Overview of Funny or Die piece in a 48 Hour Turnaround.
Last week in the news, they did a piece about presidential hopeful Ben Carson, and his home. The highlight of the article was a painting of Carson and Jesus, which made the rounds in social media. The team at Funny or Die contacted me to do a parody painting depicting Carson preforming brain surgery on Jesus. They wanted to have it posted in 48 hours while the article was hot.
The sketches I submitted in the afternoon were composites of ideas I had with an influence of Mad Magazine and those Jesus drawings that depicted someone doing something mischievous with Jesus as part of their body ( like the person is shooting heroin but it’s Jesus’s arm attached to the person, etc)
After further direction, FOD wanted the same style as the original painting right down to the Worf Jesus. After an all nighter I submitted the piece the following day.
The finished illustration came out to be a success and they had it printed and framed for their office.
Dylan Sketch
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Bob Dylan was the first celebrity portrait I tried to draw without any reference photos. When I started out, I preferred taking my own photos for references and never understood the appeal of drawing celebrity photos, especially photorealistic drawings of someone else’s photos.
I started realizing Illustrators I looked up to, used references, but drew it in a way to really make it theirs. I like pieces that look "like" the subject, but aren't a direct duplicate of a photograph. This Dylan piece is the start of this way of thinking.
Drink n' Draw at Passenger Bar last night.
Went to a Drink n' Draw event at Passenger Bar with Dave. It was pretty good, good motivation to get out the house.
Sunday Brunch
Met some amazing artist this past Sunday from the Sketchbook Skool. Really mind blowing sketchbooks. Danny Gregory Koosje Koene Veronica Lawlor Melanie Reim Jonathan Twingley France Belleville Stone. Such a pleasure to meet up with these illustrators.
I was watching the Walking Dead on Netflix and I really like the concept of these groups acting as families to survive a post zombie apocalyptic world. It made me think about all these different art groups on line, inspiring each other. The internet is so cool to be able meet these groups and possibly draw/learn with them.
