Fresh Tomatoes ~ Rev. Jeremiah Wright

Tonight I'm posting Fresh tomatoes. This is actually from an old manipulation that I was never satisfied with. I originally used George W. Bush as the subject but I just didn't like the caricature. Overall the manipulation had potential so I decided to rework it and chose Reverend Jeremiah Wright. No particular reason and no hidden meaning. He just fit. So there, I can post this one. Below is a very short film but accurately depicts the Rev's personality.

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How do I do it? ~ Check it out!! (Lewis Black WIP)

Well folks, you've been asking me to share how I do it so here's a look into my process. I've converted my PSD file for Lewis Black into an animated gif. This pretty much says it all. This is how I work. This may take a moment to load. It's a pretty big gif. I did it in 256 colors so it would look decent. Hope it helps some of you, and for you experts, because I AM NOT ONE, feel free to point out my faults. LET ME BE CLEAR, I AM NOT A TEACHER! I AM NOT QUALIFIED. This is just the way I do it and I am just starting to learn. I'm not saying it is right. I still strongly recommend you who want to learn caricature, look to the masters. Sebastian Kruger, Jason Seiler, Dominic Philibert, Torren Thomas, Russ Cook to name a few. I myself will be signing up for formal lessons from the best, Jason Seiler. One day, I will be running with the big dogs and then I will teach.

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Lewis Black ~ Outraged! detail

This is a detail of Lewis Black from my previous post. Click the image for a 1 to 1 full res detail from my original PSD.

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Lewis Black II ~ Outraged!

Tonight I'm posting my second manipulated caricature of Lewis Black. I love this image of him. It really shows his personality. It wasn't the best source image but I used a few of CS5's tricks to bring it to life. This is the first work I've done on the new Cintiq and it went great. The color calibration is right on and it was a lot easier and quicker to do this and a lot of fun. This one came out pretty much like I intended it to. The Cintiq helped me to keep it loose and natural looking. This is going to help my work and my learning a bunch. As soon as I get a good feel for it, I'm going to take those lessons from Jason Seiler. Can't wait for that. Below is the original source image as well as a little Lewis Black humor.

Lewis Black on Christmas (It's the only clean one I could find)

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Thanks to all of you who have already supported my blog, my facebook page and all of the other sites I'm involved with. For those of you who didn't know I have a facebook page or maybe haven't visited it yet, check it out! I've customized it with new pages and tabs as well as connecting most of my major social networking sites there. If you enjoy what I do, stop by and "like" it for me. I appreciate the support in advance. You can click the image below to visit my page. Thanks all!!

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Tom Hanks ~ Still waiting on that bus

Tonight I'm posting the finished product from my study of Tom Hanks which was on my previous post. It's kind of a part 2 of "A Parody" with Obama on the bench. The original file is huge. I did it large in case it needs to be printed. The open PSD is 1.41 GB in size but this iMac handled it like a champ. My Cintiq 21" wacom came in towards the end of this manipulation so I didn't use it much on this one. The next caricature will be done on the Cintiq for sure. It's an awesome piece of equipment. I didn't realize it was going to be so big and heavy. I ordered a table mounted adjustable arm for it today. That way I'll be able to lean back and relax in my chair while I work. Well, it's getting late. Here's a clip from Forrest Gump. Goodnight folks!

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Tom Hanks ~ Work in Progress

Tonight I'm posting a work in progress of Tom Hanks. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with him yet. This was just practice and for some reason, I'm having a hard time with him. I wasn't sure if I was going to post him, but I decided to let you see it all, good or bad. I've gone back and forth with the direction I've taken the exaggeration and still not pleased. Maybe fresh eyes in the morning will help. I've also posted a promotional video for one of my favorite movie's by Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump.

 

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