, I know it's about as imaginative as a Westlife single but I'm just on the way to the airport so it'll have to do!
Hope you all have a lovely Christmas and a great 2009!
Thanks to all of you who visited my blog this year!!

THE JOKER (work in progress)

It was while recently watching a repeat of the original 1960's Batman tv series that gave me the inspiration for this.
I thought it would make a nice change to pay tribute to Cesar Romero's Joker character as it was one of my favorite as a kid and still is to this day.

ANOTHER GIFT CARICATURE

Here's one that was presented to a colleague in work last week, to commemorate their time spent as Head of the department that I work for.
Unfortunately I wasn't there when the finished version was presented but by all accounts, it went down very well indeed!!

BJORK

This was done as a entry for the monthly Caricature jam over on the Drawing Board
This is an updated version of an attempt I made about three years ago that ended up being temporarily shelved so I decided to give a bit of a makeover.

GIFT CARICATURE

Here's another commissioned piece I completed a few weeks ago but as it was only presented earlier today, I had to keep it under wraps!!

ELVIS PRELVIS

I started this a week or so ago but it still needs a bit of tweaking.
The folks over on the Drawing Board have given me some helpful pointers so hopefully it'll help with the likeness a bit more.......


Just for the record, this is how I actually wanted it to look. I kind of cheated by doing this but for the benefit of the purists out there, I'll be re-drawing it from scratch to get it right.



Here's another update, As you can see, I've gone against my better judgement and decided to stick with the original shaped face.

YOU'D HAVE TO BE THERE.......

Long story short, I accidentally broke my wife Karen's handbag today.
Here is a re-enactment of the incident:

JFK

Here's another one straight off the production line. It's not quite finished yet ('why are you posting it then!!?, I hear you cry) but I'm almost there so the final version won't look THAT much different......

OSCAR WILDE

Another legendary Irish author and the source of a million and one quotes.

JAMES JOYCE

Update: 3/12/08



Sketch of the legendary Irish Author.

OWEN WILSON

All I can say is, What. A. Nose.
In fact, I'm not sure I've done it justice with this drawing. I think it's a bit on the tame side but I'm happy enough with it....for now.

CARICATURE EXHIBITION!

I was recently asked to submit some of my work for an upcoming exhibition being held in Edinburgh at the end of November.
This is something of a first for me so it's very exciting, not only to be have my work shown in public but also to have it shown alongside some of the best and most talented caricature artists around. Sadly, I won't be able to be there myself but if you're from or near the area, please stop by and check it out!!
Thanks to Craig Rogalski for bringing it together!!
Here's the link for the exhibition.

MATT RYDER

Here's a quick sketch of fellow NCN'er, Matt Ryder from Dubai.

OBAMA MARK II

I didn't feel my first Obama attempt was turning out how I wanted so I decided to give it another approach from a completely different perspective:

THE PRESIDENT (ELECT) OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Strangely enough, this is my first time doing this guy. Not sure what took me so long seeing as every other caricature artist I know has drawn him at least 20 times.


Update: 10/11/08 (a few slight changes made)