Small & Big

Well, more of illustrations than caricatures really. But it's my style and it's fun to draw. This was my first solo caricaturing event, and the first time I drew two people on one paper. (A: Yes, drawing two people is 250% more difficult than drawing one.) I drew 30 kids or more at the Decibels event . As usual, the kids were sweet and adorable and patient and greatly costumed. Here are snapshots of some caricatures. Two sisters, one a wee baby in a carriage Two movie-star looking tween-teen girls A ginghamed sister and her brother dressed as Thomas the Tank Engine This was kinda a threefer. I never thought of Thomas as creepy until I drew him. Thomas, you're creepy. I put the girl dressed as an iPod in the iPod And added an app that stretches out the ear. Two disabled children in wheelchairs The boy had the most beautiful eyes, with long, long lashes. But if I had put them in he woulda looked girly so I left them out, except in my mind. What was wonde...

P.L. Frederick Human bean I think I captured the Buddha ear, but this other one by cartoonist Bill White captured my eyes and fivehead better. Speaking of which, like to buy some ad space?

Warren Buffet Anyone else gets Warren Buffet confused with Jimmy Buffet? After I drew this one, and liked how the hair turned out, I drew this second one, which is more caricaturey .

Leo F. Buscaglia That science-of-love guy

Nora Ephron Director, producer, journalist, novelist, etc. I like how this turned out, it’s one of my favorites.

Warning: book recommendation coming up. I read Warren Buffet’s Management Secrets, by Marry Buffet and David Clark, and it’s awesome. Awesome. Proof that you can be nice on the inside and get nice stuff on the outside. I got the book because Small and Big’s shareholders are all like, “Dividends! Results! Guillotine!” And because of the subtitle: Proven Tools for Personal and Business Success . Among the morsels from the booky book: The best companies to work for and invest in have a competitive edge: they either sell a unique product that doesn’t change much from year-to-year (Coca-cola), sell a unique service (H&R Block tax service), or are a low-cost buyer/seller a product/service that everybody’s continually in need of (Walmart). Work at a job you love. The people who are most successful love what they do. There’s no point in suffering over bucks — if you’re working only for the money isn’t that a form of greed? “Praise by name, criticize the category.” Give others credit f...

Dolly Parton With apologies to Ms. Parton, her fans, her family, and her descendants

Stan The Man Smith And his little eyes.

John F Kennedy For the love of God I don’t know where this came from. It was supposed to be a caricature of Sean Connery ( like this one ) but somehow JFK squeezed himself in there. Or maybe it’s Robert Kennedy?

Sir Sean Connery I like this caricature of him in later life. More than the younger one .

Sean Connery When he was a young buck. More of an illustration really, but who’s counting.

Cameron Diaz The second variation. ( This is the first. )

Cameron Diaz Here's another caricature, more extreme .

Eleanore Roosevelt No one ever draws her pretty. Eleanor, you’re pretty to me and Mr. Roosevelt, and probably some blind people.

Charles Laughton A second caricature of the actor ( here’s dee first ). His sloppy mouth and face were fun to draw.

Charles Laughton The original Quasimodo, the Hunchback of Notre Dame ( second version )

Céline Dion That Singer Lady This is the second drawing. It’s more eccentric, more caricaturey. Here’s the first. Both are drawn from the same photo.

Céline Dion A Titanic Singer ( second version )

Bob Bennett And this is the second caricature ( first one ). I pushed his features a bit farther (“Push it. Unh.”), making them more outlandish, sort of a key element of caricature. I like his catapiller catipillar caterpillar eyebrows.

Bob Bennett This is my first attempt at caricaturing him. Stay tuned for the second. I know, you’re all pins and needles, huh.