May 10 2011
I guess I’m still stuck on this “Famous Chefs Trading Cards” idea from last week; Tonight’s #PortraitNight subject is legendary chef, father of modern French cuisine, Auguste Escoffier: I did an initial drawing of Escoffier that I later decided was too literal for my tastes–especially if it was going to be in some sort of …
May 03 2011
Tonight’s #PortraitNight subject is chef and restaurateur Grant Ashatz. This is actually one of my favorite portraits so far, I think because it’s so stripped-down, cartoony, and not over-rendered as some of my past ones have been. It also looks like a character design that I’d actually do for one of my comics. I wonder …
Apr 26 2011
Tonight’s #PortraitNight subject is Headhunters-era Herbie Hancock: If you’d like to suggest a #PortraitNight subject, you can do so either via the comments section here, or via my Twitter.
Apr 19 2011
Tonight’s #PortraitNight subject is underground comics legend, Kim Deitch. When it comes to underground cartoonists of the 60s and 70s, Robert Crumb seems to always grab the spotlight, but in a “desert island” situation, my pick would be the works of Kim Deitch. He’s one of the greatest–if not the greatest–world-builder in comics. Start reading …
Apr 12 2011
Tonight’s #PortraitNight subject is gypsy hot licks guitar badass Django Reinhardt. I can think of no music purchase with a higher ratio of amazing music to dollars-spent than the JSP Records 5 disc Classic Early Recordings set that you can get for $23.00 from Amazon. Also, this image turned up when I was looking for …
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