Old Buzzard

Well, I ended up with something. Not sure what I think about it yet. All I could see in the image from the previous post was that big Adam's apple and long rough neck which kept making me think of a buzzard. I couldn't get that impression out of my head so I went with it and made him an old buzzard, which he kind of is on his show, House MD. By the way, if you didn't recognize him, it's Hugh Laurie. I used a small portion of a large project I'm working on for the background. It's coming out pretty cool but I have a long way to go on it yet. I have this head caricature put aside for another project that will be a little better I think. I just had to get that buzzard out of my head.

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House MD ~ Hugh Laurie ~ WIP

Tonight I'm posting a caricature of Hugh Laurie I started. I decide it was time to step away from it and look at it tomorrow and maybe I'll have a better idea what I want to do with it. I've been spending a little time on Google+ trying to build my network a bit and make some connections. It's really buzzing right now so it's a time to connect with new people. If you're interested in joining me there, here's my page. I've also been pretty busy with work. Mostly small commission but great experience. I have a few projects in the making, one is going to be probably the most complex manipulation I've ever done. It will a feature well known and well respected tattoo artist, Jesse smith of Loose Screw Tattoo. it's a big project but should be a lot of fun. I'm also trying to get that morph movie completed that i stared several months ago. It's stuck on my old PC. Well, it's past my bedtime. Goodnight folks! Below id the source image for House MD.

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WTF Magazine Feature Story and Cover

Hello all! Tonight I have a surprise post for you as well as myself, in a way. I have the privilege of posting my first magazine cover and feature story for WTF Magazine in it's very first issue. My caricatured manipulation, "Weekend at Conan's" was chosen for the cover. This was suppose to be a surprise launch but there was a change in plans and this brand new magazine launch is being announced tonight. The online version of the magazine will officially launch on August 5th @ www.wtfcontigo.com. Please make sure you visit the site and bookmark it. The magazine will be printed in Spanish as well as English. There will be more details on that after the site launch on the 5th. This will be a bit different than most of the features I've been a part of in the past. In this issue, they are telling my story, which will be interesting because I have not seen a word of it. Initially, they were to do a standard interview but the editor found my story interesting and decided to tell "my story" so I sent them several interviews I had done previously to pull the information from. This will be as much a surprise for me as it will for you so I'm looking forward to it. 

WTF Magazine started a brand new Facebook Page today also, so please help support them and get the news out by stopping by their page and leaving a "like" there. Also any sharing of the word would be much appreciated. The English version is posted above and the Spanish version below. Thanks so much for your support! ¡Adios Amigos!

Spanish Version:

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Drummer Boy

Tonight I'm posting a manipulation I played around with today. I experimented with some of CS5's new features while creating the background. I really didn't intend this to be finished. I was just messing around and used this image to try out some new tricks and it's always fun when I have an opportunity to flatter Obama a bit. People keep asking me if I hate Obama. I ask them if they are kidding. I love Obama. He's my best subject and he's helped my work get exposure on the web. I've been watching some tuts on CS5. It's got some great tools and I want to learn how to use it to its fullest. I don't want to push it too hard until I get my new machine though. Well, that's all for tonight. Goodnight folks!

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"From a Horse & Buggy to a Ferrari"... NOT!

When I was purchasing my new iMac system from Apple, they told me that I would be blown away. In fact they said; "You're not just switching from PC to Mac, You're going from a horse and buggy to a Ferrari". I think that they were mistaken and sent me a lemon instead of an Apple. I have had major problems with this new system. You name it and it has gone wrong. I went through 2 different 2TB external hard drives for back-up, the time machine doesn't work and it runs slower that the $500.00 Dell PC I was using before. Right now, I'm rebooting 3 times a day and it gets to the point after a few hours where it takes 2 minutes to open a new browser tab. It has really been frustrating and I'll be glad when everything is up to par. Apple is in the process of customizing another iMac for me and it will be 1 to 2 weeks before I get it.  So, this is why there has been a lack of posts recently. I've been on the phone with Apple some 30 times in the last week. All of this on top of having to wait 4 months for my Cintiq to come in has made this transition... well, something less than pleasant. But, it will be over soon and I will be up and running with a real iMac so I am really looking forward to the end of this. I played around with a juiced up iMac just like mine at the Apple store yesterday and I found out just how an iMac is suppose to perform. It was insanely fast so I have hope. I will try to get this thing to limp along and get a few caricatures done before the new machine comes in. I've got some great stuff on the way so don't give up on me. Below are two images illustrating a dream gone bad.

My Dream Computer System   

Hard Cold Reality

Don't judge me, this was a quirky. :)

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Rupert Murdoch ~ A Caricature Study

FHM is taking there time about getting me my images to start the job so I did this caricature study of Rupert Murdock since he's been in the news a bit lately. This was strictly a practice piece just trying to hit that balance of exaggeration and realty and going for a real crisp almost crusty skin texture/. He has loads of character so this one was a lot of fun and I pretty much achieved what I was going for. Below is the original source image as well as a really stupid video of Murdock.

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New Commission From FHM Magazine

Evening all. This is just a quick post to let you know what's up and where I'll be in the coming days. I picked up another large commission for FHM Magazine / Bauer Media, UK. It's a 5-piece commission so I'll be working on it for the next few days, maybe a week. The deadline is 10 days. The main story is about a famous rapper. I'll tell you later. I don't know yet who or what I'm doing for the other 4 pieces. This is another great opportunity for me and since I spent all my money converting to Mac, this will pay for caricature lessons from Jason Seiler...Yay!!! I'll keep you up to date on the progress and post what I can when I can. I also have some more really great news right around the corner so stay tuned. The best is definitely yet to come.

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