Another DrawingBoard.org Victim

Been a while, but here's another poster over at DrawingBoard.org. He goes by the name Deltadadad. I scanned a pencil sketch then added color in photoshop. I think the break I took from drawing actually helped. I was able to do the painting aspect with a fresh look.

Something New

I call it "A Caricature of a Caricature". I'm looking at a caricature and exaggerating again.

Some dude

Here's another face from the DrawingBoard. This one took me a couple of tries -- trying to break free from the portrait look and really exaggerate some of the features.

Retiring CEO

The CEO of my company is retiring at the end of the month. They "asked" me to do a caricature of him. I know the riding-into-the-sunset scene is rather cliche, but I couldn't resist. I used photos found online for reference when drawing the horse and sunset. Not sure how long it took me. I did pieces of it here and there.

Guy from work

Dang, this blog thing is hard to stay up with. One day turns to two days then to five days then to two weeks. Next thing you know you've forgotten your password to log back on -- that's two more days. Sheesh! Anyway, this is a guy I work with. He had the bad luck of sitting across the room from me. Sorry David.

Shakira

This is actually a step for me in exaggeration. I find it easier to lay out the features then distort them while painting. Kinda like sculpting, I suppose. I've never sculpted anything, but this seems pretty close. Anway, we'll see if this method helps.

Jim from The Office

As a tribute to the writers' strike being over, here's one of Jim (John Krasinski) of The Office. I love that show and look forward to seeing new episodes in the coming weeks. The reference photo didn't show the kind of personality I was looking for. Jim often makes this great face right at the camera. The kind that says "these people are weird. Don't ask, I just work here." Still, it was fun to do and a good learning experience. I guess.