I Drew Myself

Wedding Gift

I went to a friends wedding recently. I painted this for them.

Joy Ride

Some concept art I made a while ago for a proposal for a for a job that we didn't end up getting.

I based the character design on my friend Rex Hackelberg.  

He's totally thinking of taking that little blue car on a joy ride through Vermont.

The International Society of Caricature Artists (ISCA) Convention 2012

Every year in November a few hundred caricature artists from around the world gather to participate and compete at the ISCA (International Society of Caricature Artists) Convention. The main event of the convention is a 4 day competition in a large ballroom where the artists draw, paint and sculpt caricatures of the other convention attendees. Every artist has their own section of wall to display their creations and at the end of the 4 days all the participants vote on the artwork.

Now, most people think they have a pretty good idea of what a caricature is: “they make you into a funny cartoon”, “They find your most important feature and make it really big”. It would be useful however to have a more concrete definition to really appreciate the convention.

Caricature is the abstraction of likeness.

Those are fancy words for: caricature finds the aspects of likeness, the qualities by which things differ and our brains use to identify the subject, and brings it forward, creating a piece of art that ideally looks more like the subject then the subject itself.

Imagine a few hundred artists doing that in a room for 4 days. The real gems are the caricatures that capture more then appearance; they capture personality, attitude, the way they act, the things they do, the sounds they make, the way they move, and more. To really make a good caricature the artist needs to be exceptionally observant.

After several days of essentially stalking each other to make the best caricatures they can; everyone attending the convention gets to know each other pretty well. Everyone working in the same room, learning form each other, inspiring each other, pushing each other breeds a sort of family. Some pretty famous caricature artists attend, and even if you aren't as famous as them they will be pretty friendly, accept your facebook friend request, and even recognize and talk to you like you are their buddy if you visit their table at comic con.

I'd like to share with you my small section of wall from the 2012 ISCA Convention. I did my best to capture observations I made of the people I decided to draw and paint.

Johanna Veerenhuis

Eric Goodwin

Beau Hufford

Anne Bush

Chunco Yamashita

Kirby Rudolph 

 Sam Arenson

 Ryan Holman

I won some awards which is really cool, thanks everyone! :)

Me and Brent

I did this painting of myself and Brent from when he visited Canada with me. I'm submitting it as my studio piece at this years caricature convention. 

11.5" x 16"

Acrylic on Canvas

Here's the tiny sketch I based it off of. It's roughly 1" wide. I like the way the smallest quick little sketches really help find the simplest representation and therefore stronger designs.

Wedding Gift

My sister got married at the end of August. 

I painted this for their wedding gift.

Nuit Blanche

I went to see Marlo Meekins, Seo Kim, Steve Manale and Britt Wilson draw at the 24 hour zine event for Nuit Blanche. I did this drawing of Marlo while I was there.

Miniature Pony

I did this painting based on a sketch I posted not to long ago of a miniature pony I drew at Center Island in Toronto.

Dogs - Comic

I was dog sitting for my sister while she is on her honeymoon. This happened whenever it rains. 
This comic was featured on http://www.veryunderground.com/ yesterday, I'm hoping to make a regular weekly comic, so stay tuned for more!

Coffee shop doodle

A little doodle I did in a coffee shop today at lunch.

A Party for Unusual Mammals - video

party for unusual mammals from Andrea Gerstmann on Vimeo.

I wanted to try some cut out animation so I made this little video to advertise the show I'm in this Saturday

if you are interested in coming here's the event: http://www.facebook.com/events/369861946420041/

Lil Girl

Drew this little girl I saw today from memory.

Water Mill and Brent NPC

mill from Andrea Gerstmann on Vimeo.

I've made a bunch of animated environment elements for Patrick the game. Since they are only decorative they really need to be efficient so they don't bog down the game. This water mill is only 6 frames,there are only 2 wave animations in the water, but I made different parts of the animation interchangeable so they can be randomized. I also threw in an NPC of Brent, he is going to have to duck if he want to go into that house.

More Patrick stuff here: http://agartblog.blogspot.ca/search/label/Patrick

Andrea NPC

I'm making all the non playable characters in my game caricatures of real people. This one is me!

Cool Old Lady

Some old ladys are cooler then you.

Lady sitting in a chair

the Hulk is green and has big hands

Another Hulk fan art painting for work.

Hulk

I made hulk fan art for a client.

I don't know if its really a superpower to be so muscly you cant put your arms down.

Guy on a Buffalo

 I decided to make Guy on a Buffalo fan art because this youtube video is really funny. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ4T9CQA0UM

Funny Mug Shot Sketch

Convicts are hilarious, so I drew a caricature of one. 

Here's the photo I looked at http://i.imgur.com/YjEqz.jpg