Gifts for Men Ireland – Framed Caricature Art with Personalised Jokes

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Caricature of a bearded man holding a salt shaker and a cup of tea with a full wallet falling out of his pocket with money everywhere, a tube is pumping from his body, there is a robot brain and a football trophy on the ground, with the Arsenal FC football logo in the background. Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory looks on.

This caricature was a gift for the pictured gentleman and featured several jokey references from his life that were conjured up by his friends and included for his enjoyement! He’s holding a cup of weak tea and a salt shaker, with a robot brain on the ground, and a football trophy inscribed THIRD BEST sits nearby. The character Sheldon from Big Bang Theory looks pensively on from the background (I guess this man is a fan of the show!)

“How can I learn how to draw live caricatures efficiently?”

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Slides from a presentation on how to draw caricatures by Allan Cavanagh www.caricatur.es

I just got asked this on Facebook and it’s a variant of a question I get asked a lot and I usually just write out the same answer over and over again so today I’m copying and pasting my answer into a blogpost so I can refer future askers to the answer here! It really … Read more

Friday Cartoon: Supervalu Páirc

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Two panel cartoon on the Páirc Uí Chaoimh SuperValu Páirc Controversy. First panel depicts a black and white caricature of Pádraig Ó Caoimh. In the second panel is the same figure of Pádraig Ó Caoimh, but a white plastic bag with the name of a supermarket chain has blown on to his face.

A topical one this week commenting on the GAA in Cork wanting to remove the name of Padraig Ó Caoimh from Páirc Uí Chaoimh and rename it… SuperValu Páirc. It’s a classic case of knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing, or in this case the Supervalu of nothing. Selling the naming … Read more