Lance

Artist: Tom Godfrey
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Lance

A “portoon” (Portrait cartoon – not a common term. in fact I have never heard it before, so I may have coined a new word. If not, someone please let me know :) I have found that the realistic portrait type treatment of the head and cartoon treatment of the body quite popular with clients. The caricature with distorted features is fun for everyone else but not always for the person who has to live with it :)

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butchart

I can see a whole new business created around your talents in this field… i hope lance liked his… i do…..............b
Tom Godfrey replied

Thanks butchart. I am hoping to do more of these as they are fun. It was actually a gift for him as he has helped our family a lot over the years. He doesn’t mind me using it as a promo for my work, which is cool. :)
pinkyjain

i love this Tom!!!! Such a portoon!!!!! (i think its your word, eXcellent) Awesome!!!!!!
Tom Godfrey replied

thanks pinkyjain – I will keep an eye out for the next Webster’s dictionary to see if it has been discovered :)
Martin Kirkwood

Brilliant. I’ve never heard of a “portoon” before or even a “cartrait”. I love it, great work. :)
Tom Godfrey replied

Thanks Martin :) cartrait, love it -you can have that one. We might get into Ripleys – “Believe art or not” :)
butchart

new group… national portoon
Tom Godfrey replied

LOL yeh
Anne van Alkemade

think you have coined the word Tom. I haven’t heard it before and yet it is so apt. Great image – how does he stand upright with such a large cranium? LOL. Good work.
Tom Godfrey replied

He’s got a big saw. :)
kipishiux

FANTASTIC! Great done!
Brian Towers

Portoon! I like it Tom. Just wondering, can we take it a bit further and for an English portrait/cartoon call it a pomtoon? Actually I’m with you in not risking hurting someone’s feeling about caricaturing the face – it’s safer to play it straight and make the rest of the image a cartoon. Flattery gets you everywhere.
I like your Lance a lot, Sir Godfery. A great portrait beautifully painted. I can’t make up my mind what medium your used.
Tom Godfrey replied

Thanks Sir Brian. :) pomtoon yeh. I see you apply the same logic. I used Madam Nita as my medium. She channelled in some acrylic brushes, washed in a separate layer for the background and cleverly used the cover pencil for some natural effects. Oh yes, just before the candles were extinguished she also floated in a digital airbrush and a blender tool….must fly :)
Brian Towers

Just thought Master, this portrait is sure to be a spitting image of your subject so would that make it a ‘spittoon’? Madam Nita doesn’t sound like a happy medium – maybe she’s been burning her candles at both ends.Where’s me medicine….?