The Rock

As ive said before the freelance stuff thankfully has kept me pretty busy lately, but it leaves me with little time to paint stuff for myself. I had not really planned on doing this painting, but when saw The Rock was the subject for the monthly caricature contest on Wittigraphy.com, i had to try and make some time for it. I with no question love Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. I started watching professional wrestling right before the big boom in the late 90's and The Rock is the main reason i tuned in every week. Everything from the "roody poo candy ass" stuff to "layin the smackdown" to "know your role" all the way to the covering Elvis with "the smackdown hotel", i ate up all of it. To me the Rock is one of the greatest shit talkers of all time, and to this day, some 10 years after he left WWE, no one even comes close to him on the mic. Anyway with me being such a huge fan i of course had a great time painting this one. Though he's probably more well known for his acting roles these days, i wanted to focus on what first drew me to his character. The shades, the gold, the brahma bull tattoo and of course the "peoples eyebrow", are the essence of what the rock was back in those days and i had a blast painting every bit of it. Anyway its late and I'm turning in for some much needed rest. hope you all enjoy and i will be posting more stuff soon.

Goodfellas

Another long gap in posting on here, unbelievable how fast a month can go by. Ive been pretty busy as of late with the 9 to 5 and a few projects that hopefully i will be able to talk about when the time is right. With so much going on at once ive had almost zero time to do any personal work, but i have found time to work on this piece off and on over the past few weeks and i finally have it to a point where i dont feel ashamed to share it. For those who dont know this is my take on the poster for the movie Goodfellas, which is seriously one the best films ever made and one of my favorites of all time. Its one of those flicks that i can go back and watch over and over again, which would explain why ive seen it at least 50 times. i remember a time when i was in college where i came home and watched Goodfellas start to finish every day for 8 days straight.If you happen to have never had the privilege of seeing this film, stop reading right now and go watch it. Anyway , i hope you enjoy the post and hopefully i will be able to post some more sketches and finished stuff sooner than later

Finished Biggie

As i said before, I still feel really rusty lately, but i am trying my best to weather that storm. the quick sketch i posted earlier wasnt good enough for me so i decided to take the Biggie piece to a more finished state. i think im happy with how its turned out, i took some good advice from the great Jason Seiler and tried to keep things a bit looser than i normally do. I think it worked out pretty well. Any way i just felt like sharing the finish, hopefully i will be able to post some more stuff sooner than later. Also i need to shout out a local artist in my city Bill Scoular, and his Skooladesign. this guy is married to a co worker of mine and is seriously ill. He did a wood cut of Biggie that was a huge inspiration for me to paint this . be sure to check him out.

back with biggie and barker

i feel like its been forever since ive posted anything on this blog. Over the past month or so ive been really busy with jobs that i unfortunately cant share. Between that work and my regular 9 to 5, i have had basically no time to draw anything for myself. things are finally starting to slow down and ive been able to get back to the caricatures though i feel a bit "rusty". anyway i decided to post a couple of the sketches i was able to get to a decent stopping point this week. First up is legendary MC Notorious BIG followed by kick ass drummer Travis Barker. hope you all enjoy. also im gonna try and paint at least one of these, hopefully it wont be such a huge gap in finished work like its been lately. anyway gotta paint, ONE

President Obama

I kind of feel bad because Obama has been in office almost 2 years and a major public figure for almost 5, yet this is the first time ive actually done a finished painting of him. Honestly not sure why it took me so long to do especially since he is one of those people who in my opinion HAS to be drawn. Love him or hate him, any body who has even thought about calling themselves a caricature artist has at least done a sketch of this guy over the past few years and i guess i just felt it was time i throw my hat in the ring. had fun painting this one, i tried out a few things i hadnt done before, some i will continue to do, some i wont. the experimentation is all part of the process i guess. On a side note, ive had a few people question as to how i work on my pieces suggesting im using some sort of photo- manipulation or photoshop filters. i assure you everything is 100% drawing and painting, no short cuts, no warping of photos; and just to prove my point ive included the horrible 25 min sketch this painting started as. anyway i hope you all enjoy, PEACE

Eva Mendes

Its been a while since ive posted anything here. That has mostly been due to the fact that ive been working on a couple of things that i unfortunately cant post right now, but might share when the time comes. Anyway i had a break in the stuff ive been working on and decided to do a painting of actress Eva Mendes for a contest over on Wittygrapgy.com. She was actually pretty fun to paint though its hard for me to exaggerate things and still get across how beautiful she is. anyway back to work and hope you enjoy the painting.

True Blood

About a year or so ago i posted a painting i did of Alexander Skarsgard who plays Eric in one of my Favorite shows, True Blood. Well the new season of True Blood started last night so i decided to do another painting, this time of the shows two main characters Sookie and Bill. Got a few things im workin on so im back to the drawing board, peace.