Car Docs

I was commissioned to do some caricature work for a car repair shop.  This piece, done in brush and ink, is on all their advertisements.  Last year, they had a giant billboard made from this artwork which features two of their mechanics as the the car doctors.  I want to go over there and take a picture of it, but I can't seem to find the time.

Car Docs, February 2004

Michael Jackson

I call this a digital paper sculpture.  Skin and clothes patterns were accomplished in Photoshop and printed for the actual paper sculpture.  As work progressed on the digital patterns, I was also manipulating and layering the pieces to form a digital version of my paper sculpture of Michael.  This looks just like the paper sculpture, only slightly cleaner.

Michael Jackson caricature, January 2002

Panda Explosion!

I have another site where I am able to promote more of my artwork.  It is called deviantART and my space there can be found at fauxhead.deviantart.com.  There is a daily gallery on the site called the Daily Deviation.  For 24 hours, a small group of artwork is suggested and selected to appear on the home page.  One cannot try to submit their own artwork and there are millions and millions of artwork on the site.

Well, I lucked out and my Faux Wood Panda II made the front page and became an overnight sensation.  In one day, over 8000 people saw my panda.  My watchers went from 6 to 71.  And over 1500 art lovers selected my panda as one of their favorites.  I answered comment after comment and just watched as the number of visitors to my gallery grew and grew.

Here, for a curtain call, is my semi-famous panda!

Little Pelicans

After making a large pelican pendant (found elsewhere on this blog), I wanted to try one or two in a smaller size.  Sometimes things work out and sometimes they don't, as evidenced by the two pelicans shown here.  The first one, a tiny steampunk pin, looks pretty good.  The second one, another pin, just doesn't work.  I do like the faux woodgrain on the beak, though. 

Kritter Kids "Pink Elephant"

All toads are frogs, but not all frogs are toads. Look it up, it’s a fact.
Sunday is comic strip day here at the ol’ Fauxhead blog.  So, we are rounding out Frog Week with a Kritter Kids comic strip featuring a toad, which, as we have learned, is also a frog.
This is a true Sunday comic strip in the larger Sunday format. Enjoy.

Kritter Kids "Pink Elephant", January 1991

Pacman Frog

Originally, this was going to be just “Pacman Frog”. I knew it was missing something, when one of my coworkers suggested adding a fly. That made all the difference. Now it is “Pacman Frog & Green Bottlefly”. I actually like the fly better than the frog.
Ornate Horned Frogs, or “Pacman Frogs”, are so named due to their huge mouths and voracious appetites. Their mouths are as wide as their bodies. There are many different color variations, ranging from bright green, to red, to albino. The females grow larger than the males and can reach 6 inches in length!

Pacman Frog & Green Bottlefly, May 2008




Here are some examples of the real deals.

100 Poison Frogs

The poison frogs posted here the last four days all started from a sketch and then a very clean drawing. Here are 100 poison frog drawings, just waiting for color and environment to bring them to life!