Caricature illustration

This series of “How to Draw Caricatures” tutorials are a just a small taste of a larger and much more in-depth book I wrote called The Mad Art of Caricature! The book is 175 full-color pages, lavishly illustrated and contains greatly expanded explanations of the concepts presented in these tutorials, as well and a great deal of additional material on caricaturing other facial features, posture, hands, expression and more, techniques on drawing from live models, doing caricature for freeplace…

The National Cartoonists Society, of which I am a longtime member and a past president, just released a fun kid’s activity book as part of their “Cartooning for Kids” program. Originally this was going to be a printed book that the NCS would have available for schools, kids organization and for our children’s hospital visits, but the coronavirus scuttled all that. Instead, the NCS has made it available as a PDF that anyone can download and print out (although they will eventually have a…

My LA Workshop starts today through Sunday, class illustration above. I currently have one spot available in my upcoming Phoenix, Orlando and Las Vegas workshops, and two spots in Atlanta. Grab them while they are still available!

In my office and getting ready for the week, I thought you all might enjoy looking at these caricature artists. 1. Steven Silver http://www.silvertoons.com/ 2. Jack Davis http://www.americanartarchives.com/davis,jack.htm 3. Mort Drucker http://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2005/04/mort-drucker.html

Cartoon style digital portrait / caricature illustration of beautiful bollywood actress Deepika Padukone

This week’s subject is Carl Switzer AKA “Alfalfa” from the classic Hal Roach “Our Gang” (later known as “The Little Rascals”) shorts. While the series stretched from the early 1920’s to the mid 1940’s, with the kid actors obviously aging out and being replaced constantly, the era most people are familiar with was the late 1930’s, when Alfalfa, Spanky, Darla, Buckwheat, and Porky were prominent characters. These shorts were syndicated on TV when I was a kid in in the 70’s, and I watched them…

Cartoon style digital portrait / caricature illustration of beautiful Actress Kiara Advani

Pablo Lobato | Anna Goodson Illustration Agency

The art of caricature has been known for centuries. Funny portraits that focus on subjects' features, simplifying or exaggerating them, constitute a popular form of caricature. Sometimes, this type of drawing can make someone appear foolish due to the presentation of certain aspects of the person's appearance. Today, we would like to introduce you to the art of George G. Williams, whose caricature work is on another level.