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D Art
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Digital Alchemist
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Artist: someone who uses imagination, talent, and skill to create works that may be judged to have an aesthetic value. --------------------------------------------------- Observer: One who desires to understand the world around them and receives knowledge through the senses. -------------------------------------------------- Deviant: A person who deviates or departs markedly from the accepted norm. -------------------------------------------------- Iconoclast: a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions.

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AUGUST 1, 2009 8:32AM

Celebrity Caricatures in Watercolor and Designers Gouache

Rate: 50 Flag

These don't truthfully qualify as caricatures.  They are more like celebrity portraits on cartoon bodies.  I used to do a lot of this kind of work for some big companies.  They would hire  me to do portraits like this of their retiring executives.

Then there was a flood.  But that's a whole 'nother story.

 

Enjoy.

Wyclef Jean

Wyclef Jean

 

 

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

 

 

Martin Landau

Martin Landau

 

 

Drew Carrey

Drew Carey

 

 

Picasso

Pablo Picasso

 

 

Dennis Farina

Dennis Farina

 

 

Lithgow

John Lithgow

 

 

Steve King

Stephen King

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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stephen king, john lithgow, dennis farina, pablo picasso, drew carey, martin landau, cartoons, tom hanks, celebrity caricatures, wyclef jean

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These are amazing!

I epecially love Picasso and Stephen King.
Kirsty Isitt
August 01, 2009 08:35 AM
You are so good. I love your take on John Lithgow, one of my faves.
Maria Stuart
August 01, 2009 08:41 AM
You do know that Open Salon is looking for an art director right? I envy your talents Duane
Geraint Isitt
August 01, 2009 08:45 AM
Yeah, I liked the Lithgow, too. and Martin Landau.

Beautifully d0ne.
Stephen McGuire
August 01, 2009 08:51 AM
It will come as no shock to you that I think your Stephen King is brilliant!

Of course, all of them are great, but Uncle Stevie may have to live on my desktop for awhile.

(thumbified for cartoonification)
Jodi Kasten
August 01, 2009 09:13 AM
Your talent is endless and I love that about you!
cartouche
August 01, 2009 09:24 AM
You never stop amazing me.
I particularly like Picasso, of course, and the whimsy of Drew Carey but they're all just great.
S
Sharon Kay
August 01, 2009 09:35 AM
Picasso & King are my 2 faves. Ever read that Dr. Seuss story called "The Big Brag."? Picasso's face/expression has always reminded me of the worm's face in that story... If you've seen the pictures from that story, you'll know exactly what I mean.
apache savage
August 01, 2009 10:05 AM
These are so fab! Watercolor is soooo unforgiving. ( all of you non-artist types, TRUST me on this) I can't choose a fave, but Drew Carey, Picasso, Hanks and Lithgow made me actually linger and study. You are one UBER talent, Duaneart.
--rrraaated--
Mothership
August 01, 2009 10:39 AM
I had fun this morning scrolling down just enough to get the face and guessing (along with Lance)...for once my brain worked in conjunction with my mouth and I won! Thank you for this morning treat...and the bragging rights for the day!
BuffyW
August 01, 2009 10:44 AM
John Lithgow is my favorite. Thanks for sharing, Duane.
dharmabummer
August 01, 2009 11:08 AM
Thank you for not drawing Martin Landau's teeth. They were way too big in real life. In a caricature, they would be freakishly haunting. What an artist. You. And Martin Landau, too. But he's dead now, isn't he?
O'Really?
August 01, 2009 11:13 AM
I see a certain amount of whimsy here--I bet they were fun to create!
spotted_mind
August 01, 2009 11:16 AM
Highly rated. Familiar faces in an original style.
jimmymac1025
August 01, 2009 12:06 PM
You're amazing. Is Stephen King's hair white these days? It's been so long since I've seen him.
Harp
August 01, 2009 12:10 PM
Cool portraits! Hope all is well with you, HB
Hells Bells
August 01, 2009 12:36 PM
Man, Duane. You are goddamned good. I wish I could even draw stick people, but everytime I try, they look more like aliens than stick people. You have talent my friend, running out your, well, uhm, a, your ears.

