Tag: Art

Passing the Rorschach Test

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When I meditate, I see these two colors (black and violet?) constantly morphing into various abstract shapes. I thought, “Hey. Why don’t I make something like that out here in the real world?” I made some scribbles and stared at them for a while. I saw a face in there, so I made an outline of what I saw. To me, it looks like a man in a parka peering around some rocks or bushes at nighttime on a hillside with a pine tree in the background. What could it mean? Nothing weird, I hope.

This is the same image in a lighter hue to better illuminate the outlines. This is what it looks like when viewed through ultrasonic binoculars. My one regret? I didn’t save an image of the colors before adding the outlines. If I had, I could’ve gotten your interpretation. But I didn’t know I was going to see a picture within the colors! Well…maybe next time.

Christmas in September

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This is a caricature portrait of my brother Joey, his wife Jennifer, and their granddaughter, Everlee. This was a Christmas gift from Everlee’s mom, Autumn, to Joe and Jennifer.

I got back to basics when drawing these caricatures. Although my drawing tablet has its advantages, using just a primitive pencil and eraser on paper is much more enjoyable. I drew the faces with pencil, scanned them into Photoshop, and then created the rest of the portrait using the drawing tablet.

Would you like to give a caricature portrait to one of your loved ones this Christmas? Let me know what you want and I’ll quote you a price, then you will say, “yes or no”, then we dicker and haggle maybe, and then you say, “yes”. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

Contact Bob at oddboxcomics@att.net

Adobe Illustrator

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This is what I did on my first foray into Illustrator. You may be asking, as well you should, “Why a buck-toothed fish, Bob?” From what I can glean, so far, Illustrator appears to be all about shapes. So I made a shape and I looked at it and said to myself, “I can make a fish out of that.” Why buck teeth, you ask. Well, that mouth just looked like it was begging for buck teeth. Also, I bring your attention to the eyes. I don’t know what I did but they just appeared to the right of the “fish”. I thought they looked like eyes, so I gave the fish the eyes that destiny deemed I should.

Owen Morgan (Telltale)

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Sometimes, when I draw a caricature of somebody, I get this slight twinge of guilt telling me that I am mocking or making fun of my subject. I have to remind myself that I am actually honoring the subject. As I am drawing, I am admiring certain physical characteristics unique to my subject that I find fascinating enough to take the time to draw.

This is a caricature of Owen Morgan. He has a YouTube program that I watch quite frequently. He exposes the hypocrisy of some televangelists, evangelists, religious figures, and, of course, politicians who pretend to be religious. Nowadays, it is very difficult to discern whether someone is a politician or an evangelist. The line between them has gotten very, very thin.