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Wow, I have been terribly remiss on posting here, haven't I? To everyone who follows this blog, I am sorry. I will do better. And in fact, I already AM! I've posted the last couple of days, just not here on this blog anymore. In the last year or so, I've really been posting almost exclusively on FaceBook. And I've noticed that some artists whose work I really like were able to post on their blogs and then it automatically would show up on FB too. So, I did some digging around. Or Googling around. Blogger doesn't do that.. but Word Press does. So now, I just post to my new blog over there, and my posts automatically are publicized on FB as well. I can kill two birds with one stone now, so to speak.<br />
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The blog is still in its infant stages as I relearn my way around WP, but for now, that is my new home on the web. So to my followers here, I'd love for you to keep up with all my new work ( and I have been doing some big jobs recently that I look forward to sharing ) over at my Word Press blog:<br />
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Hope to see you there!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21520437.post-38746210932968230492012-05-21T21:07:00.002-05:002012-05-21T21:07:33.838-05:00Teacher!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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An end of the year gift caricature for the teacher of my youngest daughter. Um... she keeps the teacher on her toes... let's just say that... ;DUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21520437.post-17468406727968863782012-05-10T09:52:00.003-05:002012-05-10T09:52:48.039-05:00Toxic Audio!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's a recent job I drew for the Grammy Award winning acapella improv group, Toxic Audio:</div>
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My wife and I are friends with all of the members of the group, and I have done posteres and CD illustrations for them for years. It's always fun to draw what they come up with for themes. This is for their upcoming Fringe Festival Show here in Orlando.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21520437.post-6036595653626952402012-04-15T14:18:00.000-05:002012-04-15T14:18:21.071-05:00Recent Work: Disney Files!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivmkTU5FFaDCHGcck0mF9k89jd5VW3UNpSGXAPiC7xGmZiInYLhhfWfLZvSHkkx-pUTGtDXvnP5LquzPbdPhvaJ9HInIS2Trr6EiJgHEPscFtuDCfscpbSvNe9Sn9PGawuXAdu/s1600/May12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivmkTU5FFaDCHGcck0mF9k89jd5VW3UNpSGXAPiC7xGmZiInYLhhfWfLZvSHkkx-pUTGtDXvnP5LquzPbdPhvaJ9HInIS2Trr6EiJgHEPscFtuDCfscpbSvNe9Sn9PGawuXAdu/s320/May12.jpg" width="247" /></a></div> Disney Files is a great client of mine that I draw for quarterly. It's a magazine for Disney Vacation Club owners, so it's got a much bigger circulation that you might expect, but it's really hard to find unless you're the target audience. The editor has a column in the front of the mag that he likes to spruce up with an illo of himself doing various things. I've drawn him in all sorts of themes and poses over the past five years or so. This latest one is an obvious riff on the iconic Lion King image... except with... a hippo. From what I understand, there's a hippo on the cover, and this is the tie-in. I liked how it turned out....<br />
By the way, this makes my SECOND blog post this year, it seems. Woo hoo! I'm on fire! I've just been crazy busy, is all. I'm still here, drawing away!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21520437.post-42832876859569427982012-03-20T14:58:00.000-05:002012-03-20T14:58:52.418-05:00In the Chair: Robin Hood!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgILPj6B-uqUxfUxD9IAa-WATbTiS-yry46XMlsSQYW-3_XLRH-ZGIRXgSowhQYWfLkca_QJwPEj6egw9yjlyVZNKaM-6kCWnJNIbCclGcD8pwm7M6DjaDdiqTfPBzrURAuG4tr/s1600/Robin+Hood.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgILPj6B-uqUxfUxD9IAa-WATbTiS-yry46XMlsSQYW-3_XLRH-ZGIRXgSowhQYWfLkca_QJwPEj6egw9yjlyVZNKaM-6kCWnJNIbCclGcD8pwm7M6DjaDdiqTfPBzrURAuG4tr/s320/Robin+Hood.jpg" width="243" /></a></div>I drew this one awhile back, just getting around to posting it. It was drawn at a big event last Fall. And the guy's name REALLY WAS Robin Hood. So, I HAD to draw him like this! Did I have a choice? I think not!