Jay Walker

Finally something new! Sort of.

Digital Caricature Commission

I completed this a couple of weeks ago from a photograph. Pen and ink caricature/ digital painting.

Caricature from Photograph

I recently drew this family from separate photographs as a surprise gift from their son. The drawing was done with Prismacolor markers.

Blazer

I did a recent commission for a local DJ. I drew his caricature in black and white and it was given to an airbrush artist to render onto a white blazer. I think it came out amazing! You surely can't miss this walking down the street.

Live Caricatures in Philadelphia

BIG UPDATE!

New Magnet Design! Coming soon to a fridge near you!

"Take a look at what I'm drawin' here people."

Rehearsal dinner drawings. Congrats Amanda and Matt!

Thanks Frank and Linda!

"Draw me Ishmael."

Live caricature pre-game ritual. Fueled up to draw at a Fall festival at UPenn. These students were awesome!

I say it every time that I going to post more often. This is another one of those times. "I am going to post more often!"
A bunch of fun events coming up, keep on the lookout!



"Take a look at what I'm wearin" here people."

Color Caricatues

Weeble Wobble Lady


The world famous Nick Jackson.

Prismacolor marker drawings.

Children's Book Illustrations

Once upon a time (well actually a few years ago), a Grandmother wrote a short children's book. This legendary lore was then obtained by her daughter and was presented to her son, a young, valiant illustrator name Colin. He then took the words and visually represented them in illustrations, drawn in ink, scanned, and digitally painted in photoshop. With these two forces combined, a children's book was born, and it was named "The New Kid on Our Block".

There are only but three printed copies in existence at this point in time. Several aspects will be reworked and tweaked until the final project is complete. Obtaining this book may be a difficult task. A second edition will be printed sometime in the future. They all lived happily ever after.

The End

Beard & Sound Machine

A couple of ink drawings from my sketchbook I made a week or too ago. I am currently painting them in photoshop and I will post them in color sometime soon. I am thinking of turning the wood shaving beard man into a tshirt. Got a few other projects I am working on too in the meantime. Stay Making!

New Logo!

Pen and Ink, painted with Photoshop.

Working on designing some new business cards and postcards with this new self caricature. I was going for more of a simple style this time that is easier for reproduction.

From the Sketchbook

I am entering my first contest with the National Caricature Network. The assignment is to do a caricature of Boris Yeltsin. Whoever comes up the best drawing will win an original Jan Op de Beek drawing of Yeltsin. This is only my first attempt. I plan on taking it a lot further once some of the issues are worked out. I decided to get into this contest because I have a serious lack of famous faces in my portfolio... also I really want an Op de Beek drawing.

From the Sketchbook

...from my sketchbook, a few months ago...he was reading a book...

Mrs. Marty's Deli

About a month ago I was contacted by the owner of a local deli to do a commisioned piece. He wanted all of his employees caricatures drawn on one poster which he could then hang in his restaurant. He had one done a few years back by another artist and it has since become outdated. He had actually seen me drawing at a local street fair and took my card.

I started by setting up at their holiday party and sketching everyone onto one piece of illustration board, laying out the composition and general shapes of the faces. I also took photographs of each individual while they were seated for the drawing for later reference. While I was there I also got some really good food. One of the perks of being a caricature artist at parties.

When I brought the drawing home I began to ink over the existing sketches in pencil. You can see the faint images of the pencil drawing done at the party.



After inking I started to color with Prismacolor markers and color sticks. I liked Ron so I started with him...



Here's the final color drawing of all 36 individuals...



A detail of two of my favorites...



I dropped by there today to snap a photo of it on the wall. Nothing like seeing your art hanging crooked in a public place. I added the logo of the Mrs Marty's Deli in the middle of the piece to finish it.



This was a fun project. I was pleased with the results. It gets a lot of exposure in the deli which is very busy. Hopefully some more business will come out of it as well.

Christmas Card

Every year I make a new christmas card to send out to family and friends. I try to capture something current that is going on in our family. Since I am getting married to the beautiful Martha Wright, err... I mean Martha Harris on January 4th, this seemed fitting.

Recent Commisions

I just finished up this Christmas Card for my future father-in-law's office. It was pretty rushed, but I got to spend a considerable amount of time on it regardless. What helped was that I just bought a new Wacom drawing tablet. My old one busted. Although it was a blessing because now I love this new one. This was my first experiment and I was pleased with the results. I did the initial drawing in pen and ink on bristol board.



Then I digitally colored it in Photoshop. I had fun making the christmas lights.




Later I added text with a greeting and their names.

So this was my second christmas card this year. I had some others interested, but didn't pan out.

I have a huge project I am working on now for a local deli. A poster of all of their employees, 24"x36". There are over 30 people in the drawing. It's taking a lot of time, but I am making the most of it. I will have photos of it once it is complete.

New Biz Card

2"x 3.5" business card


4"x6" postcard

Frank Illustration 2

Finished designing the business card for Frank's...



Martha and I just finished putting up our toy shelves in the kitchen. The new home for our Dunnies, and other Kidrobot toys.

Frank Illustration

Pen and ink with coloring in Photoshop. I used to work for Frank at a gas station in Newtown, PA during high school and some of college. I will be turning it into a business card soon. He hasn't seen it yet, I am going to surprise him. This is just the beginning of my journey into the world of Photoshop coloring techniques. Any advice and or comments would be greatly appreciated.