So the story I am told is that there was a Kangaroo farmer in Australia. Of course you could find use for Kangaroo pelt and meat but what about all the by product? So he decided to take the kangaroo balls and make Kangaroo Scrotum Bottle Openers. Now he is a multimillionaire.
Don’t believe they exist? Well my friends take a gander.
Imagine if this guy got rich off this what the rest of us might come up with to give new “life” to typically discarded things. Ideas?
WWE Superstar Wrestler known as Sheamus is from Ireland. On Monday Night Raw Sheamus revealed that his last name is Lipschitz (click for video), joking that his mom was Irish and his dad Jewish. “We spent our days drinking and fighting but our nights feeling very guilty about it.”
Well considering my last Sheamus sign has gotten some airplay on previous broadcasts, I decided to see if this updated version would show up anywhere. Looks like Sheamus in his typical outstretched arm pose is actually singing instead of yelling. Maybe he is practicing for his bar mitzvah.
The Friggin Loon and BSchooled both are tired of my WWE Wrestling Caricatures so they put in a request for a Tori Spelling one. Here you go ladies.
I won’t be around much for the next week after today so I’ll miss commenting elsewhere and probably here too. Try to behave without me.
Let’s see if WWE Wrestling fans start trying to redraw my John Cena caricature on signs all over WWE live events as they have my Sheamus sign. All I ask is that you make sure my URL is front and center.
For you non wrestling fans, John Cena is in a feud as of late with former WWE wrestler and now movie star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. The Rock made fun of the fact that each year Cena has a different brightly colored shirt that he hocks to his fans. Thus started an entire Fruity Pebbles chant. Lo and behold, Post cereal took full advantage of the publicity and quickly signed the popular Cena to an endorsement deal, even putting his face on a box of Fruity Pebbles.
Oh and don’t forget to check out my guest cartoon I did at Short Attention Span comic.
Been busy this week with getting back to work and doing promised guest cartoons for George Ford and Aidan Casserly. Also had some paying commission work as well. Claude Rieth contacted me via Google Plus and was gracious enough to let me share my work with you.
Here was his original picture he sent.
I thought look at that hair, look at the expression. This one is going to be easy. Ok I was wrong. I have never done that expression so getting it to look like someone was twisting their face on purpose is actually very hard to do. So many attempts. When I do commission work I tend to send a draft to the client so they can either approve or not. If they feel I didn’t capture what they want in that draft I have no problem with them walking away and me not going any further. As I have said, there are some people who I can’t capture a likeness.
So this is what I sent to Claude.
Given his expression I was hoping he would be OK with the more cartoony look but wanted to give him options. Thankfully he was in agreement and with a little tweaking, you can see the final result. Thanks Claude for being a great subject that challenged me and a better client.
Ladies and Gentlemen. The man you see pictured above is Nate Fakes. Mad Magazine and Break of Day cartoonist Nate Fakes. And hands down, the worst person in the world for me to try to caricature. If it is the first time or the 20th time trying I can usually get to some semblance of the person even if the end result isn’t flattering (sorry Myra).
But there is nothing distinguishing about this kid. Here are several of my failed attempts. The first being the one that probably looks most like him but the last being my favorite.
So the final winner of my caricature contest was the Friggin Loon. There is no one with a more hidden identity on the web than she. But a few key details have sprang forth via her talkative friends (ahem Susi Spice)
So I think in reality the Friggin Loon IS Kim Jong Il’s female identity. Who else would give themselves so much press.
Enjoy the Mashup.
Third and fourth winners of my 500th post caricature contest are up today. First is the loveable Binky from Peter Marinacci’s Wombania. Peter was too shy for a caricature so he asked the rocket and chocolate loving Binky to stand in for him.
Next up is the person that many thought was a spammer. I mean who goes by the name “Rent Textbooks“. Somehow I realized her comments were just a little smarter than a typical spammer so I kept her from the dump pile. It has paid off and now not only is she a regular commenter but she is allowing me to out her publicly on my site. First up is the caricature:
And the real her (in case you were wondering):
It didn’t help my cause that she sent me three completely different looks. ha She said she was a big fan of the water and the beach thus the setting.
Some final good news. So many times you see great bloggers and cartoonists give up the web for other things. One of them was one of the first followers of Beartoons, Brogan from Artic Blast Comic. Well I am happy to say he is back. The site url is the same but the name is changed to Inkee Doodles Studios. Go show him some love.
So next up as Caricature winner in my 500th Post contest is Lisleman from A Few Clowns Short Blog. Now before you wonder where the glasses come from, look below at what he sent me. And the clown suit…well isn’t it fitting to his blog name?
Part of his response was:
The only odd thing my daughter noticed was how thin I appear. However, don’t change that.
Well here I go and try to flatter someone after Myra called me out and this is the response I get. So Bill, just for your daughter.
So the first caricature winner victim, is Nurse Myra from Gimcrack Hospital. Myra is not a real nurse (so I think) and Gimcrack is not a real Hospital. Instead Myra searches the web to find you incredible stories of medicine, murder and mischief. Remember when I said NOT to have expectations too high with my caricatures. I literally laughed out loud after sending the caricature to Myra and getting this response.
Hey that’s pretty good! Not flattering but it’s a definite likeness.
Myra, you want to talk not flattering…check out my first caricature of Brit.