Sebastian Kruger

A tribute to the great Sebastian Kruger, master caricature artist, pop-realist and primary chronicler of The Rolling Stones in acrylic paint. Still the greatest in the form.

Tools: Sketchbook Pro + Photoshop. Click on for larger image

Marc Almond

The Great face of 80's synth pop crooner, Marc Almond. Click on image for larger view.

Tools: sketchbook pro + Photoshop.

ISCA Korea Competition Entries

 Yoo Jae Suk

Park Won Soon

Above are my two entries for this year's ISCA competition to be held in Seoul, South Korea. Bit of a fandango trying to get them uploaded - the website wouldn't let me upload initially - but I just managed it yesterday, which was the deadline. So, I'm afraid you're too late if you were thinking of having a crack yourself. Although there was an option to choose from among a hundred faces - some international stars, others South Korean luminaries - I thought I'd go for 'local' faces as it seemed more interesting to me. 'Was fun doing some research into the various subjects to see who would be good to caricature; not only image searching them, but also watching Youtube vids to get a feel for the character. Always intriguing to see how other countries interpret concepts such as reality shows and talk shows for television, and how humour is appreciated and in what style it's delivered. An education.

Next!

Gary Numan

Are caricatures electric, etc., etc.?

Landscape

Created in Photoshop - reproduced on stretched canvas

I love all forms of 2d art/illustration and abstract art is no exception. I often manufacture abstract elements into whatever I'm working on even if the final effect's not immediately obvious. Shown above is a landscape (top) that I created recently along with a photo (below) showing a hanging reproduction.

I also like pushing horizon lines way up (or sometimes down) so that an expanded area of sky/earth is shown. I first noticed this approach a long time ago with the landscapes of Gustav Klimt - and it's influenced me ever since. His landscapes are almost totally abstract but are still obvious as to what they are depicting. Check out his 'Farmhouse with Birch Trees' or 'The Park' for examples of extreme horizons...

Karl Bartos

Man - machine - caricature

Alice Cooper

Alice executed in Sketchbook Pro + Photoshop

Frank 1

Drawing in Sketchbook Pro.

Paul Pope

The mighty Paul Pope of NYC: comic artist extraordinaire (amongst other things). If you like your comic art vivid, animated and loose, then check him out.

Just remembered - he's left handed, ha, ha!

Harry Styles

The wonderously coiffed - but dubiously inked - Harry Styles. Cintiq + Sketchbook Pro

Kenneth Kendall

Gone today. Remember him well for his news-reading back in my youth.

Ya Missed The Hutch!

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Haruman: Tank commander

Makin' tracks...more digital sketchpad silliness

Torquay Landscape I

 

I visit family down south west in Torquay throughout the year and usually take a camera if I wander the country lanes that divide up the countryside. Always end up snapping rusting railings, delapidated outhouses and collapsing barns along with various farming implements seemingly abandoned and in various states of decay. The above image was drawn from a photo taken in a semi-failed road close to my parent's house which seemed to be populated with all the above examples.

South facing...naturally aerated...

Really should put down Call of Duty and go sort out those soffits...

SBP & Ps with Pc

We Love Skullzzzzzzz!

Skulls are always great fun to draw/paint/spray/doodle. I never tire of finding different ways of drawing a skull with a pair of crossed bones...not since that first school exercise book, all them years ago...

Anthony Burgess

in Photoshop on PC

Changed the brush settings and went for a more dip pen approach with this one. Why? Anthony Burgess had a wild head.