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21520437.post-77204926529745607442011-12-30T19:47:00.001-05:002011-12-30T19:49:15.103-05:00Merry Christmas and Happy New Years!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpqp6mKIp8dG5o00ymxG4Bzmq6xWZuJ0dC3ufGBGT0QelLbLhA_B1jor3xLphW3_Ryx0N3-6Rvc3kakBnUxeES43VF2Bt1SMrT6A_OJHvk8sXco5pKGotZMSPbTRxZZOtFYh-/s1600/1398FINAL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpqp6mKIp8dG5o00ymxG4Bzmq6xWZuJ0dC3ufGBGT0QelLbLhA_B1jor3xLphW3_Ryx0N3-6Rvc3kakBnUxeES43VF2Bt1SMrT6A_OJHvk8sXco5pKGotZMSPbTRxZZOtFYh-/s320/1398FINAL.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Crazy, crazy time of year in the Parham household. Hence the lack of posts lately on this ol' blog. Here's another of my favorite Holiday Cards I drew this year.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21520437.post-10705314813338004992011-12-03T18:07:00.000-05:002011-12-03T18:07:48.278-05:00Recent Work: Holiday Cards 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJgH6xI-s_Hv8zn3bSnBWJ56tuBWZR6fmR688ErgGK4WuuzZZiZWv10_TuabqugJ5vFkzlp2uw36pr9FHvOUk1JWo17NUgfby-dWhiDOHdZNPXQdvSEaeFWJiT2OEzGgwIH5S5-Q/s1600/DTDXmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJgH6xI-s_Hv8zn3bSnBWJ56tuBWZR6fmR688ErgGK4WuuzZZiZWv10_TuabqugJ5vFkzlp2uw36pr9FHvOUk1JWo17NUgfby-dWhiDOHdZNPXQdvSEaeFWJiT2OEzGgwIH5S5-Q/s320/DTDXmas.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I just finished this one up. I do a lot of corporate cards each Christmas season, for small companies and large. It doesn't get much bigger than Disney, but this card is for a small team of managers who are over DownTown Disney, the shopping and entertainment mecca in Mouseland. We are opening up a kiosk there on Monday, so to get this job from them was extra cool. Hope you like it...</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21520437.post-15670618999955773902011-11-27T14:29:00.000-05:002011-11-27T14:29:58.189-05:00Cute Coffee Chick<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibb9HITwsXq8iYD3Xd23qqTWfbHCJuu8eMqhcrcXST-8d4ga_net4mJLYix8Qd5Zs42qQ0bZmQJS6IhGVeq_ZUyuO2ft6Oo8LNgz8op8pduoaccBKkzx00gMvx-Oud8yT0EJKz/s1600/1077.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibb9HITwsXq8iYD3Xd23qqTWfbHCJuu8eMqhcrcXST-8d4ga_net4mJLYix8Qd5Zs42qQ0bZmQJS6IhGVeq_ZUyuO2ft6Oo8LNgz8op8pduoaccBKkzx00gMvx-Oud8yT0EJKz/s320/1077.jpg" width="256" /></a></div>Hey, gang! Haven't had a spare moment to myself in a few months, getting ready for some expansion in the retail side of my business at the Disney Parks. Sorry I haven't posted in awhile, but that's why! In the meantime, I thought I'd share a mailorder commission I did awhile back. For a quickie, I thought it turned out kind of cute.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21520437.post-82428762152519259922011-10-22T19:50:00.002-05:002011-10-23T09:37:53.536-05:00Crafty Piranha with a FlowerPlaying around tonight on my iPad...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ya know, it figures I would land up on the FOREHEAD page of "The MAD Art of Caricature". LOL.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yep, that's a drawing of me by my good buddy, Tom Richmond. It's on Page 94, to be exact.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLw-6RjAkTyCHoZc9Pd5-Y7A2Mv_hjJ2vp87_LF75cBdXb6nbR-7Sb6xWC-3xEjVrbD6Z9LNX4SEOnZI0kAm6MsAAIcnFoS-CIBLHqTeLqDZUw3Z1vKBsMnWI8gmTeBi36hqD/s1600/TomKee001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLw-6RjAkTyCHoZc9Pd5-Y7A2Mv_hjJ2vp87_LF75cBdXb6nbR-7Sb6xWC-3xEjVrbD6Z9LNX4SEOnZI0kAm6MsAAIcnFoS-CIBLHqTeLqDZUw3Z1vKBsMnWI8gmTeBi36hqD/s320/TomKee001.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you know much about me at all, then you know Tom and I have been personal friends for many years. Our wives and we met through the International Society of Caricature Artists, and have continued and grown that friendship through many National Cartoonist Society Reubens Weekends, San Diego Comicons, family vacations together, and basically anytime or reason we could find to hang out. I consider him one of my closest friends. