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