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Here’s a video (yes, I’m making you click thru for a good reason) about the importance of caricature and political cartoons, in relation to a petition for better public recognition in the form of awards just like our fellow artists get.
I have been publicly critical for some time about Canada Council’s structure and dated policy, which excludes “commercial artists” (never adequately defined) from support. Illustrators of all stripes are prevented from applying for the art funding, with the exception of graphic novelists under Literature, and that’s a recent change that doesn’t go far enough. In my opinion, the lack of research & development opportunities perpetuates the very aspects of “commercial art” that the policy-makers disliked some half-century ago when they put this policy in place: reliance on safe, market-driven, or American precedents.
Now, Canada’s political cartoonists have mobilized to make change and get the recognition as a serious art form and social force that they deserve. Sign the petition, and make all the arts equal.
(via John Cuneo - Beach)
I was skeptical that an iPad app devoted to a single illustrator could be more than just a portfolio, but Above and Beyond: John Kascht is indeed more than just a portfolio of Kascht’s impressive caricatures.
If you’ve watched this 30-minute video about John’s process drawing Conan O’Brien, you’ll know the level of thought and consideration that goes into his portraits, and the level insight he imparts on his audience. More videos on John’s site.
The highly-polished app lets you swipe through a gallery of John’s work, view each piece’s preliminary sketches, and listen to John talk about his trying to capture the spirit of his subjects.
A highlight of the app is a look at his Pennsylvania farmhouse, and his spacious barn-turned-studio.
Here’s a short video where Tom Bachtell discusses his work and techniques. Oh and you’ll want to weep when you see the size of his work studio. I’m not kidding when I say we could probably fit our apartment in there. Must be all that cheap New York real estate.
I really enjoyed this fantastic behind-the-scenes video from caricaturist John Kascht showing his approach to drawing Conan O’Brien.
(Link via Ricardo Latorre)
Stanley Chow’s caricatures blow me away. The portfolio, as a whole, may suffer a bit from being a little too symmetrical (I’d like to see some variety in both the angles of the heads, and their expressions), but individually the likenesses are always uncanny, and the construction is always smart and minimal and clean.
Reblogged from Stanley Chow Illustration of Manchester England.
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