getting a likeness

[wilburonline]

here's a cartoon involving UK TV legend stephen fry from the current wiLbur-heavy issue of the reader's digest, which required me to get a decent recognisable likeness of said comedian.
(whether or not i succeeded is a matter of opinion of course)

Comments

[daleof]

Haha that Steven Fry is awesome! I recognised it instantly!

[wilburonline]

ta dude

[shug_comics]

Yep! Instantly recognisable!

And a superb gag, to boot!

[wilburonline]

thanks man :D

[ext_118452]

Yep, great Fry. I agree with you re. Steve Bell's Clegg. Not sure why he draws him with Mick Jagger lips. But I remember he struggled with John Major at first and got there eventually (famously).

Your Clegg is pretty good, though it probably helps that you've written Clegg underneath! He is hard to get. I have been drawing the Milibands today. They seem quite young and bland but are actually quite drawable.

[wilburonline]

*Your Clegg is pretty good, though it probably helps that you've written Clegg underneath!* -- ha, yes, true... plus i wrote about it for a paragraph before showing you...
haven't tried the milibands, but there's a bit more to go on with them i guess.
thanks for the comment.

[jamtorkberg]

As has been said, your Fry is instantly recognizable, well done.

[wilburonline]

thanks -- i didn't realise he was well-known outside the UK...?

[jamtorkberg]

Oh hell, yes. Welp, perhaps not by all yanks, but most all the folks I hang out with know of him and his blockbuster combination of crooked nose and sultry voice.

[wilburonline]

crikey -- so he's more of an international treasure

[eadesmust]

Yep, your Steven Fry is spot on.

[wilburonline]

cheers fella -- i'm thinking of doing a few caricatures for my website, judging by the response to this one i should work it up.