Forest Whitaker

Lino Ventura

Tobey Maguire

Happy belated Birthday Spidey...you won the lottery with that role!

John Turturro

After doing the Guzman piece I thought it might be cool to do a series on some of todays terrific character actors...so here's my feeble attempt at Turturro...probably bit off more than I can chew but what the hell!!!

King Of Pop

Well obviously there hasn't been a shortage of tribute caricatures of MJ...and may I add a few that are absolutely brilliant (a favorite was done by Court Jones). I decided to do one of him in happier times...the guy was an incredible showman!!!

Luis Guzman

I haven't painted much in awhile (which really sucks...probably need to take some time management courses or win the @#$% lottery) so in keeping with the Danny Trejo sketch I thought I would give another terrific character actor a shot...great face for caricature Mr. Guzman has!!!

Machete

Frank Lloyd Wright

David Carradine

Something very fishy about his passing...especially in a country noted for it's extra curricular activities!

Alan Ginsburg

For Jan Opdebeeck's Happy Birthday thread on the I.S.C.A. forum. This was fun since it was done without reference (he's a pretty easy subject to capture without it especially since I went a bit "cartoony" with it). I actually had a chance to hear him recite "Howl" when I briefly attended S.V.A. and he was invited as a guest speaker.

Allen Ginsberg's "Howl"

Charles Bronson

Steve McQueen, Lee Marvin & Charles Bronson...nothing more to say!

Christopher Lee

Sadly most people only recognize him now with a prosthetic nose! He definitely would make a great Don Quixote...no makeup necessary!!!

Holly Color

One of the great things about blogging is our ability to share links that we enjoy and find interesting with our friends and followers. Well Holly Ann Sibley (aka Creative Holly) has a very unique way of doing so.

CREATIVE HOLLY COLOR has an ever growing list of very talented people involved in all the creative arts (which I must say I am very honored that she has asked me to participate in). Holly will ask her subject to provide five of their favorite CMYK colors and if they like, include why they find them appealing. It's definitely a very interesting way to be introduced to the work of all these wonderful artists.

http://creativehollycolor.blogspot.com/

http://www.creativeholly.com/

Notorious Big

Pete Townshend

Ralph Steadman

I was really happy Jan Opdebeeck chose Ralph Steadman as one of the subjects of the "Happy Birthday" thread. Right up there on the list of the ten top books I own is "I Leonardo" by Steadman!!! The book is an illustrated history of the life and work of Leonardo. Rumor has it that in preparation for this project, Steadman went to all the places Leonardo worked, studied and repainted his paintings, built flying machines from his drawings, and generally obsessed about him to the point that when it came time to actually write the book, he wrote it as an autobiography, a first person narrative and of course sprinkled with Steadman's humor. I've included a few scans from the book (apologies for quality) and the Amazon link to purchase the book...I definitely think it's one of his best!!!



www.amazon.com/I-Leonardo-Ralph-Steadman

George Lucas

Stevie Wonder

Billy Joel

Bill Murray Update

Getting close to finishing this thing off...some areas need a bit more work but I'm trying to keep it fairly loose.

Inspiration / Arthur Szyk

Arthur Szyk (pronounced "Shick") was a Polish-born American artist, famous for his anti-Axis political illustrations, caricatures, and cartoons during World War II. Szyk was a brilliant draughtsman and I'm sure his work influenced many Illustrators and Cartoonists (I can definitely see elements of his style in the work of the greats, Mort Drucker and Jack Davis)!


Szyk.Org

Szyk.Com

Szyk Images (Google)

Szyk Online Exhibition / The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Francis & Marty

Scarlett Again?

Since I wasn't too happy how the first one turned out I gave her another shot. Tried to stretch it a bit but of course I always have a problem with that. Anyhow, I'll put her to rest now...well maybe :)

*...Okay, I'm still obsessed with this one...it's so damn frustrating when you feel you can't get it right :(
So I'm updating this post with another (still a W.I.P.) and my wife likes this one so at least that's a good sign I'm on the right track.