Caricature Express

I’m getting so good at this Career. Drawing, Getting around…… I even thought the drive all the way down NYC was okay on the day that I took these photos. I had driven from my Caricature gig in the Bronx all the way down to the Bitter End in Soho - just to see the Arkhams. I barely noticed the NYC traffic.

The Bitter End - It’s been around for a long time - Since the days of Light Shows. But how did this happen - When I tried to photograph the Arkhams with my new iphone, it still came out looking like a Light Show. Even though there wasn’t a Light Show going on. And I certinaly don’t have special speeds on the little iphone camera:

You would have thought that I had had enough drawing - just having worked a 3-hour party. The Arkhams energetic music managed to hold my interest. But I drifted off into just looking at some of the other bands that played that night. Here’s a picture of a girl I drew:

And here’s a picture of a bass that really held my interest. It was sooooo horizontal. And the strings were so noticeable:

I am absolutely smitten. Can’t stop.

Finally relaxing after a long day or just doing my Artwork,
I started watching the movie ‘Analyze That’.
Had to stop to draw a character from the movie.
(Played by the actor Joe Viterelli)
Then, I drew it again. Had to exaggerate it some more:

I’m really in the mood to have a lot of
Studio Caricature commissions.

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I just had to draw Condoleezza Rice.
Because I’m a Dentist’s Daughter.

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Happy Day. Working at a local Community Center.
A pleasant-looking man sits down for his picture.
“I’m usually the one with the crowds around Me”, he says.
Apparently, he’s a famous fighter - was recently signing
autographs at the big Comic-Con in the city.

He went out to his car and came back with a signed autograph
for me. Note the problem that frequently comes up when
people ask me to draw from photographs. They don’t look
like their photographs! This one shows a typical problem
with photographs. His hair looks absolutely black in the
untouched photograph. It happens because of the
lighting and the camera:

I’m going to take this opportunity to quickly upload a few
more pics from today’s event. It was great to be alive -
or rather, drawing live at events:

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Here’s a photo of Steve Silver, character designer who’s most famous for having created Kim Possible. Why would I be posting a photo from 2006, you might ask. Because I just came across it while setting up my new desk. And I needed a reference because I just promised to do Walk-Around-Caricatures for Super Bowl Sunday. Haven’t officially done that in a while, so I wanted to check my Walk-Around supplies. I just drew a picture of Steve from this photo.

Yeow. Nothing like Walk-Around Caricatures to make me want to get them donefast:

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