October 2010 Wrap-up

Between October 1st and October 29th, Jon Casey drew at 12 events (some multiple days), and sketched about 530 people! To get a copy of any sketch done digitally this month, email :

JonCasey@BayAreaCaricatures.com

and send your name and the date or event you were at.

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Halloween! The Cowboy and The Mad Hatter, 10-29-10

I was called up last minute to work this event in Livermore, Ca, for a youth group Ministry. The kids piled into line, and we only had 2 hours for the whole party, so I drew like a madman. I managed 36 sketches in 2 hours, at just 3 minutes per colored face. A record for my color live digital sketches!

Exploratorium, 10-27-10 for Jigsaw

A really fun group, at my favorite venue for corporate events in SF, the Exploratorium. Jigsaw is a great company and part of Salesforce, I look forward to working with them again.

PS- Happy Birthday Lally!!!

Long Beach Women's Conference, 10-25, 10-26 2010

To Download sketches from this event or book further work for your event, please visit EVENTtoons!

The Long Beach Women's Conference had more stars than I could possibly list. Let's start with Michelle Obama, Maria Shriver, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Matt Lauer, and two Supreme Court Justices. There's probably 100 other notable names in what has grown to become a national yearly event promoting a continued increase in equality for women everywhere.

Thanks to Doug at EVENTtoons for sending me out for this great event! I drew 90 people in two days, met some great people, and got lost more than twice in an absolutely enormous convention center packed with America's greatest companies.

To Download sketches from this event or book further work for your event, please visit EVENTtoons!

Long Beach California Trade Show, a 360 degree view

ALL IMAGES AND WORK FROM THIS SHOW THROUGH EVENTtoons.

Front view of me working. Here you can see the monitor that shows the drawing develop, my printer, an I-Pad with rotating gallery images of other drawings, my macbook and cintiq drawing pad.

Back view showing me sketching, using Corel Painter 11 and a macbook pro.

This is Sue, she's real nice.

10-23-10, The Corinthian Yacht Club Black and White Formal Ball, with Doug Shannon

Jon Casey Draws at the Cartoon Art Museum, 10-23-10

Oct 18, 19 Trade Show- 2 days of San Francisco drawing for Affina!

Affina Commissioned this Mural at 8 ft x 4 ft, based on the layout and buildings of SF.

A close up of the Affina Team on the trolley.

I drew 110 people over the 2 day event. As the prints came out, we added them to the mural. The last day, everyone got to take them home.

It was fun to see people recognize each other, as they took them home the pile on the table got smaller and smaller.

This is Science Fiction master Jay Lake. He writes in the steam-punk genre, so I tailored his sketch to match.

Ava Do, mentalist from Las Vegas, kept the crowd bewildered and amazed.

A few shots showing my set up, the mural, and the crowd. It was a fun, busy, full two days and I look forward to the next time I have a chance to work with the great team at Affina!

10-17-10 Traditional Sketches for Sophie's party in Sausalito

Warm friend and family gathering on a rainy day in Sausalito.

10-16-10, Rich and Sarah's Wedding

Rich and Sarah had me draw up the invitation at top, and then I came out and drew at their wedding for seven hours on 10-16-10! See a short tutorial on one of the guests below.

10-16-10 wedding, a tutorial on my process of drawing Live Digital Sketches

The 6 minute color Digital Sketch

Step one: What are the basic, most definitive shapes that you see when you look at someone? Is the face long and skinny, round, or triangular? I roughly and as quickly as possible scribble these shapes out, paying attention to the composition of the page so that it is in the middle and fills out the space nicely. This is done on a separate layer, and will be deleted.

Step Two: On a new layer, I use the pen tool to draw out the face of the person being sketched. The structure of the scribble in step one shows me where the eyes, nose, mouth, and ears are placed so that the cartoon has a structural basis in real life.

Step Three: Erase the layer from step one, leaving a clean sketch. A lot of artists go straight to the final sketch of the face, leaving out step one. For my process, this works the fastest and I rarely have to erase or re-draw anything. Step one is a sort of road map, that allows me to complete the sketch quickly.

Step Four: Add Color!

Here is my subject, in front of the screen that I use to project my drawings as they are created.