School Principal Moving On Gifts Ireland

This caricature was for a school principal who was moving on to a new role after a decade in a Kerry school. Around him are items relating to his life and work such as a tin whistle, bike, gaelic football, and a certain sweet tooth when it comes to chocolate as you can see by … Read more

Tobe Nwigwe and Fat – Procreate Caricature

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Tobe Nwigwe is one of the most consistently creative artists working today, with a singular artistic vision only matched by the prolificacy of his output. He, Fat and Nell (and the kids!) have this unified aesthetic from furniture to clothing, and the Pandemic Project was an uplifting event at a time when everything was bleak. The whole family-centred approach to music and video creation is radically wholesome and is really inspirational, but there’s room for brooding and darkness in there too. I’m a bit of a fan. It’s utterly jaw-dropping how much music he’s put out in the last year. Did I mention I’m a bit of a fan?

This is a caricture portrait of Tobe Nwigwe and Fat created in Procreate for the iPad. It’s one of the first digitally-painted pieces I’ve ever done. I intend to do a series of caricature portraits to hone my digital painting. I’m quite late to the digital game so the learning curve is somewhere between a really large hoola-hoop and one of the rings of Saturn. I’m finding it a curse and a blessing, there’s huge time savings to be had but an amazing gulf conceptually between drawing on paper and drawing and painting digitally. It’s the long way to Carnagie Hall for the next while.

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30th Birthday Personalised Digital Caricature from Photos 🎂

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Personalised Caricature for 30th Birthday: there’s been a lot of birthdays celebrated in absentia in the last 10 months and looks like we’ll be continuing that way for a while yet. *HOWEVER* you can still reach out to that loved one on their birthday with one of my contactless digital caricatures! This one was to celebrate the 30th birthday of the subject and was a gift from one of her close friends. It features many personalised references including fitness, sport, race medals, music, favourite drinks and favourite fashions! I had a strange craving for coffee while drawing this… 🤣☕

Ordering one of my personalised digital caricatures is very easy. Once you’ve ordered there’s a short form to complete for all the details you’d like included and you just email me photos of the subject. Once it’s completed it’ll simply pop into your email inbox! From there you can print it yourself or gift it via email! As there’s no postage involved these contactless caricatures can be sent anywhere in the world. Give me a shout to find out more!

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André Antunes Kenneth EP Spotify Cover Art – Heavy Metal Preacher Kenneth Copeland Caricature

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I’m delighted to announce my caricature of American preacher Kenneth Copeland is the official artwork for André Antunes’ Kenneth EP on Spotify. André has released an EP of his Heavy Metal remixes of Copeland’s sermons based on his viral YouTube videos. Judgement on You has clocked up over 2 million views on YouTube and is … Read more

Galway International Arts Festival unveils line-up for 2019

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Galway Arts Festival has unveiled 2019’s programme for this July:

More than 250,000 people attended the 2018 festival. The 2019 line-up features Irish and international theatre, opera, dance, circus, music, street spectacle, talks and visual art.

You can view this year’s Galway Arts Festival programme here.

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