Brazilian Novelist Paulo Coelho Caricatured - Signing

Tonight I'm posting three images of Brazilian Novelist Paulo Coelho taken by Photographer Marcos Borges from Odense, Denmark as he was presenting the caricature portrait I did of Mr. Coelho from a photograph taken by Marcos as a gift. Marcos also got the Writer to autograph two other matted copies for Marcos and myself. It should be on the way in the mail now. Looking forward to it. Below is the completed portrait and source image as well as an interview with Mr. Coelho.

 Marcos presenting the portrait to Paulo Coelho

The finished manipulated caricature of Brazilian Novelist Paulo Coelho. The original image was taken by Photographer Marcos Borges from Odense, Denmark. Marcos has plans to take the image to Mr. Coelho and get it autographed...actually two copies, one for each of us. I like guy's features. He was a lot of fun. One of the few that went real fast. Below is the original source image. Before this there was a liquify sketch posted here.

Paulo Coelho by Photographer Marcos Borges

Paulo Coelho Interview 2008

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Eric Pouhier - A Google+ Caricature Commission

Today I posting a portrait I finished yesterday of Eric Pouhier, AKA +Eric Pouhier of Google+. Eric's interests are Photography, Mathematics and Engineering. Eric originates from France, hence the background and added French touches. There's also a "Math Doesn't Suck" test book as well as a medal I made for a music competition he won in 1986. This was a really fun project. Eric had no specific requests so I was able to do my thing...what ever that is. Eric supplied several nice source images with some great expressions which really makes my job easier and more enjoyable. I can't tell you how may times people send me stoned faced pics wanting me to make it funny. If you look at the source images below, there were two images that I liked but couldn't decide which one to use. Thankfully with Eric's rock steady poses, I was able to take the best parts of both with the parts matching up almost perfectly. Below the source pics is a capture of my work in progress, (WIP) canvas just as it was on my Cintiq.

 Work in Progress Canvas 

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Brazilian Novelist Paulo Coelho Caricatured

Tonight I'm posting the finished manipulated caricature of Brazilian Novelist Paulo Coelho. The original image was taken by Photographer Marcos Borges from Odense, Denmark. Marcos has plans to take the image to Mr. Coelho and get it autographed...actually 2 copies, one for each of us. I like guy's features. He was a lot of fun. One of the few that went real fast. Below is the original source image.

"When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” 
― Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho by Photographer Marcos Borges

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Brazilian Novelist Paulo Coelho - WIP Sketch

Tonight I'm posting a work in progress (WIP) of Brazilian lyricist and novelist Paulo Coelho which I hope to have finished tomorrow. This is a quick liquify sketch to be used as reference for the final piece. The image below was taken by Photographer Marcos Borges from Odense, Denmark. Marcos has plans to take the image to Mr. Coelho and get it autographed...actually 2 copies, one for each of us. It will be cool to hang in my little gallery I'm growing in my house which consists mostly of art from my friends. 

Paulo Coelho

I lived through the webinar yesterday!

I made it through my first webinar through RetouchPro LIVE yesterday. I appreciate those of you who were able to get tickets and attend. I also want to thank all of you who couldn't make it but have shown me so much support getting ready for this. You guys made it easy for me as did the owner and host Doug Nelson. It was lots of fun and I learned a lot. The next one will be much better and should be a blast. If you weren't able to attend the webinar, Doug has made it available in his video archive for rental, so no excuse guys. You can watch it at your leisure. It is ready for viewing as of today on the Video Rentals Page on Doug's site. You can also click the banner above to get to the rentals page. There will be many more to come with RetouchPro LIVE in the future so stay tuned. In fact, please take a moment to visit and bookmark my rental page on RetouchProLIVE.com. Thanks guys!!

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RetouchPRO LIVE Webinar Caricature Demo (Now for rent at RetouchPro LIVE)

OK friends, you've been asking for it and here it is. The date and time is set for a 'start to finish' live weninar featuring a caricature demo of our guest of honor, Google+ Heavy Hitter, YouTube Powerhouse, Technology Strategist and more, Chris Pirillo along with RetouchPro LIVE host Doug Nelson. 

The webinar is scheduled for March 10th at 4:00pm CST. Check the site for your local time zone. The webinar will be approximately 2 hours long, possibly a little longer. I'm working now to try and condense 2 days of work into 2 hours for this event. People keep asking me how I do what I do and will I ever do a video on my work process, so this is your opportunity. The link to the tickets is below as well as other information on this great site. I'm not the only act there. The archives are full of great videos and there are more on the way so check it out. Watch my screen live as I create this caricature from start-to-finish. Doug and I will chat as I work to give you an opportunity to learn about my process and techniques, and we will be taking questions from the audience. Feel free to share this with all of your friends. Get Your Ticket Here. See you next Saturday!

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Below is the original source image of Chris Pirillo which will be used in the webinar:

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