When did you first realize you coud do this?
Boomer Bob
August 01, 2009 12:48 PM
Rated for Scare U, alone. The rest was a wonderful bonus. Thanks for showing us.
Dr. Spudman44
August 01, 2009 01:03 PM
I love these...they are old school...like portraits of people I knew as a kid...like retiring executives! Brilliant. xox
Robin Sneed
August 01, 2009 01:08 PM
Fabulous! You really captured each of these celebs, from facial characteristics to the posturing and body language.
NoisyNora
August 01, 2009 01:12 PM
LOVE these! The lines look so simple...like I should be able to do that too. HAHA! How do you DO that?!?
Talented indeed! Again, I'm just amazed as I look at these pictures.
xoxo
j lynn
August 01, 2009 01:24 PM
Very, very cool. Just amazing. I loved the Picasso one.
micalpeace
August 01, 2009 01:46 PM
Ha! Dennis Farina! These are wonderful.
Cocoalfresco
August 01, 2009 02:43 PM
Marvelous!! What an eye you have for faces!
Penrose
August 01, 2009 02:57 PM
All are amazing, but especially love Picacasso!
Owl_Says_Who
August 01, 2009 03:39 PM
Cool. And I didn't even need the names underneath to recognize who they were.
ocularnervosa
August 01, 2009 05:27 PM
I am so proud of you. Laughed aloud at Lithgow. Perfect.
scupper
August 01, 2009 06:44 PM
You have so much talent - thanks for sharing it here.
mamoore
August 01, 2009 06:56 PM
You are so talented!
sweetfeet
August 01, 2009 08:29 PM
Duane, these are excellent paintings of the celebrities! I'll bet that the retired executives who were given your portraits have them hanging in a very prominent location in their homes.
Carrie Lauerman
August 01, 2009 08:46 PM
Call them what ever you like, I call them fantastic!
zashin
August 01, 2009 09:23 PM
Awesome!

Lithgow and King for me - too cool, man. Love your art.

peece,
dj
Jimenace
August 01, 2009 10:24 PM
Duane - your talent never ceases to amaze me. All of these are incredible - there is no way I could choose a favorite. Amazing!
Unbreakable
August 01, 2009 11:41 PM
Please tell me someone is paying you big bucks to do this somewhere else. You are way too talented to be hanging anywhere that I'm hanging. I love the first two especially.
Lainey
August 02, 2009 12:15 AM
I'm both amazed and laughing! These are wonderful, Duaneheart!!
Outside Myself
August 02, 2009 11:51 AM
I LOVE Picasso, but they are all amazing.
Dina Horwedel
August 02, 2009 12:10 PM
I can't choose a favorite. They are all excellent.
Steve Blevins
August 02, 2009 02:37 PM
John Lithgow and Tom Hanks are especially wondeful!
Lea Lane
August 02, 2009 05:00 PM
Love Stephen King the best, but have to admit that the one of Drew Carey is quite cute from the waist down.

Thanks so much for sharing these with us!
wind in my wings
August 02, 2009 07:32 PM
These are (as always) amazing.
Susan Cross
August 03, 2009 12:50 AM
I love your work...I wish I could be artistic.
OEsheepdog
August 03, 2009 12:53 AM
Thank you, everybody! Your comments make me feel appreciated. I am on vacation in Florida right now but I am doing short hit and runs on OS.

Just wanted you all to know how great you always make me feel and the smiles you bring to me.

Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!!
D Art
August 03, 2009 01:56 AM
Love them all. You are so talented.
Enjoy your vacation.
Kris T Parker
August 03, 2009 03:08 AM
These are great fun! I especially like the ones where you add a little something related to who they are - e.g. love the "Scare U" t-shirt on King. And Lithgow is wonderful!
Nelle Engoron
August 03, 2009 10:23 PM
I tried to draw a horse for my grandson once. He was four at the time. He looked at it, frowned at me, crumpled it into a ball and threw it in the trash. Thus ended my art career.
Unbreakable
August 04, 2009 04:33 PM
Hey dude. Get you ass back here to OS where it belongs. There ain't no vacations for OSers with talent like yours. You're gonna make the entire community suffer with depression and withdrawls man.

Is this any way to treat friends?? Huh???
Boomer Bob
August 07, 2009 05:29 AM
You know my friend. You're gonna have to deal with some make up sessions with more incredible art and words ta make up fer this lapse of responsibility. You know that don't ya?
Boomer Bob
August 07, 2009 05:32 AM
Wonderful! I've missed you, among a select few. Seeing these makes me glad to be back from my sexile.
havlin
August 07, 2009 01:55 PM
envious of you eye-hand-brain interpretations!
imposter
August 13, 2009 06:23 PM
You're truly amazing! I would love to hear your opinion concerning my daughter's art work. Even though her website is always evolving, when you have time, please take a look at some of her work and tell me if she has a chance! Thank you.
www.susankissinger.com
I Love Life
August 14, 2009 09:02 AM
I always loved caricatures because you recognize the people by the expressions that in our mind we enlarge and make it them. Very talented I love it!
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August 17, 2009 10:52 PM