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tom has always been great at caricaturing, and even started out doing live caricatures in theme parks like I did. That was the common ground we had when we first became friends. I was actually an early fan of Tom's, even before we met, having seen his work in NOW Comic's "Married With Children". You know, being the big comic book geek I am. Over the years, I've seen his work get better and better, to where he's now one of the best caricature artists and cartoonists EVER. So that makes me feel even more honored to be included in his book.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For years now, he's talked about coming out with this book, both privately and publicly. I first remember him talking about it in depth on a vacation to Hawaii about seven years ago. There were many times I doubted he would ever get it finished. There were even more times when he HIMSELF doubted he'd get it finished. But, man, am I glad he did! It is truly amazing, in the quality of artwork, the quality of writing, and the sheer amount of knowledge of it's subject imparted in it's pages. Without a doubt, it's THE definitive guide to drawing caricatures.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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It was all downhill from this moment on....Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21520437.post-56913312157850721732011-09-28T11:56:00.000-05:002011-09-28T11:56:51.312-05:00Recent Work: Recess!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4XdfTCWBlo76KLgTW3n-VGTpiFuCzmOUvCaAyNyN-puGyOxtxgHbd_iLJAvhHDBOitIJrOvQkmHvzVIkWcvf12yi-UztAcSfqMB7YsX5Dy4UdtvucMSIRUTu-SGP2BLO4c5Z2/s1600/1333.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4XdfTCWBlo76KLgTW3n-VGTpiFuCzmOUvCaAyNyN-puGyOxtxgHbd_iLJAvhHDBOitIJrOvQkmHvzVIkWcvf12yi-UztAcSfqMB7YsX5Dy4UdtvucMSIRUTu-SGP2BLO4c5Z2/s320/1333.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
A recent job for a CD cover I did. The song is by the group "Recess!", and is about... well, allergies. Food alleriges, especially. This group, from what I understand, performs at schools. Just a cute, fun little illustration of cute kids. I could do this kind of thing all day long....Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21520437.post-87496732243272746062011-09-19T16:47:00.002-05:002011-09-19T16:47:29.155-05:00QRE...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmPnSv8h19wfqhmLCqc4lZBEZgaDjLJbj9JipeGJRGhZRqTpA4v3b8CWd2ugWm9MY7J3Ff-7LrDqV5hXBrJkPyBRZEdFVjPYUKVb5fh9UVi7tct7R-iL5WCpT_IrNd8rXk0jlc/s1600/CC%253AQRE.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmPnSv8h19wfqhmLCqc4lZBEZgaDjLJbj9JipeGJRGhZRqTpA4v3b8CWd2ugWm9MY7J3Ff-7LrDqV5hXBrJkPyBRZEdFVjPYUKVb5fh9UVi7tct7R-iL5WCpT_IrNd8rXk0jlc/s1600/CC%253AQRE.png" /></a></div><br />
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"Forsaken", acrylic on canvas, copyright 2011 Keelan Parham<br />
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"Eloi Eloi, lamasabacthani".... "My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? " Those have always been some of the saddest, most powerful words in the entire Bible to me. God promises to never leave us nor forsake us, but He DID forsake His only begotten son, the earthly incarnation of Himself. And it was all so WE could come back to Him, our sins paid for. This piece haunts me as I look at it. It depicts Jesus on the cross, at the exact moment God turned His back on Him.<br />
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Another recent painting I did, in my series of Biblical images. The "Fall" of Adam and Eve.</div>
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I've always harbored a secret desire to just be a painter. So, occasionally I will indulge myself and paint something.<br />
