Caricature of Zach Braff as JD from Scrubs

This is one I've done as a request for a friend. It's painted digitally in Photoshop, but I'm getting printed out on canvas to see how it looks. I'm really happy how it turned out, both the likeness and the paintjob. I feel like it's another step forward for me, and I'm really enjoying painting at the moment, both digitally and traditionally. Now...who's next? I plan to do an 'Inspirations' series of painitings of people who are an ispiration to me. Bruce Lee and Thom Yorke are included. I can't really say Zach Braff is an inspiration of mine, although I do find him amusing. Got some ideas for a few more paintings though. Stay tuned...

Detail

Bruce Lee painting finished

FINALLY got around to finishing this off, after about a year on the easel. Probably could have done loads more on it, but I couldn't justify spending any more time, going to move on to the next acrylic and play with some more colours. I particularly like the cuts across his stomach, although they're probably more realistic here than they are in the actual film of 'Enter the Dragon'. Why did they make the blood so bright in old movies? 

Anyway, this is another one that I attempted several times, years ago, so I've included the old drawings here for comparison. I think these are from 1998, 1999 and 1999 respectively. Sorry for the bad photo of the painting, it was taken on my iPhone. I'll replace it with a better photo once I get a decent camera.

Painting of Abbie

Here's a monochromatic digital painting of my 3 month old niece, Abbie, that I did for my stepbrother's birthday. Great exercise in values, and got the seal of approval from the proud parents! I'm looking forward to finally meeting her in May at their wedding, I'm sure she's even cuter in real life!

Thom Yorke Caricature - Digital Painting

Well, I started this one a few months ago, and wasn't particularly happy with how it was going, so I had a break and came back to it. Once I had changed the background, I could see the finished painting in my mind, so it was a joy to complete. Thom Yorke is notoriously 'difficult' to caricature, despite his distinctive features, but I'm really pleased with how this turned out. For fun, I thought I'd compare it to a previous Thom Yorke caricature, which I did about ten years ago. Encouraging to say the least!

Half Marathon for Teenage Cancer Trust

I'm working on a few things at the same time right now, and I'll post some new art very soon. In the meantime, I'm training hard for the Sheffield Half Marathon on 26th April, and I'd like to give you the opportunity to sponsor me, as I'm running to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust, a charity devoted to improving the lives of teenagers and young adults with cancer. Whatever you can afford would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

My fundraising page - www.justgiving.com/dan-johnson

Barack Obama Caricature

Today was a milestone in history, not just for America but for the whole world. To see a dream realised, which would have been absolutely inconceivable 40 years ago, shows us that anything is possible in this world.

I started this as a sketch, but as I was feeling inspired, I worked on it a bit more and I'm really happy with the result, I might even paint it eventually! I haven't done any political caricatures before, mainly because I mostly like to draw people who I admire in some way, and I find most politicians quite loathesome. But for me, Barack Obama is a symbol of hope, and the limitless potential in all of us. Maybe the world is coming to its senses...

Bruce Lee Acrylic progress

This has been on the easel for months! I thought posting my progress might inspire me to keep working on it. This is pretty well blocked in, I just need to work on the detail now. It's the first acrylic I've done for ages and I'm really enjoying it.

Sylar sketch

I'm determined to get through the cast of Heroes before the end of season 3. I was struggling with Hiro Nakamura so I thought I'd go for everyone's favourite villain, who seemed a bit more obvious. It still took me about 8 attempts before I got a decent likeness, and it's still not quite right, but it'll do for now. Comments welcome.