During the summer I was in the lovely Georgian surrounds of the Step House Hotel for the first time. I was drawing my live caricatures in the fabulous courtyard area which at that time of year was just bursting with colour from all the flowers and plants. It’s great to get to draw outdoors at … Read more
This framed caricature portrait was a gift for an 85th Birthday present a little while ago. It was a gift from the couple’s daughter and included lots of references from the couple’s lives! There’s a Donegal GAA top for her and an Offaly GAA jersey for him, under the body warmer!The birthday girl loves knitting, … Read more
After watching the first episode I… have no idea what’s going on. (I drew this completely from memory including the logo, I think I got a lot of the details right!) Related Posts: It Gets Cold On Hoth Poor Little SH1T This is the Way More cartoons here See even more examples of my art … Read more
This caricature was used for the the couple’s wedding invitations, and features them skiiing down a ski slope with their pet Siberian Husky dog accompanying them! In the background is their wedding venue Cabra Castle. Related Posts: Quirky Bride Chasing Groom Theme Wedding Invitation Save the Date card Comic Strip Wedding Invitation with Caricatures See … Read more
I was listening to the latest In Our Time podcast yesterday where Melvyn Bragg and guests were discussing the fish-tetrapod transition and it occurred to me I was listening to a tetrapodcast. More Cartoons: “What’s Saur This Then” Cartoon Parasaurolophus How do we know T-Rexes didn’t do this? The Date Happy Valentine’s Day/Ash Wednesday Titanic … Read more
I joined Mastodon at the end of October when Musk arrived with his wrecking ball at Twitter and I must say, after a bit of getting used to, it’s nicer. Very similar UI but messages (ahem, toots) appear chronologically and there’s a brilliant tool where you can mask your message with a headline, so if … Read more