I love Picasso, cubism, Covarrubbias, Braque, lots of abstract stuff, so that's what I like to paint. Here's a recent one I did. I am doing a series of Biblical paintings, and this is the first. I call it "Tempted". It's of Adam and Eve in the Garden, kissing. Except that Eve is looking off at the Forbidden Fruit.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yep, that's my "self toon" on the big 'ol white board in the HS art room, introducing myself to my students for the day. Now I HAVE taught before; I did private cartooning lessons for kids for a few years, and taught a few after school cartooning courses at some local Catholic schools. But it's been awhile. As in probably ten years or more. So, yeah, that makes most of my former students in their mid to late twenties. Some in their thirties. Dear Lord. That just made me feel really old. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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And we'll end on this guy... I grabbed a large pad of paper and sketched Kyle my first day subbing. I had noticed he was a talented cartoonist in his own right, so I felt I just had to draw him. Little did I know that a few months later he and another TFAer would start working with my company, drawing caricatures at Disney.<br />
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The school year at TFA is just beginning again, and I look forward to teaching and inspiring there some more this year...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21520437.post-17198794905372910172011-08-10T14:52:00.001-05:002011-08-10T14:52:00.204-05:00Recent Work: Jeff Bigby<br />
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</div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4119273364448337938" style="color: #204063; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">It was one of many I used for the drawing, but I think this one was my main reference. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21520437.post-79589951701897320262011-08-08T10:59:00.001-05:002011-08-08T11:20:36.106-05:00Charactertures, episode 1: Sponge Bob<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT13dnDnx5TavqhVltESLvGPiPdxixl09SVDA_X1NW1bPV0J8ECUw9wjZ4G5f-uyUfztDeRLZE1DHkXdIiVaoUhuiEldMiV85WN2fssxdKzosyotA3cvrwd0UqOwJ3aBEaj9A1/s1600/SpongeBob.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT13dnDnx5TavqhVltESLvGPiPdxixl09SVDA_X1NW1bPV0J8ECUw9wjZ4G5f-uyUfztDeRLZE1DHkXdIiVaoUhuiEldMiV85WN2fssxdKzosyotA3cvrwd0UqOwJ3aBEaj9A1/s320/SpongeBob.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>"Charactertures". LOL. As a professional caricature artist and a pretty good speller, I find it funny that the actual spelling of "Caricatures" is a challenge for so many people. I can't even begin to tell you how many bad attempts I've seen at spelling, and SAYING this word. For this new feature of my blog, I decided to borrow one of my "favorite" versions: "Charactertures". This version is close to the word "Character", and I think it's what people mean. They think I'm going to make them into a "character" when I draw their "Caricature". Actually, they're kind of right, since I do lean toward a more cartoony representation of people in my work, and not gross exaggeration. Anyway, I am going to be using "Charactertures" to term my drawings of other companies'/artists' "characters" on this blog.<br />
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See, I had this thought the other day... my life has been so busy for the last fifteen years with just caricatures, and providing for my family through caricaturing, that there are hundreds...probably thousands.... of characters I'll never have the chance to draw "professionally". Like Superman and Spiderman... I always wanted to draw for the "big two" comic companies. But now, I don't know that I'll ever get that chance. And to be truthful, I don't even have the desire to do it as much as I once did. But I do still like to sketch characters like them when I have a chance. So, I thought I'd just MAKE myself have the chance. I'm going to set out to draw a "Characterture" of each and every character I can think of ( with my own twist on them of course ), and share them here on my blog. If there's one you'd like to see me draw, let me know, by the way. Some of these may be just sketches, some more finished. Either way, I'm gonna have fun drawing them and hopefully someone out there will like them.<br />
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For this first "Charactertures", I actually chose a character that's not even a particular favorite of mine: Sponge Bob Square Pants! Truthfully, I don't know why I drew him... he just came out of my pen the other day as I was working on another job. LOL For the record, the art on SB has always bothered me a bit, but I do like the voices and the writing. Anyway, this is my quick take on the famous water retaining character.<br />
