.. and a few more jobs !!

Around Airshow's and V8 Supercars managed to squeeze in a few more commissions.

Nice steady - not too many - flow at the moment.

RAAF Pearce Airshow

Nothing to do with caricatures - Sunday I spent the day at the RAAF Pearce Air show just North of Perth.
I'm a bit of an Aircraft geek, having grown up living on airbases. My late father was a career RAF man.

Beautiful weather, clear skies and lots of noise !

I went to the 2005 show ( this was far better ) but spent the day watching through my camera lense.
Only took one worthwhile shot this year, B52 flypast, decided to just enjoy the noise and awe !

Traffic was a nightmare getting to and from the event - but I'll be back there for the next one.
I really must get to the big bi annual show in Avalon, Victoria.

Here's a snippet of the day's events from the local Channel nine news.

Samsung Galaxy Note ....

I spent three days the weekend before last at the Western Australia V8 Supercars event at Barbagallo Raceway, Wanneroo. I worked for Samsung in the Vodafone Holden team marquee demonstrating the sketching abilities of the new Samsung Galaxy Note phone/pad. Using the standard installed 'Memo S' software I drew 'free' caricatures for all who wanted them. It was non stop.
The supplied stylus/pen has 128 levels of sensitivity but a combination of the size, and probably my eyesight, didn't make it too easy. The object of the exercise was showing off it's capabilities rather than promoting it as a mini Cintiq - all in all, certainly an experience.
Handy bit of gear though, beautiful HD screen.

...... and NO I'm still a 100% Apple man !!!

Monthly post - slacking off !!!

Here's a couple of new one's where the clients supplied comparison photo's of the happy victims !
Nice comments too -

'Hi Terry,

Just a quick note to thank you for your work with Paul's caricature. We had a fantastic night with family and close friends and your creativity was a great hit, with exclamations of how clever the likeness etc etc. I said I had your contact for any future reference. Keep up the great work as you must be bringing many smiles all across Perth to people who have discovered you - a very praiseworthy contribution to society in my estimation! ' 

I really must post more regularly.................

Still out here ............

Here's a few more recent commissions - been busy but really guilty of neglecting the Blog.

I have just finished refurbishing my ageing MacPro (1.1 circa 2006). After waiting an age to decide an upgrade path, given Apple's iPhone and iPad obsession, their computers are a little neglected.

Mind you with the squillions they're making who can blame them.

Well doubled the RAM to 14 gig, replaced the video card (to one that can actually handle the two monitors) and then the 'piece de resistance' putting in a 256 Gb solid state drive. 

Well what a difference - it's like taking off the hand brake - so glad I didn't go down the iMac track.

It will now run 2 x 30" monitors, and if I became flash with capital also a Cintiq, the additional biproduct of this would be heating for the entire home in the winter !

A few more Commissions ...

Here's a few more 2012 jobs - several more in the offing and 'Live' shows have kicked in after the normal post Christmas lull. 

Oh and little Oliver is coming on just fine - Grandad around his little finger already !

It's a boy ........

A little bit of self indulgence here - Oliver William Dunnett - our first grandchild.
Born last night at Mercy Hospital, Perth.
Mum & Dad and young Oliver doing really well ...... grandparents ecstatic !!!

Some 2012 stuff ...

Here's a few commission jobs to kick off 2012 - top right is another magazine cover 'roast' I'm really trying to promote - particularly to corporate clients. It helps side step all that peripheral clutter that so many people want to load into caricatures - not only does it visually pollute the finished job - it takes so much tedious time. 

Would you believe we have professional caricaturists advertising they'll put all that 'crap' in for - no charge ! Strewth they must be short of work.

Grumble over ............................. 

Fotoshop by Adobé !

Fotoshop by Adobé from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo.



....... who'd have thought eh ?

Priceless reaction....

They say a picture is worth a thousand words - here's a sequence of them capturing the presentation of a caricature I did for a client in South Australia.
They seem pretty pleased ..............

Last pre Christmas posting so a very, very Merry Christmas and a great 2012 to you all !

Octoberfest wedding ....

The last pre Christmas job - well almost - even though it's for a wedding in March.

A wedding celebration with a German flavour .........  

'Chrissy' Collage ...

A collage of bits and pieces from completed commissions for the festive season - time to kick back and have a coldie !!

Early Christmas present .....

As a renown 'Machead' and devotee of all things Apple, I couldn't really see the point of the iPad.
A surfeit of Qantas FF points - and not wanting them to go the way of my Ansett one's - I lashed out and bought one with points from the Qantas shop.
What an amazing little machine - it actually hasn't been out of my hands since I got it last week.
Nola wants to try it but she's still waiting for me to put it down !
What have I achieved with it ?
Nothing - but what a top little time waster .....................

National coverage ....

Now I didn't get to the Stanley's in Sydney this year - didn't even get an entry in - but The Australian ( our only national broad sheet) did an article in relation to the awards weekend. It featured cartoons and caricatures of cartoonists and included two of mine. The 'biggie' was one I did a few years ago of Roger Fletcher 'Fletch' as Torkan's Dad. Fletch has just celebrated 35 years of drawing the Torkan strip.
The other was one I did of Peter Broelman, again a few years ago.

Got a few phone calls so I bought my annual copy of the paper !!!

Sounds like it was a great weekend and a big congratulations to the brilliant Anton Emdin for taking out the 'Cartoonist of the Year' Gold Stanley - Anton, being only a young bugger, better build a big trophy cabinet. Check my links for a drool over his work !!!

1990 SS Commodore ............

Final of the 'face' in the sample below - they loved it.
The car takes longer than the face - and it's always the 'bit' they're most particular about.
Gotta get my head around Adobe Illustrator since my beloved Macromedia Freehand has 'died' under OS X 10.7 'Lion'.  Progress my @#$% !!

The Christmas 'pile' .......

A few bits & pieces from the upcoming festive season jobs - I've closed off my website to new orders until 2012 - great range of face types. Busy but fun !!

Tom Richmond's 'Mad art of Caricature'

I've got a lot of books on caricature, character design, cartooning and even animation. A lot of them get used frequently - some less so. I've just received Tom Richmond's new book ' The Mad art of Caricature'.

This is not one of those coffee table 'look what I can do' books. It is a 170 page comprehensive guide to the art of caricature that is destined to become a 'must have' for caricaturists world wide. 

I can see it being close and handy in the studio for years to come. It certainly won't live in the bookcase.

If you only ever buy one caricature book - make this the one.

Congratulations and kudo's Tom.

You can order a copy HERE 

..... have a view of Tom's Blog HERE - the blog, itself, is also a great reference work !

Fleetwood Mac fan ..............

This a recently completed commission the client wanted the caricature, for a 40th birthday, of a country rock singer who is a big fan of Fleetwood Mac. Above is the final of her and below integrated into a modified photo of the band. The earlier quote for caricaturing all of them frightened the client off !

Friggin' Facebook !!

'Here we go again' - 12 months after leaving AND requesting deletions of accounts, and assuming it was done. Whoompf !!!

They just don't get it do they ?

I'm given to understand there is an amalgamation of some of the social networking sites  - they've come up with very appropriate branding .....

Happy New Zealand couple ...........

An 'export job' to Christchurch in New Zealand - I'm told they were well chuffed with the
caricature.