The Lads at last

I think I will leave this one alone now. I have an urge to move on to my next piece. The aged, distressed effects were added in Photoshop and I have pushed the tones more.

The Lads Update

It's been a few hours since I posted the preliminary linework. I worked it a bit more & started layering in some colours. It's the wee small hours now so I should call it a night.

Ever onwards..

2pm the following day:

I have worked a bit more at it this morning & afternoon. I find generally when I get straight into work in the morning I don't even take a break for breakfast/brunch/lunch! I think the kitchen is calling me now though so here is the picture so far. Still all in Illustrator.

6pm

More tonal layering to define the features. Illustrator's multiply feature is very useful in this process.

The Lads

As the nostalgia bone was still in need of scratching, I have started on the two funniest clowns in the history of cinema. This is a work in progress & I will post the finished article as soon as.

The original Proper Charlie

It's Sunday afternoon. Mrs Nuff has gone off shopping & I have settled down to some work.

So here's Mr Chaplin. Mostly in Illustrator with a little Photoshop tomfoolery to add interest to the finish.

Happy Times

One of this group of former colleagues commissioned a caricature.
Hand-drawn & inked.

Born Slippy

Here he is - the Teflon Taoiseach, the man who hasn't had a financial crisis since ... well.. his LAST financial crisis.

Take a bow, the man who carries all the cash the Queen doesn't!!

Mr B-Bertie Ahern.

May Work

Here is another gift caricature I was commissioned to produce. The client asked for a black & white drawing and I duly obliged. I revisited it here to add a little further detail.

A new dawn

Well - here on the Oul' Sod it seems that old enemies are now new colleagues. Better days ahead it seems.

So in tribute I give you 'The Deputy'.

Bananas

A caricature of and for a local band.

Mary

Another commission. This is Mary and it seems she likes her golf.

New Commission

A commission to celebrate the occasion of a meeting with His Royal Highness.

Hanzz

..as the name suggests.

A fellow Caricaturist I drew for The Drawing Board site.

Rebekah

Another Commission for a birthday Gift.

Promotional Cartoon

A self-caricature piece I drew as I realised I have not drawn me at all.

November Commission

A commission hand-sketched, scanned and finished in Illustrator.

Ellen

This is the final version for Ellen's first birthday.

Tim's (Re)inks

I was asked by a fellow artist to pencil him the roughs for a caricature he had been asked to do. I duly obliged and thought no more of it. I came across those pencils recently & decided to finish a version myself.

Daniel

This is Daniel. His mother commissioned this caricature for his birthday.

Childline Caricature

At a recent Caricaturing event I drew this gentleman. At the end of the evening he asked me to colour the drawing and drop it in to his office.

Though this is usually above and beyond the call of duty, so to speak, the charitable organisation he represents does very good work.

I scanned the drawing I had done and redrew it in Illustrator. The difficulty I had was that the only reference I could draw upon was the hand-drawn sketch and my memory of this gentleman for all of the six minutes he was sat in front of me originally.

Couple Cartoon

I was asked to draw a quick cartoon as a surprise hen party gift. The commission was in black & white but I had scanned it and it screamed for some colour to add definition so I obliged.

I know - she has a candle in her ear!! Don't ask (I didn't)

Caricature Prize

I was asked to donate a Commission for a caricature as a prize at a Charity Function. As I was at the function doing caricature work I was able to photograph the winners and forward the finished cartoon on to them.

They loved the final piece.

Montage

Here is a montage I put together from various events I have worked at.

Big Brother 2006

A quick caricature of Pete, who seems to be favourite to win this year's competition.

This Blog is to provide a gallery for anyone wanting to see my caricature work. Enjoy your stay.