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Stay tuned for more...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21520437.post-91623833480231165422011-07-14T17:03:00.000-05:002011-07-14T17:03:44.620-05:00Daddy/Daughter invade San Diego!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3LkZwqHwf6244yG9aTbj_deInOEan3R3uzJ3ujeI8mGPxUf_pguq38KX66YTONdWHs6d1GTU0smxfg9vKORUvbpG2VzRbc8Rboa2fuQttWYH6QXVIkcKuse1PU0wp7llrSDWu/s1600/cc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3LkZwqHwf6244yG9aTbj_deInOEan3R3uzJ3ujeI8mGPxUf_pguq38KX66YTONdWHs6d1GTU0smxfg9vKORUvbpG2VzRbc8Rboa2fuQttWYH6QXVIkcKuse1PU0wp7llrSDWu/s320/cc.jpg" width="261" /></a></div>Yep, after a few years of being absent from the Mother of all Geek Gatherings, I am returning to the San Diego ComiCon next week. This time, with my oldest, Brady, as my partner in crime. Where will be in the sea of comic geeks, sci- fi freaks, and costumed... um...people? I have NO idea. It's been so long since I've been to SDCC, I had to "prove" my professional status again. I did, and they did. Approve me, that is. HOWEVER, I was out of town when I got the email, about to board a plane home. I joke you not... by the time I touched down in sunny Florida, they were no longer accepting any more professional registrations. Arrgh. General admission, which I would've gladly paid at this point, had been sold out since early this year. That's how crazy it is to get into this show.<br />
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Well, fear not... with some help from a few friends in high places, I DID get me and Brady Ann in to the show. Plus, we waited so long to book a room, we got a sweet room in a hotel ADJACENT to the convention center. ( Finding a room was a challenge in and of itself.)<br />
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Now, back to where you may see us, if you are there, and care to do so.... Good friends Tom Richmond, Stephen Silver, and Joe Bluhm will all be there with tables, as will the National Cartoonists Society ( NCS). I am sure we will be at least in the vicinity of all of those tables sometime over the weekend. Keep an eye out for us, and you may just see us....Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21520437.post-28834025280334849712011-06-28T11:07:00.000-05:002011-06-28T11:07:07.669-05:00Recent Work: Floyd Scholz<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7HPlKEoOpe9pZWtOXp8nGR4EqKZcXifQPJ62p3Eq6Z0I_pt-GKJTAcrF4DyQRq6MhkA5N4lyHHhUk1cGhPc9SVHgr9VoUOfQc3o55OMnQlaRufc0-uUl0YDaQBLf05FwFQ_cf/s1600/FloydPic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7HPlKEoOpe9pZWtOXp8nGR4EqKZcXifQPJ62p3Eq6Z0I_pt-GKJTAcrF4DyQRq6MhkA5N4lyHHhUk1cGhPc9SVHgr9VoUOfQc3o55OMnQlaRufc0-uUl0YDaQBLf05FwFQ_cf/s320/FloydPic.jpg" width="252" /></a></div> This is a recent commission I liked, and I thought I'd share it here. I had a blast drawing it in more of an illustrative cartoony, almost "MAD" style, with a few in-jokes, or "Chicken Fat" thrown in for good measure. I'd like to do more like this in the future. When I revamp my studio website, this style will be well represented there, I think. I've already done another piece like this since finishing this one, that I'll try to get around to showing here soon.<br />
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The subject of this caricature is a friend of mine, Floyd Scholz. It was commissioned by a mutual friend as a gift for Floyd. Being friends with Floyd, I know a few things about him, and I also know his personality ( he's a really great, friendly guy ), so that made doing this caricature even easier and more fun.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back in the late 70s, Floyd was an amazing athlete. He even qualified to be part of the Olympic High Jumping Team for the 1980 USA Olympic Team. Yes, 1980. The year the US boycotted the Olympics. Ugh. Thus ended Floyd's athletic career. So, he started carving.... birds. INCREDIBLE carvings of birds. He's now famous for doing this, in those circles, and written several books on the art, such as the one above. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And trust me, it IS an art. I've been to one of Floyd's studios, here in town ( the other is at his Vermont home), and seen some of these carvings. They are huge in scale, and you can not conceive that they are not real birds, just from wood. And all one block of wood, too... one giant piece.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Every last detail is perfect. Even down to the FEEL of the feathers... you'd swear they're real feathers, not wood.</div><br />
