Dia Al-Azzawi Caricature

Portrait of artist, Dia Al-Azzawi.

Tools: Sketchbook Pro + Affinity Photo

Robert Crumb Caricature

 

A slice of Crumb.

Tools: Sketchbook Pro.

The Right Profile: Joe Strummer Caricature

 

Mature Joe.

Tools: Sketchbook Pro

Young Blixa

Decided that a face that good deserves a second run. Hörst du mich?

Click on image for larger, clearer view.

Tools: Sketchbook Pro & Photoshop

Blixa Bargeld

Musician and performance artist, Blixa Bargeld; singer for einstürzende neubauten.

Tools: Sketchbook Pro & Photoshop

John Hurt: Stage 1

I called this post 'Stage 1' as I'd like to develop it at some point to a more involved piece but at present I'm not sure which way to go. Maybe a black and white hatched drawing or a highly rendered colour version—not sure. Going to sit on it for now...

Tools: Sketchbook Pro

Get Sketchin' with Sketchbook Pro - now as an App!

As regular visitors to this blog may already know, I'm a big fan of the illustration and drawing software 'Sketchbook Pro' which is created by Autodesk. For the last couple of years all my black and white caricatures have been drawn with it and all my colour ones have been roughed out with it. Sketchbook Pro has the most intuitive graphite pencil and ink pen effect that I've discovered so far and (unless it's specifically called for) has replaced old school pencil and paper in my drawing and design work. When used with my Cintiq it combines to make a killer combination. It's very reasonably priced, making a professional package affordable for amateur and professional alike.
I had an email recently from the nice people at Autodesk who'd picked up that I'd mentioned SBP in my posts and asked if I could mention a new web page of theirs covering all their creative design apps, which include many funky products for your smart gadgets - all to create cool designs and fx. I'm more than happy to mention companies that produce great products that have helped me in what I love to do, so, if you're into this kinda tech, and you want to know more, then hit this link which will take you to their apps page. Keep creatin'!

John Bishop

Got about 50% through this with everything going great when the computer crashed. I always save as I go along but this time the computer acted weird and I'd somehow managed to save the file with the image half off the edge of the drawing area, thus cropping John's face. Useless! Nothing worse than starting over when you felt you'd nailed the original, as you never think you can replicate it - let alone getting back the wasted time. Oh well, I'm quite happy with version two (which somewhat lessens the pain!) but I could've done without it.

Hugh Laurie

Keeping it loose with Laurie

Lee Westwood

Beady Liam

Liam always gives good face (flicked v-sign just out of shot). Next time with Lennon glasses, I think...

Frank 1

Drawing in Sketchbook Pro.

Magnus Carlsen

Norwegian chess champ, Magnus. A grandmaster at thirteen! - Blimey.

Christine Lagarde

Grande dame, big boss woman - over at that International Monetary Fund place.
Haven't done a detailed drawing for a while so...Voilà!

Pat.

No Moore.
OK, bad joke, but every line of the above scribble was delivered with a fondness associated with those whose memory make up the fibre of one's past. Can't imagine someone of his English eccentricities being allowed a break in front of the BBC's cameras today. Heard a magnificent poem on the radio this evening  by the great Murray Lachlan Young, eulogising Patrick Moore. Very funny. If I discover a link to it then I'll post it here...

Joey Barton

'Allo, 'Allo, it's Monsieur Barton. Très funny.

Charles Bronson

Here's a sketch of Chuck I drew a few weeks ago now, with the intention of colouring it up at some point. Ha! I'm full of good intentions...