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Caricature Study of a Cutie Pie

Aug 3, 2012

This is a caricature study I did of my daughter from a picture taken back in the 90’s. I had done a caricature of one of her brothers and she’s been asking me to do one of her. She’s a cute kid and not as easy to work with as her then 12 year old awkward brother was. I’ve always loved this image I took of her climbing a tree and it was pretty clear so I decided to take a shot at it.

Caricaturing women and children can be hard because we never want to offend. My goal in a caricature portrait is to make a fun picture, not make fun of anyone. Now political satire is a whole other ballgame and sometimes we play a little rougher in that game. Anyhow with this one, I made very subtle adjustments and exaggerations working the cute angle more than strictly exaggerating the prominent features. One wrong move or a bit too much and it’s ugly. I hope this one isn’t considered ugly. I tried my best. I hadn’t planned on publishing this but it was such a hit on Google+ and facebook that I just had to. It’s not my best work but then again I don’t know what my best work is yet because I haven’t produced it yet. Lots of fun though and as always a good learning experience.

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Crossing or Embarrassing Jindal Has Consequences

Jul 17, 2012

Quoted from TheTownTalk.com, “Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal appears to have little tolerance for differences of opinion or disruptions to his carefully crafted political strategy, a lesson his agency chiefs and lawmakers who disagree with the governor continue to learn.

Some examples from recent months:

» Jindal’s allies fired an outspoken LSU System president who regularly criticized the governor’s policies.

» Jindal’s hand-picked House speaker removed legislative leaders who voted against bills backed by the governor.

» And Jindal ousted an agency leader who spoke out against a reorganization plan.

Most recently, Jindal’s revenue secretary appears to have been edged out of her job for expanding a tax break without Jindal’s knowledge. The expansion could have drained millions from the state treasury and received criticism it could worsen the state’s precarious budget situation.

Crossing or embarrassing Jindal has consequences!“

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My Golden Ticket – Governor Bobby Jindal (WIP)

Jun 29, 2012

I’ve been real busy with a lot of new things lately and I have slacked bad on my blog posts so I have a few things to share with you tonight. I was honored to have recently been featured on Media Tapper for the one year anniversary of Google+. I told a short story about my experiences with Google+ so far and how it all began with “My Golden Ticket“. Wow, it’s crazy. I just rolled over 155,000 followers on Google+ and it’s growing fast. Not bad for the first year. I was also voted into the top 3 artists on Google+ in a Media Tapper pole this week. Check out the article as well as the others who wrote about their experiences. You may change your views on Google+ if you’re not there yet. There are some really great stories.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal Work In Progress (WIP)

Above is a quick liquify sketch of the caricature of our own Louisiana Governor, Bobby Jindal. He’s gotten himself into a little hot water lately so I thought I would do a little local political satire. I’m in the process of building a full situational satirical manipulation so I thought I would give you a peak at the subject. I think the latest headline read something to the affect of; “Cross Jindal Get Fired”. Apparently he’s going through pink slips left and right. This is an opportunity to test the waters here for a little local political stink. The overall situational manipulation is turning out pretty complex, maybe the most work I’ve ever put into one, so I will be working on it for at least 2 or 3 more days. Louisiana is known for having some shaky politicians, so we’ll see how this plays out. The original source image is below. The final product will use dozens of source images. I think this will be a fun one. I’ll probably tick a few people off. I just hope the big guy has a sense of humor. 🙂

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French President Jacques René Chirac

May 24, 2012

Well, there’s a new French President now but I haven’t found the right image of him yet. Give him a little time, he’s a politician in the lime light, so he’ll do something funny soon enough. Meanwhile I was looking for an interesting profile to do and found this image of former French President Jacques Chirac. I liked the angles in is in his face in this profile pic so I really pushed the exaggeration on those angles here. These former French Presidents have great noses for caricatures. I had a hard time deciding what to do with the background because everything I tried was too busy and detracted from the subject. I thought about it for a while and then it came to me. French flags, but not waving anymore as they did when he was President, simply leaning against an old door as he passed. These French subjects are always great fun and the French people are always such good sports. I’m not sure about the outcome on this one yet but it was a fun exercise. I imagine my French friends will tell me. I only spent a few hours on this one as apposed to my usual 2 to 3 days. On to the next one.. Vive la France!

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Joe Lieberman – Serving It Up

Apr 18, 2012

I decided to go with something simple for the completed Joe Lieberman caricature. I was thinking about doing a complex two person situational manipulation but I decided I need to just stick with some basic images so I can get the practice in on exaggeration when I’m not doing commissioned work. So this was just a practice piece and what was most important to me is the exaggeration and detail in the face. The really crazy stuff will come after I get more confident with caricatures. You’ll notice that there is quite a bit more detail than the source image. There was a lot of high resolution dodging, burning and painting in the end stages. The final piece was 12 inches tall at 300 DPI. The original source image is below.