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I'm obviously in the wrong business.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21520437.post-15386284431996706802011-06-11T10:19:00.000-05:002011-06-11T10:19:29.310-05:00Toon Challenge: Punk Rock Chick!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6AGLsC6sOsjRvOTo20i0KAnQ6thR6ayH1sqO9YuxiXjWSRPu8rlJt4if3SXvlzowXALjGi1Ky8wD-kuR2zJ7HBeKECYsIESYuiA-PFjnDy-WKkdSwGNUZp1IdicO_L_vGENbe/s1600/Punkerella.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6AGLsC6sOsjRvOTo20i0KAnQ6thR6ayH1sqO9YuxiXjWSRPu8rlJt4if3SXvlzowXALjGi1Ky8wD-kuR2zJ7HBeKECYsIESYuiA-PFjnDy-WKkdSwGNUZp1IdicO_L_vGENbe/s320/Punkerella.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>I am determined to learn to draw on the iPad just as well as I draw with any other "tool". So, to practice, I drew this in the Art Studio app for this month's Toon Challenge over on FaceBook. You haven't joined the group yet, what are ya waiting for? Lots of talented artists, professional and beginners.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21520437.post-38319706482837811032011-06-09T12:19:00.001-05:002011-06-09T12:19:44.424-05:00iPad Keelan / Sketchbook ProTypical of me on vacation, I can't NOT draw. I have to, At least a little bit. But I get to draw what I WANT to, not what a client wants me to. Now that is a vacation to me! On our trip this week to West Palm Beach, in between our naps ( :D ) and trips to the pool and beach, I decided I would really put Sketchbook Pro on my iPad through it's paces. In fact, my iPad was the only drawing materials i brought with me. Therefore I decided to see Exactly HOW good could I draw on the iPad, with fairly unlimited time. My goal was to produce a piece that was of similar quality to what I can do on the Cintiq. Again, this was completely in Sketchbook Pro. I like drawing in this app best, but it does bug me a bit, with how difficult it is to change the brush size and the opacity. The ArtStudio app makes those changes easier. So, that's my next task... I am going to color this piece in that app as well, to see which I like best. Stay Tooned....<br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=11/06/09/1697.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/11/06/09/s_1697.jpg' border='0' width='400' height='533' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21520437.post-79549933790568799102011-05-31T15:31:00.001-05:002011-05-31T15:32:25.467-05:00Toon Challenge: Space Invader!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJ85FlplVuEW3PqhNBrSh2cdr-yPyE90MJbMa77tmhyphenhyphenQ1fivah1oZ-BXTf85d3l-hZ58sCo0-kli4gh0PHuwrP0Uil3VKrt3O1dvXGOinu1TKQb6dQGihSKy1zTDkTKeA4Ypr/s1600/SpaceInvader.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJ85FlplVuEW3PqhNBrSh2cdr-yPyE90MJbMa77tmhyphenhyphenQ1fivah1oZ-BXTf85d3l-hZ58sCo0-kli4gh0PHuwrP0Uil3VKrt3O1dvXGOinu1TKQb6dQGihSKy1zTDkTKeA4Ypr/s320/SpaceInvader.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, after winning the initial TOON CHALLENGE um.. challenge, over on FaceBook with my "The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly" Cowboy tribute, I followed it up the next month with... NOTHING. Yep, even after I got to choose the challenge topic ( I chose King Arthur ), I was just too busy to compete. Lame. Well, at least my good buddy Kenny Durkin entered and won. This month, there's mere hours left to enter anything, and I just couldn't let the deadline pass me by again. ( Particularly since I have several unfinished King Arthurs on my desktop that stare me down everytime I am working on my computer). Even though this is just a five minute "Space Invader" ( the current challenge topic) quickdraw I did before I started my "real work" today, I thought he turned out good enough to share. Hope ya like...</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1