Comedy martial arts guy. He was doing parkour in his films before parkour had a name.
Logo for Clancy's Bar Athy
First night back in the pub and I see this on the way into Clancy’s.
I drew that graphic. Not onto the wall, I mean I drew it on my computer screen with a stylus.
I don’t know exactly how they got it onto the wall? Magic probably.
Looks great.
Caricature Poster Design (Clancy’s Bar Athy)
Poster I made for Clancy’s Bar in Athy, for their re-opening on June 07th 2021. Caricatures of the staff standing in front of the pub.
My line drawing of the pub background is also part of their new logo
“Making of” video below
And the video …
Quick Caricature Sketch cillian Murphy Peaky Blinders
cillian murphy caricature thomas shelby peaky blinders
Stephen King Caricature
A good question to ask yourself before doing any art is NOT “Will anyone like this?” - you’d never put anything out into the world with that mentality. The question to ask yourself is “Do I like this?”
Yes I do. :)
I coloured up the sketch I’d done previously. I thought something a bit scary-looking would suit for Stephen King.
stephen king digital caricature by brendan o’rourke
Cartoon of Bruce Lee
I think the usual way people draw Bruce Lee is in fighting mode. So to be a bit different I picked a friendly-faced expression. This probably hurts the likeness a bit? It’s not the way we are used to seeing him. I’m hoping the 1970s hair, along with the distinctive pose is enough to make it recognizeable. The way he holds his hands.
And then the pose with the bloody scratches is from Enter The Dragon. Most people would name Enter The Dragon as their “favourite” Bruce Lee film. I think what they mean is that it’s the only one even halfway watchable. Because the rest are dreadful. It’s the truth!
He can be an icon of his genre and still have mostly bad films. Same as Elvis
bruce lee caricature by brendan o’rourke
Caricature Video
A quick highlight reel showing work on some caricature commissions I did. Most of these were ordered for Christmas 2020.
Freddie Mercury Caricature
This photo popped up today as a Facebook memory from 2012. This photo was taken in a place I rented in Seabury Dublin 4, from before I went mad and became a full-time artist. That apartment is probably 4k a month by now, and here I am In Athy, boiling up my old runners for soup.
Caricature Sketch of Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson would be a good place to start for someone attempting their first ever caricature. Almost any way you draw him will at least be recogniseable. Especially if you are using colour and can do the blond hair. On the other hand though with ‘easy’ faces you end up not putting in enough effort, so ironically can end up with a weaker caricature. And on that note - here’s my attempt.
Boris Johnson’s hair is like a fibre optic Christmas tree.
Stephen King Caricature Sketch
I’ve only read one of Stephen King’s books, the anthology with The Mist in it. It’s fairly good. He’s a very distinctive looking man. When you go to draw him the thing that stands out is that gap between bottom of his nose and top lip.
Also his nose reminds me of that thing you might have in the kitchen to hang up tea towels. Where you stick the corner of them into the little holes? He could hang two tea-towels on himself and go to a fancy dress party.
Sketches and Warm-ups
A Few Caricature Sketches
Bill Murray, Dara O Briain, Johnny Cash, Luke Kelly, Panti Bliss, and a young Frank Sinatra.
What a dinner party
Video of Commission For Father's Day Present
! minute video showing some of the work I did on a commission for a Father’s Day Gift
Engagement Caricature Video
Speeded-up video showing some work I did on a commission. This was for an engagment gift. In the background is Willie Doyle’s Pub Athy.
Caricatures of Athy Musicians 2
During the COVID-19 lockdown, a Facebook group was set up in my town where local musicians could post songs to entertain us. I did caricatures of some of the singers/players
Video of a commission I did for a 50th Brithday Gift
Final image was then inkjet printed onto A3 (!6 x12 inch approx Glossy Photo Paper
Caricature of Jack L
A local Athy man.
Caricatures of Athy Musicians
During the COVID-19 lockdown, a Facebook group was set up in my town where local musicians could post songs to entertain us. I did a few quick caricature of some of the singers
Quick Caricature using Pencils & Marker
During the COVID-19 lockdown, a Facebook group was set up in my town where local musicians could post songs to entertain us. This is me doing a quick caricature of one of the performers
Athy Sing & Sign Club Caricature Booklets
In Athy Sing & Sign Club they teach sign language by learning to sign along with popular songs. Every year they host an ISL (Irish Sign Language) Festival in the town and ask me to design a booklet. The booklet features basic ISL as demonstrated by the kids in the club.
So I draw a cartoon of each kid, and a few of the adults, demonstrating a sign.
We’ve been doing for 3 years now and have covered the sign language for topics such as Numbers, Seasons, and Space. And we always include something local to Athy as the middle page of the booklet.
Delighted to be a part of this.