Steve Ollice, Illustration & Graphic Design
Too bad, so sad, another bad guy is taking a dirt nap! So, in an attempt to ride the keyword wave of a hot search topic, I am posting this short tutorial on a different and perhaps new approach to caricature. 1) Find a good source image First, I scour the Internet for a decent [...]
To me, a caricature is a person’s likeness that has some kind of an exaggeration of reality. That exaggeration can be based on any emotional gesture or physical feature, but I tend to gravitate towards funny expressions and realistic renderings. Rather than try to explain what I’ve learned about drawing caricatures, I’m just going to [...]
About two years ago, I was asked to draw a caricature of President Obama. My boss at the time, was thinking of creating a political blog and wanted to see what I could come up with. I spent an hour researching other caricatures online to see what other artist were exaggerating in their depictions. I [...]
I just finished my first illustration using my new Wacom Cintiq 12wx tablet. I was amazed at how quickly I became accustomed to this new way of working. Drawing on screen is so natural! Now, this illustration is very tight and not expressive, but I plan for this tablet to help break this habit. My [...]
This assignment was to create a Christmas accordion card that would allow a customer to place their photos on any fold without disrupting the design. I came up with some different approaches, but this was the easiest to start with. This approach allowed the customer to use any set of icons and place their photos [...]
Here is an illustration I just finished for Comcast’s High Speed Internet service. It’s based on a TV commercial graphic originally created by Godby, Silverstein & Partners. This PhotoShop file had over 175 layers and I hand tweeked each one!
