Jon Heder as Napoleon Dynamite

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Dec 012010
 

As you may or may not know…I have and ongoing “Celebrity of the Month” at my studio.  Each month I put an unnamed caricature outside my door.  Passersby can guess the celebrity and put their answer (with a contact number) in a box on my wall.  On the first of the new month I draw a winner and that person receives a free caricature!

Jon Heder as Napoleon Dynamite was the Celebrity of the Month for November (I accepted either Jon Heder or Napoleon Dynamite as a correct answer, regardless of spelling).

Stop by my studio to make a guess for December!

Celebrities: Tom Cruise

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Aug 042010
 

I’ve decided I need more celebrity examples.  The last movie I saw at the theater was Knight and Day at the dollar theater.  Am I a real caricature artist now that I’ve drawn Tom Cruise?  …I didn’t make his front tooth prominent enough, maybe next time I’ll try from another angle.

Jordan Creek Mall, West Des Moines, Iowa

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Dec 052009
 

My first experience of drawing in a mall.  Jordan Creek Mall: a main attraction in the state of Iowa for the general spending of money especially when potency for wallet extraction is multiplied during the holiday season.

the GOOD: 1) climate control  2) lighting control  3) absence of creaking rides  4)better opportunity for my friends to stop by and visit me  5) option to spend money in a great variety of halls decked with bows of holly

the BAD: 1) booth is in a relatively low traffic area  2)less business  3) longer hours  4) longer drive  5) option to spend money in a great variety of halls decked with bows of holly

Here are some sketches of people I’ve seen walking by.

M*A*S*H Captain Hawkeye Pierce

 Caricature, Illustration  2 Responses »
Feb 182009
 

Captain Hawkeye Pierce I don’t have cable, and I don’t have a digital converter box.  I also don’t have antennae for my television so I haven’t been able to watch TV for several years.  I have something better.  I check out TV series from the library, which is free.  I will also rent, but will pay no more than a dollar per disk.

Obviously, I’ve been watching M*A*S*H.  It used to be the show that was on after weekday cartoons.  Thus, it was a show of great annoyance to me.  If it weren’t for the fact that my roommate suggested it, I never would have checked it out.  After all, I thought, it ran for eleven seasons, is considered by many to be one of the greatest TV shows, and won several emmys…there must be something good about it.

Obviously…again…I ended up liking it or I wouldn’t have drawn the cheeky doctor Captain Hawkeye Pierce from MASH unit 4077.