Long time no see, guess I've been a tad busy...First Post of 2016

So, what have I been up to all this time? Mostly just riding a wave of incoming work much like opening up a wardrobe full of ping pong balls, an analogy I've probably used before as an excuse but honestly since I haven't updated this blog since September 2015 I can't account for it... While it'd be awesome to have it something like this...

It's more like this

 So it's an election year, the worlds most powerful country is picking it's leader and it's every but as crazy as it's ever been, so what better than to begin this year's posting cycle with a digital caricature, as drawn lovingly on my new(ish) iPad pro (will be doing a video about it soon)  But the main comparison I drew was Donald J. Trump and Dragon Ball Z, both are:

• Hilarious and exciting to watch and have been around way longer than most people realise/would care to admit.
• Just when you think the bad guy has won the "David vs Goliath protocol" switch is thrown and the story ends with an insane fireworks display.
• Both seem to have massive fan bases despite an overall lack of substance.
•  It's all about machismo, yelling and psychotic hair.

  

Sopranos Work in Progress

After a while everything becomes a caricature to a caricaturist, it's how the world becomes when seen through that lens. 

Here's a teaser of my latest fan art project, like with a great deal of the pieces I get inspired by I've never actually sat through an entire episode of the show. But I do like the characters particularly in this poster. 

iPad Drawsome

Rorschach, iPad sketch book sessions

Not exactly so much a caricature as an experiment, seeing spots in front of your eyes.

I got myself an ipad a couple of weeks ago, yes I appreciate that isn't exactly news worthy but hey even if I am late to the party-- it doesn't start til I walk in.

I drew this one on Sketchbook Pro, I have Sketchbook Express but as the "Lite" version it doesn't quite have all the things I normally use, however it did have the rather interesting mirror image default which was not only fun to draw with but surprisingly therapeutic.

Rorschach was by far one of my favourite characters in The Watchmen, the movie adaptation was actually pretty faithful though it omitted a lot of extra stuff (it would have had to be a 3 part epic if that had happened) and of course I say this in the hindsight of one who quite often watches the film before reading the book (or comic) it was initially based on. I did read the comic (or graphic novel, technically)  a few years later and it's one of those true game changers that blew me away-- Once again late to the party, but worth it showing up.

I stumbled upon this video, it's a little grainy but seriously the end result is, in home made kind of way even more impressive than the original CGI mask.