FINISHED MORRISSEY

Well, I finally finished it and I'm rather pleased with the way it's turned out but there are one or two niggley little things I might go back to and change. Underneath, just for the hell of it, is the original sketch that I began with in Photoshop.

MORRISSEY

This is my second attempt at Morrissey as I was never really that happy with the first one I did last year.....how time flies.
This time I chose a more accurate reference photo and think it's made a huge difference.

Update: 30th January

THE BOSS

I've been trying to draw Bruce Springsteen for a while now and never managed to capture that amazing and apparently endless energy he has on stage. I think I've come pretty close with this one but I'll keep plugging away.....

Decided to expand on this one slightly but I've already reached that stage where I begin to become too attached to a sketch and am frightened of completing it!! Silly, I know, but I'm determined to persevere nonetheless......

BARACK OBAMA

Thought I'd give Obama another try......seeing as he's in the news and all.

RANDOM SKETCH

This is actually based on a reference photo of Alex Kapranos, the lead singer of the brilliant Franz Ferdinand. I wasn't really too concerned with the likeness and overall was pretty happy with it as a sketch.

STEVEN GERRARD

Could this be our year? Could it? Could it be?
This man is going to do his damndest to try.

JAMES DEAN

This started off as a pencil sketch but after some erasing, some more tweaking, and some more erasing, I decided to render it digitally in Photoshop. I really need to pick the 'ol pencil up again and do some proper sketches. Photoshop is all very well and good but sometimes you just can't beat the sketch pad and pencil (and an eraser just in case)

THE EDGE

What good is a Bono without an Edge?

ST. BONO OF HEWSON

Although I don't idolise this man quite as much as I used to (i.e. when I was in my teens), I still have a lot of respect for him and I'm really looking forward to the new U2 album.
I know this ain't quite what you'd call a caricature but I just thought it would be interesting to see if I could capture some sort of likeness more than anything. He's a tricky one......

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.