Did you know librarians do a lot more than shush the patrons? This one does! Amy writes plays, knits and populates the perimeter with puppets (was that a bit of a stretch??). I had a wonderful time illustrating this commissioned work for her. It is 11 x 14 in, done in ink, watercolor and colored pencil. The original piece can be view at the Lisbon Public Library, located in Lisbon, Iowa.
Located in Altoona, IA, Adventureland is the destinations of many Iowans for a day of fun, or more accurately a day of spending money. Actually, that’s all good with me as long as that money goes to us poor caricature artists. We get paid by commission… There was a day this week that I made $3 to take home. Not even enough to pay for the gas to get me to and from the place.
So, on those days where I sit and wait, I sit and draw. This is a page from one such occasion. The face at the top is a fellow artist while the other two are people I saw in the park. The medium is ball point pen.
We are entering my favorite time of year. SUMMER!! Congrats to all the graduates this spring. Specifically to my roommate Shantha, who recieved her PhD in Industrial Engineering. And also to my brother Logan, who will be graduating from high school at the end of the month. And while we’re at it: Good Luck to my sister Hannah, who is leaving for China for an indefinite period of time. I love you all!
Back to summer, ah….yes. Lazing around drinking lemonade…afternoon naps…swimming. Running around barefoot… That’s the way I remember it anyway. More recently, as an artist and more specifically as a caricature artist, my summers are filled with lots of drawings. Theme parks, county fairs and parties. I’ll be there.
This particualar piece, which I call Hello Squirrel, was made as an example for a coloring book page. Of course, once it was finished, I couldn’t resist coloring it myself.
Even if you haven’t read the Twilight saga by Stephenie Meyer, you’ve probably heard of it. I read it recently, (I refused to see the movie until I read at least the first book).
First, let me apologize if you were intending to read the books and I have given something away to you by posting this image. If I did that to myself I would kill me. Someone ruined the 4th Harry Potter book for me, and although I was able (with some professional help) to forgive him, it stands as a warning to anyone, myself included, who might give away the ending of a story.
Ok, I’ll keep my narration to a minimum for the above reason. I will say that as I read the books I got more and more sucked into the story. I decided to use them as an excuse to do a little character design. Anyone who has read the books (and probably everyone else, too) will understand this: Edward Cullen or Jacob Black? Vampire or werewolf? Cold or hot?
This is a great opportunity to give a shout-out to Iowa, my own home state. Besides the movie Field of Dreams, we also get the character Radar O’Reilly from Ottumwa, Iowa.
I don’t have cable, and I don’t have a digital converter box. I also don’t have antennae for my television so I haven’t been able to watch TV for several years. I have something better. I check out TV series from the library, which is free. I will also rent, but will pay no more than a dollar per disk.
Obviously, I’ve been watching M*A*S*H. It used to be the show that was on after weekday cartoons. Thus, it was a show of great annoyance to me. If it weren’t for the fact that my roommate suggested it, I never would have checked it out. After all, I thought, it ran for eleven seasons, is considered by many to be one of the greatest TV shows, and won several emmys…there must be something good about it.
Obviously…again…I ended up liking it or I wouldn’t have drawn the cheeky doctor Captain Hawkeye Pierce from MASH unit 4077.
Every good caricaturist must have a drawing of the president. Thus, I have produced the image you see here. I give you Barack Obama.
Last weekend I participated in a Game Dev Jam. That is what occurs when you bring artists and programmers together. We try to make a game before the weekend is over. Somehow we got two games going, and neither of them completed. The game I was working on was a sawmill game. I contributed by designing fun characters. The character pictured here uses his hook to drag logs in the river towards the sawmill. We hope to continue on these games at the next jam.
Welcome to my new website and blog. I have scrapped this together using a wordpress theme. It has taken me all day. Looks like it, eh?
Please feel free to browse my work. I will be posting current projects as they come up, so stop back every once in awhile if you’re interested. Please contact me with any questions.
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