Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper

I'm taking Jason Seiler's course, and while we're only on Week 3, I've already noticed an improvement in my caricature work. Probably because the guy is an absolute slave driver. :)

While I'd like to spend more time on my editorial cartoon caricatures, I've often got to get them done and sent out in a day or less. This one took about 8 hours from sketch to completion but I enjoyed working on it so much that I could have easily spent another day on it. If nothing else, I'm more confident getting the likeness down in a short time.

Here's the reference photo I used (resolution wasn't good)

















...the final editorial cartoon...















...and a closeup of his noggin.






















Having a great time so far.

8 comments:

SEILER said...

This looks great Patrick! It's great to see your development . . . your doing so well, it's an honor teaching you what I know.

Tim Bye said...

Hey great work man - I checked the link to your website - there's some top stuff on there!

Unknown said...

hey man great to see a classmate post up some work!! impressive stuff, I can't wait to see how we all go

Patrick LaMontagne said...

Thanks very much for the kind words, folks. Hope you're enjoying the course as much as I am.

Asier M. López said...

Very nice Patrick !!

Unknown said...

Whoa! That's looking sweet!

Mark Sinclair said...
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Mark Sinclair said...

VERY NICE man!