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Welcome to my blog. I am an illustrator and cartoonist and have worked for many prominent publications and organisations. Please have a look around and feel free to comment on anything you see.
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email: info@garybarker.co.uk
Bootiful
This week’s Daily Star cartoon for Joe Mott’s column:
Arnie
Napoleon Sarkozy
Shame
Nothing more to say.
The Big Bother House
The scurrilous and the treacherous are dropping like flies.
Paul van Buitenen MEP
An example of the work I do for one of my regular clients. Each week I produce a caricature of someone famous in the finance sector. This particular chap is little known outside the business and political sectors, but he is most famous as a whistleblower who revealed fraud and mismanagement within the European Commission. He is now an MEP himself.
The Comedian
Not the Watchmen character, but one of a series I’ve been commissioned to produce for Manx Heritage
“What I did in my summer holidays!” – BBC Politics Show tv clip
My cartoons and John Culshaw’s impression of GB..
Michael Caine aka Harry Palmer
I’m a big fan of Len Deighton and I love the 60s Harry Palmer films. Michael Caine was the ultimate in understated cool in the role and a great icon for the times. The Ipcress File is supposedly the best but I think Funeral in Berlin beats it hands down.
The Return of Captain Pluton
House – Hugh Laurie
It occurred to me only after I had finisjed this caricature of Hugh that his haunted expression reminds me of Munch’s The Scream. I wonder if the casters of House had this in mind when they approached Laurie for the role?
All images ©Gary Barker 2009
Great cartoons. Funny and also completely hit the target between the eyes.
Thanks Sally.
I absolutely LOVE these caricatures! Especially Paul Newman and Hugh Laurie! I just saw Hugh on Bravo TV the other day being interviewed – he seems like quite a humble type of fellow with LOTS of talent, for sure!
Oops, forgot to remind you to clean up – wife needs to hoover. (She told me to tell you.) ;D
Thanks Leslie, much appreciated. 80) But I have to admit your second comment lost me.
Excellent work! Before I scrolled down the page I actually thought the art deco clock picture was a photo! What software did you use for this? And do you use software to do any/some/all of your illustrations? (eg Hugh Laurie)
Thanks Derek – I love the ’super-realism’ effect vector methods can create. I used Photoshop to create the vector images from line drawings. All of the caricatures were created on paper with pen, ink and watercolour (including the Hugh Laurie). The Captain Pluton, Creacha Cove, Beckhams and Captain Definite pieces were all pen and ink drawings, which were then coloured in Photoshop. All other work was created on paper with pen, ink and water colour.
Yindyssagh whooinney – wonderful yessir
Gura mie ayd Ade.
Hi Gary,
Fantastic cartoons / images. Great to see what you are up to after your year at Newcastle Uni.
I particularly like the Economy Crashes one!
Best wishes and best of luck,
Cheers,
Rachel Lofthouse
Hi Rachel,
Good to hear from you and thanks, it’s all keeping me very busy. Regards to everyone at Newcastle.
Gary
Have you discovered any ways to use the cartooning in your sometimes day job?
The kids love the idea of me working for the BBC, so I can sometimes use it as leverage for that bit of extra effort if I promise to show them the latest ones.
Hi Gary, thought I ought to do a bit of prying around to see what you’ve been up to. And it looks as if you have been a very busy boy.
All the best H.
Hi Ian, good to hear from you. Yep – busy’s not the word, I never seem to stop now. How are things with you? I hope you’re keeping well.
Cheers
G