Caricature Express

Oh My Goodness!
I just made another picture of Tom Doyle,
and this one is Perfect!
I’m thrilled with it
(See post of January 7, 2009)
I particularly like how I drew his Angularity.

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I just realized what a pleasant surprise I had today.
Tom Doyle came over and played some really fine
music on one of Bobcat’s guitars. It was a personal
impromptu concert just for me, and the music had
a peaceful energy that I could feel.

After he left, I realized that Tom Doyle had played
with John Lennon (Beatles). So, duh. Of course
the music was going to be the real thing.

Tom was so surprised because the guitar that I let him use
was actually the very same type as the one in a picture
that he showed me on-line. Playing with John Lennon -
Did he say that that picture was taken in Ann Arbor?

http://projecttomdoyle.tripod.com/id8.html

Anyway, here’s what Tom looks like now. Striking. Powerful.

My favorite of the songs he played was something about
“The Luck of the Irish”.

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Here are a few simple pictures that I drew for FAO Schwarz. That’s an amazing Toy Store! I was set up right next to the Giant Piano.

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Here’s a quote, something I wrote on this blog. From September 27th.

“Makes me feel like I should be going in to something else -
like cartoons. But we can get so scattered.
I’m happily busy round the clock doing
Caricatures, Face-Painting, and Balloons.
Sometimes other work when it just lands at my doorstep.”

I just came across this entry. And I realized that I just had one of those
times. One of those times when I ended up ‘doing something else’.

A producer from CNN recently asked me to make a small black/white ‘Caricature’
of him and his boss. He described the story of his boss telling him a story about using graphics in the olden days. Not the writer, I just suggested ideas for him.

Boss: Listen, I’m really a cartoon.

Those are some starting ideas.
I’d love to keep playing with it,
but we just got to make a decision

Here’s his response:
“The event we were at was CNN Heroes: 2008.
Maybe we could make that the title of the piece or incorporate it in the sketch.
I loved your ideas.
Let’s go with:
Boss – In Providence we used cartoons for graphics.
Me – Funny, I just use them to kiss up.” Here’s the picture I came up with based on his photos.
The woman in the magazine was standing next to my client in his photo.

This was a little outside my box.
Outside of the things I usually do.
As I wrote: “other work when it just lands at my doorstep.”

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A new restaurant catering to celebrities is opening here on the East Coast. About a month ago, they put me on retainer - so I’d be available to draw whenever they want. They like the Caricatures relatively tame, so I’m just getting the feel for it. Here are the first three that they wanted:

Mayor Gerald Jennings, Robin Williams, and Jeff Spurber:

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