Donald Trump ~ FHM Magazine

Tonight I'm posting a manipulated caricature of Donald Trump which was a commissioned caricature used to illustrate a story in FHM Magazine about celebrities with attitudes. I think he fits in quite well. He is the second of that five-piece commission. I'm posting these just as they were delivered to FHM. It's kind of bland with the white background but I don't want to alter any of these images. Two down and three more to come.

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Kanye West from FHM Magazine

Tonight's post is a manipulated caricature of Kanye West which was used in my first FHM magazine / Bauer Media commission. This is the right side of what was a two-page spread. The story I illustrated had five images of celebrities with a sort of cocky attitudes and the other four will be posted over the next few days. I also got an OK to post the second FHM commission so I have five more images coming in the next few days.

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Ernest Borgnine

Tonight I have an oldie, Ernest Borgnine. I've been wanting to do him with that huge smile and that famous gap. Finished early tonight so I'm going to turn in and watch a little TV before bedtime. 

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Martina Navratilova

I'm done with the commissions for now so I'm back to doing my manipulated caricatures for practice mainly and to have something to show you guys. I realize every day just how much I have yet to learn. Tonight I chose Martina Navratilova. It's not as colorful as I what I usually do, but she's just not very colorful. Blank stare, dull and colorless. Sorry Martina, the truth hurts. Maybe you should put on a little make-up every now and then. This was not intended to be a show piece. It's all about practice, and learning right now.

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Update: FHM WIP / Artist Feature / Interview

 Hello all! Sorry for the lack of posts. I've been kind of busy lately. Man, when all of these jobs I'm doing get published, you're going to get tired of seeing them. I think I have ten illustrations complete that I haven't been able to show yet. I'm just finishing up my latest commission for FHM magazine so I will be able to get back to my scheduled postings in the next day or two. Here's a sneak peak at the job I'm working on right now. It's a two-page spread featuring two Italian Soccer players. I think it's going to make for a good illustration. See if you can guess who's twisted stare this is. I will start posting as soon as I get the OK.

ARTIST FEATURE AND INTERVIEW

I was honored to be the featured artist for pxleyes.com this week. There are fifty of my works featured as well as an interview, so if any of you are interested in knowing a little more about me, drop in and check it out. The title above is a link to the feature. If you've never heard of pxleye before, they offer all kinds of great stuff like Photoshop contests with cash prizes, a blog, forums, tutorials, stock, fonts and the list goes on. It's also a great place to network with your artist friends, and it's free. Check them out, it's a great site.

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Alan Greenspan III

Alan Greenspan for the third time. He just has great features for a caricature. I took it pretty east on him this time. Any Photoshop whizzes out there? How can you eliminate or reduce banding when applying a  gradient? Seems to be worse when you use it as an overlay. And you better have the levels correct when the gradient is applied, because when you adjust levels or saturation after the gradient is applied, the banding gets much worse. I haven't been able to figure it out yet. I tried every trick I know and I still ended up with banding on this one. Oh well, live and learn.

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New Commission from FHM Magazine

I received some good news this evening. I have been commissioned again by FHM Magazine to do a two page spread illustration. FHM Magazine is owned by Bauer Media Group. I discovered just tonight how large this company really is. The Bauer Publishing Group comprises 282 magazines worldwide in 15 countries, as well as TV and radio stations. I am very fortunate and truly honored to be starting my 4th commission for Bauer Media. This one is going to be cool...I hope. They are giving me free rein on this project only requiring that I use the two celebrities who will be featured and that it illustrate the story, obviously. I get to cut loose and make something crazy on this one, so it should be a lot of fun. I will keep you posted. BTW, The first 5-piece commission I did for FHM is out on news stands. I'm waiting on my case of magazines to arrive and I will post the work.


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