Sunday 10 March 2024

Stevie Wonder Caricature

 

Digital caricature portrait of singer and musician, Stevie Wonder.

Stevie!
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Talk about faffing and futzing. At some point it has to be "Enough! PRINT IT!"
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Tools: Sketchbook Pro + Affinity Photo

Saturday 10 February 2024

Man Ray Caricature

 

Digital caricature portrait of photographer and artist, Man Ray Created by Russ Cook in Sketchbook Pro and Affinity Photo

Caricature of photographer and artist, Man Ray

Tools: Sketchbook Pro + Affinity Photo

Ayn Rand Caricature

Digital caricature portrait of author, Ayn Rand. Created by Russ Cook in Sketchbook Pro and Affinity Photo

 Caricature of Ayn Rand

Tools: Sketchbook Pro + Affinity Photo

Tim Burton Caricature

 

Digital caricature portrait of artist and film maker, Tim Burton. Created by Russ Cook using Sketchbook Pro and Affinity Photo.

Caricature of film maker and artist, Tim Burton.

Tools: Sketchbook Pro + Affinity Photo

Jackson Pollock Caricature

 

Digital caricature portrait of artist, Jackson Pollock. Created by Russ Cook using Sketchbook Pro and Affinity Photo.

Caricature of artist, Jackson Pollock.

Tools: Sketchbook Pro + Affinity Photo

Shane MacGowan Caricature

Digital caricature portrait of Anglo-Irish band, The Pogues' lead singer and songwriter, Shane MacGowan , by Russ Cook

No more waltzing matilda—RIP, Shane MacGowan.
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Tools: Sketcbook Pro + Affinity Photo
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Back in '86—fresh-faced, relatively innocent and toward the beginning of my gig-going career—I was parentally taxied, along with my even more fresh-faced younger brother, to the Reading Hexagon to see (with slight trepidation, if I'm being honest about it) anarchic Irish folk-punk band, The Pogues, who were busting onto the music scene and were already notorious. As younger bro, @steviec7T has a better recollection of the event, the following words are stolen from his insta-post: "...Just a mad, mad night, but brilliant nonetheless. The band came on, the first chord was struck. Half the band started playing one song, the other half another, and Shane - swigging from a whiskey bottle with no label - started to sing something else altogether. Three bars in everyone stopped, cursed each other and then launched into The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn - the place went wild!..."
As was customary within the mayhem of a Pogues' crowd, the beat was accompanied by the bashing of a beer tray over one's own (or neighbour's) head. Back then, mass performance-capture by smart-phones was a thing of the distant future—which was just as well as it would have seriously hampered all that self-administered head-banging. Sláinte! indeed.

Martin Amis Caricature

 
Digital portrait/caricature of the author, Martin Amis by Russ Cook

'Little Keith'

Caricature of the late author, Martin Amis. Still find it hard to believe he won't be picking up his pen again.

Tools: Sketchbook Pro + Affinity Photo

Monday 6 November 2023

PJ O'Rourke Caricature

Digital caricature/portrait of the late journalist and writer, P.J. O'Rourke by Russ Cook

The magnificent face of the late satirist and journalist, PJ O'Rourke. A fine head of hair to the last (full stop).

Tools: Sketchbook Pro + Affinity Photo

Wednesday 5 April 2023

Henry Miller Caricature



Digital caricature portrait of the writer, Henry Miller, created by Russ Cook

 The air-conditioned face-frag: a caricature of the writer, Henry Miller

Tools: Sketchbook Pro + Affinity Photo

Sunday 5 February 2023

Pablo Picasso Caricature

 

Digital Caricature portrait of the artist, Pablo Picasso, by Russ Cook
Pablo!

Tools: Sketchbook Pro + Affinity Photo

Rodrigo Amarante Caricature


Caricature of musician, Rodrigo Amarante. Love it when I tumble down a musical rabbit hole that leads to a brilliant new discovery: The Strokes➡Little Joy➡Rodrigo Amarante➡Los Hermanos!

Tools: Sketchbook Pro

Tom Verlaine Caricature

 


A mug-mash of the highly influential Television's recently departed Tom Verlaine.

Tools: Sketchbook Pro + Affinity Photo


Saturday 24 December 2022

Angelo Badalamenti Caricature


Caricature of composer, Angelo Badalamenti; another big-hitter departure from the world of music.

Tools: Sketchbook Pro + Affinity Photo.

Friday 16 December 2022

Caravaggio Caricature

 

Digital caricature portrait of the artist, Caravaggio, by Russ Cook

Caravaggio! This crazy Italian's art swiftly became a favourite study in my schoolboy art history lessons: all those marvellous eye-popping canvases lighting his subjects as though a spotlight had been flicked on in a pitch dark room. He also confirmed in my mind that painters weren't necessarily wilting petals who baulked at real work and drooped under a light rain shower. When not mixing paints he was mixing it with the locals and took things too far having to split Milan because of a murder charge. It would seem as much paper was given over to his rap sheet as was for his preparatory sketches—you wouldn't want to stiff him over a commission. As he didn't post many selfies I referenced his painted portraits, checked out actors who have played him on film but mainly took a whole bunch of liberties to come up with something I really hope he looked like.

Tools: Sketchbook Pro + Affinity Photo

Sunday 11 December 2022

Jet Black Caricature

 


Farewell to Jet Black, The Stranglers' long-time toiler behind the kit.

Tools: Sketchbook Pro + Affinity Photo.

Sunday 27 November 2022

Wilko Johnson Caricature

 


RIP singer, guitarist and actor, Wilko Johnson. An exploding fireball somehow seemed an appropriate backdrop for this caricature. Twice round my digital drawing board for Mr Johnson—but well worth it, he had a brilliant face.

Tools: Sketchbook Pro

Tuesday 15 November 2022

Keith Levene Caricature


RIP Keith Levene. A caricature of the punk/postpunk guitarist. Not many musicians can claim to be a founding member of two seminal bands.

Tools: Sketchbook Pro + Affinity Photo.

Sunday 13 November 2022

Diego Rivera Caricature

 

Digital caricature portrait of the artist and muralist, Diego Rivera, created by Russ Cook

Pen and ink line art for a digitally coloured caricature portrait of the artist and muralist, Diego Rivera, created by Russ Cook


Mug-mangle of Mexican painter and muralist, Diego Rivera.

Tools: Pen & ink + Sketchbook Pro + Affinity Photo.

Robert Smith Caricature

 

Digital caricature portrait of the singer and songwriter, Robert Smith, created by Russ Cook

A face-warp of lipsticked lovecat and premier pop-goth, Robert Smith.

Tools: Sketchbook Pro + Affinity Photo.

Dia Al-Azzawi Caricature


Portrait of artist, Dia Al-Azzawi.

Tools: Sketchbook Pro + Affinity Photo

Robert Crumb Caricature

 

Digital caricature portrait of the artist and writer, Robert Crumb. Created by Russ Cook using Sketchbook Pro + Affinity Photo


A slice of Crumb.

Tools: Sketchbook Pro.

Bill Evans Caricature


Face-stretch of ivory-tinkling hepcat, Bill Evans.

Tools: Sketchbook Pro + Affinity Photo

Sunday 30 October 2022

Gil Scot-Heron Caricature

 



'Bluesologist'

Mug-mash of the Jazz poet and singer, Gil Scot-Heron.
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Tools: Sketchbook Pro + Affinity Photo