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Post by donpinsent on Jan 4, 2005 11:47:05 GMT -5
yeah, nice work frank. but let me get this straight... you make a LIVING drawing caricatures of VINCENT PRICE? i'm having difficulty wrapping my mind around that concept. how in the world does that work?!
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Post by sketchyfrank on Jan 4, 2005 20:46:32 GMT -5
What I meant is that I am known for being a classic horror artist, so I'm always being hired to draw monsters and the actors who portrayed them. Not just Price, but everyone from Karloff and Lugosi to Freddy Kreuger and Jason. I get hired for genre magazines, DVDs, conventions, tee-shirts, all sorts of things. I'm invited to conventions all across the country, where I speak about drawing and sign copies of my books, etc. So drawing Mister Price and his peers is my main source of income...and it helps that I love the subject matter!
Frank
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Post by donpinsent on Jan 7, 2005 7:47:35 GMT -5
okay, my home internet connection has started working.... sometimes. i have the worst luck with computers... anyway, i was finally able to scan the vincent price drawing i did way back at the beginning of december. comments welcome.  |
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Post by dmcaricature on Jan 7, 2005 7:58:08 GMT -5
Don:
Your syle is similar to Gerald Scarfe...are you familiar?
great flowing linework. Pushing the likeness to the limit.
I like it
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Post by donpinsent on Jan 7, 2005 8:02:24 GMT -5
i never noticed the scarfe similarity until you mentioned it. cool! i do believe, though, that it's only in this drawing. normally i'd say there's very little, if any, similarity between my work and his.
anyway, glad you like it.
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Post by toonMom on Jan 7, 2005 10:48:59 GMT -5
Don - I like what you've done with this one. Way to push the limits!
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Post by sketchyfrank on Jan 7, 2005 12:32:52 GMT -5
Fabulous work, Don. I really like how far you were able to push it and still retain the likeness. I think Vincent Price would have loved it, since he was an artist and collector himself. I even have an autographed self portrait he did framed on my wall. He often signed his name with a little profile caricature.
The Gerald Scarfe similarity is for sure, although I think you can safely call it your own. Really great. Mr. Scarfe actually designed most of the characters for the first Disney feature I worked on, HERCULES, although there are only traces of his signature style that remain in the final film.
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Post by sketchyfrank on Jan 7, 2005 12:35:48 GMT -5
Actually, now that I look at it again...it also reminds me just a bit of the work of Tim Burton, who was a great fan and personal friend of Vincent Price.
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Post by sketchyfrank on Jan 22, 2005 21:42:47 GMT -5
Hi folks,
I've been asked by Vincent Price historian Lucy Chase Williams to post the following letter regarding all your fabulous work:
Dear Friends:
My name is Lucy Chase Williams, and I am the author of The Complete Films Of Vincent Price (Citadel Press, 1995). In 1997, I was the on-camera expert, and wrote the script, for the (second) A&E Biography episode on Price, and am also the owner of a large (well, let's face it, it's enormous) collection of VP memorabilia.
Frank Dietz has kindly agreed to post on my behalf here to compliment you all on this absolutely amazing work! As many of you will know, Vincent Price was a huge proselytizer for the arts, and lectured across the country for some 40 years to young people on the wonders of art and art appreciation. (He also dabbled in sketching himself; many of his movie scripts are adorned with little doodles of faces and figures.)
I would be honored to include copies of any of your caricatures in my collection, which it is my intention to donate to either Yale (Vinnie's and my alma mater) or the Motion Picture Academy Library in Los Angeles.
If any of you would be kind enough to consider sending me copies of your work (together with a short bio and/or statement about the caricature -- this is for Posterity, after all!), please e-mail me at LChaseW@aol.com.
Regardless, my sincerest admiration for your talents -- and your sense of humor. Vincent would have adored both.
Best wishes,
Lucy Chase Williams
This is Frank again...I am sending Lucy copies of my drawings, because I have vast respect for her work and her devotion to this great man. If you can, please add your piece to this official collection.
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Post by toonMom on Feb 20, 2005 16:22:33 GMT -5
Here's my shot at him. I'm trying to work on my line quality. I have a long way to go!  |
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Post by Frank Zieglar on Feb 21, 2005 12:58:17 GMT -5
You're doing good R - your lines have a nice smooth flow to them.
The thick/thin that you can get with some markers will just help the lines to indcate depth.
EXAMPLE: The bottom of the chin sticks out and away from the neck - a thicker line shows that. The upper part of the chin (just under the lip) was indicated with a curve - a thin line here would indicate that the depth from the chin area to the flesh under the lip is minimal.
The botom of the lower lip extends out from the flesh beneath it - the side of the lower lip going into the corner of the mouth don't stick. So you would use a thick at the bottom of the lower lip and thin going into the corner of the mouth.
Altoghether you would have...
1) A thick line showing the bottom of the lower lip fading into thin lines towards the corners of the mouth.
2) A thin line indicating the upper portion of the chin.
3) A thick line showing the chin portruding from the neck.
HTH
><> Frank Zieglar <><
-- If we aren't supposed to eat animals, why are they made of meat?
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Post by Larry on Feb 21, 2005 14:54:13 GMT -5
I like it toonMom. Very good likeness, would easily know it was Vincent without having been told.
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Post by toonMom on Feb 21, 2005 17:46:44 GMT -5
Thanks for taking the time Frank! I used a brush pen, but I haven't put many miles on it yet. I hope to get a handle on using it though. Thank you for the tips.
Thanks for the kind words Larry!
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Post by Frank Zieglar on Feb 22, 2005 13:38:50 GMT -5
I forgot to mention the likeness itself  - I think you did a pretty good job on this one. The thick/thin stuff just help a drawing pop off the page a little better. ><> Frank Zieglar <>< -- If the cops arrest a mime do they tell him that he has the right to remain silent? |
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Post by bastian on Mar 5, 2005 5:19:03 GMT -5
this is one of those i don´t really like, but i did it anyway. so i send it hoping nobody recognizes...  |
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- I think you did a pretty good job on this one.