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Bruce Willis – Work In Progress (WIP)

Nov 29, 2012

Tonight I have a work in progress of Bruce Willis. I love the way he makes that little smirk and I found a picture with that smirk but it was very noisy and after removing the noise and enhancing the detail, I’m left with patches of skin with no detail at all. This is where the final stage of painting the whiskers, hair and missing skin texture comes in. This image doesn’t look that bad because it’s been shrunk down so much. It’s very noticeable in the high-res file so there will be a lot of detail painting to do on this one.

Below is the source image I’m working with and an earlier screen capture of the work in progress on my Wacom which was posted to Google+ and Facebook earlier today. I’ve started something new on Google+ called “Whats on the Wacom” to give everyone a little better look at the different stages and my work flow. You can see the difference in the screen capture and the portrait above and there will be even more changes in the final product although the basic morph is pretty close to what I want now. And of course, he will be put in another body.

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Bill Murray – The Look

Nov 20, 2012

Yet another caricature study of Bill Murray. There was a series of images taken at a Red Carpet Event of Murray and some great shots among the set, so I couldn’t resist and had to do another. I’m not sure what or who he was looking at but he was kind of giving the eye. There was nice detail in the shot so it was a fun practice piece. These are always relaxing for me and the first part of the day was pretty stressful so this helped. I’m posting the source image below as well as a work in progress (WIP) while it was on my Wacom in a slightly rougher state.

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Another Caricature Study of Bill Murray

Oct 29, 2012

This is yet another caricature study of Bill Murray. I have done several of him but his features and expressions never get old. On this one, I started with a horrible source image as you can see below so it was a challenge getting the textures right. There was also a lot more digital painting in this one than most because the detail just was not there. It was great practice and as always a good learning experience.

Just a note to let you know what else is going on with my work. I just finished the most complex image I have done to date. I spent almost 3 weeks on it and it will be used as a full page magazine illustration just in time for the elections. I can’t give anymore details right now but I will post the image as soon as it’s published. The only bad thing about it is that it was commissioned by an individual who is very one sided politically, so it may be a bit controversial. 🙂 Note: This is not my opinion. It’s my job. I will also be starting another movie project soon for CatchPhrase Entertainment and New Coast Productions. Looking forward to that one.

I also wanted to let everyone know why my posts have been a bit sparse for the past few months. I have been spending a lot of time on Google+ lately. There are a few reasons for this. Google+ is providing the majority of my commissions over the last year for one. I was fortunate enough to have been selected for the Suggested User’s List a few months back and it has really payed off. I now have approximately 3.1 million followers after one year and I am gaining about 6,000 followers per day which will put me over 1 million next month. If you’re not there, it’s very easy and quick to make a profile. Here’s mine:https://plus.google.com/u/0/+RodneyPike/posts.

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Tommy Lee Jones Caricature Study – MIB

Oct 19, 2012

Today I’m posting a caricature study on Tommy Lee Jones. This is one of two caricatures I did of him as an experiment on exaggeration. There are often several different ways of taking exaggeration when doing a caricature and it is evident when looking at how different artists attack a certain subject. The differences between more classic caricature artists such as Jason Seiler, Sebastian Cast and Dominic Philibert as compared to the work of artists such as Russ Cook really intrigue me and inspire me to experiment and stay open minded about the direction to take a certain piece. I’ll post the first caricature in this experiment below so you can see what I was trying to do here.

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Tommy Lee Jones – A Caricature Study

Aug 10, 2012

This is one of two images I started of Tommy Lee Jones quite a while back and never finished, so I think I’ll post this one tonight and use the other in my next post. This was part of an experiment to see if I could take one source image in two completely different directions as far as exaggeration and not lose likeness. This wasn’t the best source image but I liked that blank serious stare.