Joe Bluhm is an incredibly talented illustrator and caricaturist. In this video (which is 1 of 4 – the links to the other 3 appear at the end of the clip), Joe talks through a digital art piece he created based on the favourite actors of Wes Anderson (who directed The Life Aquatic, The Royal Tenenbaums and Rushmore). This particular video focuses on the Bill Murray caricature and we can see how he sketches and paints digitally in Photoshop.

Visit Joe Bluhm’s blog (Rejects) for tips and tutorials and his main website to see some wonderful caricatures and inspiring illustration work. There are more video tutorials on his podcast site, although it hasn’t been updated for a while.

On a somewhat related note, this is my own attempt at a Bill Murray caricature. This was done in Photoshop and Corel Painter. It started mainly as a photo manipulation of Bill Murray and continued on from there and turned into quite a cartoony affect.

If you’re working in the field or are a fan of caricature, you might be interested in the Sebastien Kruger workshop app. The App has 33 pages showing the work flow used to create a large Michael Jackson painting. According to the blurb on the the Artist Sketchbook pages;

From September 21-25, 2009 26 artists from 11 countries came to Barsinghausen/Germany to join Krüger’s 5th Painting Workshop. Sebastian Krüger gave 2 live presentations on large canvases (160 x 180 cm / about 71 x 98 in). Please enjoy Krüger’s workshop documentary which includes 31 working steps (photos) of his painting "Neverland calling," painted with acrylic on canvas.

You can buy the app here.

I love caricature and occasionally make an attempt at it. These are ten caricatures created OR finished in Photoshop from some of the talented artists on Deviantart, and there are tons more on there. This may be the first of a series on caricatures. So in no particular order (they’re all brilliant digital art);

Dr House by Macpulenta

Agent Smith by Timshinn

Bruce Springsteen by Jason Seiler

Nicolas Cage by PixelTribe

The Royal Tenenbaums by infernovball (actually one of my favourite artists Blake Loosli)

Qui gon by bangalore monkey

Bjork by shellyinez

Einstein by crazedude

Michael Stipe by YngveMartinussen