Caricatures?! (YAY!)

This is when I clap for joy because I had two days off!!!! (believe me, with this midwest heat, its something to celebrate!) And since I had two days off, I decided to take it easy, and wait until the last minute to make a post about the best caricatures I did this weekend and the begining of this week! And don't worry, there are definately more to come!I was so glad when this guy sat down for me.... it was like a caricaturist's dream.... and the model's nightmare...
I asked the middle guy if he wanted his goggles up there, and he said, "ABSOLUTELY." (I never clearly grasped what that was all about...)
A little girl (one of the woman's nieces that was visiting the park with them) was actually yelling at me as if the picture was extremely insulting.... she was hillarious! But, it was like a tiny sista was trying to tell me off. She was like, "Auntie, that's sapose ta be you?! AW HECKS NAW!" only imagine a chipmonk saying it. It was so cute....

This couple didn't really know what they were getting into... but when I drew her first, she forced her husband to sit for me... and he kept falling asleep in the chair because he worked all that night before. I don' t think anyone could tell, because of his sunglasses, but I think that's why he thought I drew it so fast. Sleep always speeds time up...

I was definately suprised that the girl didn't get a re-draw... but she loved it! Probably because I acurately put her dog in it...

And get this... the guy with the KU gear on from head to toe... yeah... He's going to college, but not for KU. Weird right?!

Well, that's it for now. I will hopefully have more for you guys from this up and coming hot and busy weekend, so STAY TUNED! :)

Yesterday was a CRAPPY day...

Well, since technically it's 2:30, and people are usually asleep at this hour (except for me because I can't sleep... again...) I feel like this is the end of yesterday...

ANYWAYS, yesterday sucked. I did three drawings, i forgot my camera, and the contest that we were doing ( Drawing a caricature of Edward from the movie Twilight). Well, I was doing an awesome job at drawing it, until the rain came suddenly and washed all my 15 minutes of hard work away. And then, one of the henna art girls accidentaly dropped my box in a puddle of water. I had to dry off all my color sticks...

It was SUCH A HORRIBLE DAY.

So, what do I do when I get home? Well, I go on facebook and draw any face that pops up on the "News Feed" thing... because I need to practice. Plus, I wanted to get my caricatures to have more of a real feel to them, rather than a cartoon feel to them... for example:

These are my best friends BreAnne and Joe. See what I mean? I like this because I didn't use any pencil, only ballpoint pen, and, me being meticulous about EVERYTHING, it was so odd to just slap it on there. But I hope they see this... because Joe was complaining the other day that I've never really drawn him. Well, note to Joe... HERE YOU GO :)

Why I NEVER Eat Funnel Cakes...

So, before I say anything... MY WEBSITE IS UP! (http://www.theartofryanj.com/) You should so CHECK IT OUT!!! But now to the good stuff...

Well, they're just nasty... Funnel Cakes, I mean. I guess I look at funnel cakes and automatically think of gluttony. And since I work at an Amusement park, I see fifty million paper plates of it everyday, along with other sweet and nasty things like giant fudge bars and giant cinnamon buns and I just think, Ugh... why would ANYONE ever eat that?
But, The whole Walrus eating a funnel cake was a cute idea that one of my co-workers had, so I drew it. I like it especially because I decided to draw it on a paper bag...

I RECYCLED! :)

I feel sorry for that walrus though...

Get Up!

I am SO glad that I now have a BLOG here on blogger! By the end of this week though, I will have my own website up and you all can see more than just this! But, for now, enjoy this picture of James Brown being reincarnated into a rooster (you know if James Brown was anything, that's what he'd be)! I was drawing this while watching the movie "Soul Man," and this rooster, with a pattened James Brown Bob, came out. Wow, I can't believe that Bernie Mac and Isaac Hays are actually gone. May they rest in peace.