Another seven days of trying to capture a famous likeness with the exaggeration of a caricature. Here are the next seven subjects given for participating artists in this year’s Caricature Resolution:
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The annual Mountain Xpress “Humor Issue” is out now. As in previous years, I was asked to do the cover, as well as a two page spread of local cartoons in the style of various actual famous comic strips. My usual weekly local cartoon is in there too, and I […]
Once again, I was commissioned by local alt-weekly, The Mountain Xpress, to come up with an idea for, and produce an illustration for their cover story that week, regarding an increase in shoplifting at local stores. They accepted my idea, and with a few tweaks the result is out on […]
Yet another 1920s-themed event, this time in Asheville, at the venue knows art Venue. I was asked to draw guests for this event, and dressed accordingly again. A good time was had by all. I got a few caricature/subject photos. Next, was a private event, a bat mitzvah at Biltmore […]
Local man who was cartoonist for the Alley Oop comic strip dies in car accident in 2001: Where It Happened “Little River Road, the narrow and curvaceous connector between the Greenville Highway and Kanuga Road/Crab Creek Road, was widened somewhat and repaved only after tragedy struck near one of its […]
Another cover story I was asked to illustrate for the local Alt-Weekly Asheville paper, The Mountain Xpress, was this one about an upcoming vote on local bonds that would be used to fund greenways and preserve open space, as well as for affordable housing. I was given some ideas they […]
MAD magazine, and Rankin Bass legendary artist Paul Coker passed away recently. MAD writer, Desmond Devlin spoke about him in an online update, better than I could, so I will repost his words here: by Desmond Devlin “PAUL COKER, JR, 1929-2022 When I started at MAD, the first four artists […]
The local alt-weekly paper, The Mountain Xpress, in Asheville has once again seen fit to commission my art for one of their cover stories. This one seeks to illustrate the concepts in the article regarding the efforts of those both outside the area and inside, mostly non-profits, trying to provide […]
For me, drawing caricatures at a birthday party is not a new thing, but this particular gig I was hired to do proved to be a new experience. I was tasked with drawing all the party guests (or at least as many as could fit) in the same caricature with […]
Once again, I intend to participate in the monthlong, January daily drawing challenge called Caricature Resolution. This year’s theme appears to be that the actor subjects for caricature are all related by one degree to the following day’s actor subject via them both starring in the same movie or TV […]