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Email Difficulties

14th December 2009 | by Alex
Posted In: News and views

I’ve just discovered that emails have not been coming through to me from the contact forms here on my website, due to a technical hitch. So, if you’ve recently tried to get in touch with me to commission a caricature or book me for an event, please drop me a line or use the (now fixed) contact forms below:

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Commission a caricature

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If you have tried to contact me and were wondering why I’d not responded, please accept my most sincere apologies for not getting back to you sooner.

Tags: caricature, contact, technical difficulties, website
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Straw Poll

2nd September 2009 | by Alex
Posted In: News and views

It’s been brought to my attention today that my caricature of Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw was, well, turning into my caricature of former US President George W Bush. I’m not entirely sure how this happened, but I suspect it’s because I’ve been drawing Straw for so long now that I felt confident that the caricature still worked (or so I thought), so I don’t refer back to my photo references. But I had a look, and, yes, there it was – completely wrong. But why Bush? Well, they both have something of the chimpanzee about them perhaps… Either way, I’ve gone and had another crack at Jack and have come up with the caricature below.

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Tags: caricature, jack straw, poll, tribune
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WxWM2 - The dead badger on a stick...

Out and About (part 2)

2nd July 2009 | by Alex
Posted In: News and views

Phew! It’s been a busy time for me recently. Over the course of the last month or so I’ve been out and about doing ‘live drawing’ at various events in the Birmingham area, so this post is an attempt to do a brief, illustrated summary of what I’ve been up to. Read the rest of this entry…

Tags: #mdot, barcamp, bcu, birmingham, birmingham city university, birmingham it's not shit, birminghamuk, bounder, caricature, dave harte, digbeth, drawnalism, fazeley, fazeley digital, fazeley studios, flickr, graphiquillan, jeecamp, jon bounds, jon hickman, karl binder, kyle mcrea, life drawing, live cartooning, matt buck, moseley, moseley bar camp, movie, my dad's on twitter, paul bradshaw, premiere, rhubarb radio, shona mcquillan, spotted dog, sxsw, sxswi, sxswm, the cross, tormented, unconference, wxwm, wxwm2
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10 Years of Learning to Draw

2nd March 2009 | by Alex
Posted In: News and views

It occured to me the other day that this year marks the 10th anniversary of the publication of my book Learn to Draw Caricatures (which is still available and was recently reissued with a new cover). Around the time it came out, I did a couple of interviews in the local media. In January of 1999, shortly after the book was published I appeared on the Central TV arts programme called Premieré, which was a nerve-racking experience. Looking back now, it’s clear I’ve the perfect face for radio (but sadly, not the voice), although that sunset was lovely. Read the rest of this entry…

Tags: birmingham, birmingham post, birminghamuk, book, caricature, interview, learn to draw caricatures, premiere, tv, video
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Christmas is here again…

4th December 2003 | by Alex
Posted In: News and views

I’m getting bogged down in Christmas work now – up to my eyeballs in Christmas caricatures and what-not.

Please don’t let this put you off – there’s still plenty of time to get a caricature of your loved ones drawn in time for Christmas.

Tags: caricature, christmas
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Another book on caricature…

17th November 2003 | by Alex
Posted In: News and views

I’ve been thinking recently about writing another book on caricature (for the first, see here: Learn to Draw Caricatures). If you’ve got any ideas about what you’d like to see included in the book, please let me know via my guestbook or directly by e-mail.

I’d love to hear your thoughts…

Tags: book, caricature
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