Bad Seed (shaded)

Chris Baker

Bad Seed (shaded)

Another quick Nick Cave caricature – this time shaded (I think this one works better in some ways).

Graphite on copy paper – A5

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Bad Seed (shaded) by Chris Baker
Bad Seed (shaded) by Chris Baker
  • Tara Turner

    Tara Turner

    love it :)

  • Chris Baker replied

    Wow! that was quick! Thanks so much Tara :)

  • mimi yoon

    mimi yoon

    both are good… i like this one better : )

  • Chris Baker replied

    Thanks for letting me know your thoughts Mimi :) – I think so also…
    although he does looks a little like a scolded schoolboy here somehow!

  • Varry

    Varry

    Both are excellent….Love the tonality in this one…

  • Chris Baker replied

    Thanks Varry :) His dark hair, deep-set eyes and features seem to demand this heavy tonality methinks…..

  • kamel

    kamel

    looks like Neil Young

  • Chris Baker replied

    I’m planning on doing a Neil Young (could be confusing!)

  • Paul Starkey

    Paul Starkey

    I think this is great. Nick Cave has such an expressive face and unique features.

  • Chris Baker replied

    Aaah! Thank you so much Paul :)
    More specially because it’s only just now I realise that you have a ‘Nick Cave’ sketch in your gallery also! Thanks again :)

  • mando13

    mando13

    I think you might be onto something .This is brilliant. The irony is that when I saw him New Years Eve it was less than a kilometre from where he went to school at Caulfield Grammar.
    KEEP UP THE SERIES .THANKS CHRIS

  • Chris Baker replied

    Cheers, mando13 – I as hoping you’d track these down soon…. :)
    Weird…. Maybe he was doing some ‘catching up’ ;) Many thanks again!

  • Martin Lynch-Smith

    Martin Lynch-S...

    Awesome!

  • Chris Baker replied

    Hi Martin -Many thanks :)

  • Conrad Stryker

    Conrad Stryker

    Damn. You really nailed the likeness.

  • Chris Baker replied

    Thanks Conrad; it’s just about there ;)

  • Josh Bowe

    Josh Bowe

    Nice rendition of a great writer

  • Chris Baker replied

    Thanks Josh :)

  • Marion Chapman

    Marion Chapman

  • Chris Baker replied

    Thanks so much Marion! quite unexpected :)

  • ronny2009

    ronny2009

    superbly Crafted character analysis of a person who at times tends to take himself a little too seriously…..well done

  • Chris Baker replied

    Many thanks for your kind words, Ronnie :)

  • A. F. Branco

    A. F. Branco

    Wow! What a pencil !!!!!

  • Chris Baker replied

    Thank you so much Mr. Branco ! Appreciated :)

  • LeighAth

    LeighAth


    sorry for the late banner

  • Chris Baker replied

    Wow! Thanks Leigh! – no apology necessary ;)

  • Natsky

    Natsky

    You have all his dark, broody, sharpness on display. Great portrait.

  • Chris Baker replied

    Thanks Natsky! Kind of you to say so :)

  • designsalive

    designsalive

    (doesn’t look anything like Neil Young!)
    I was in the 4th row – standing, & survived Nick’s show last November and I still have the ringing in my ears!
    your illustrations are the best I’ve seen in decades.

  • Chris Baker replied

    I agree….. though haven’t seen him play for about 30 years ;)
    Wow!! What a truly generous compliment!! You’ve made my day saying that, designsalive :) Thanks :)

  • Maureen Bloesch

    Maureen Bloesch

    you certainly got that bad seed look!

  • Chris Baker replied

    Thanks Maureen – glad you like it :)

  • CateTownsend

    CateTownsend

    Awesome talent you have Chris

  • Chris Baker replied

    Thank you Cate :)

  • Carlos Solorza

    Carlos Solorza

    truly enjoying my visit through your gallery!

  • Chris Baker replied

    Thanks man! Have to say likewise :))) Cheers!

  • Delphine de Noire

    Delphine de Noire

    I love this! You’ve captured him perfectly…

    Mx

  • Chris Baker replied

    Thanks Medusa! :)
    Always feel at home with the more brooding and intense characters ;)

  • Delphine de Noire

    Delphine de Noire

    You are welcome…Pleased to meet you… Brooding and Intense?!... My middle
    names… ;) When not Serene and Harmonius… :)

    Mx

  • Chris Baker replied

    Thanks M, and likewise :) All of the above are apart and parcel of the same well rounded & complete package I ‘d say ;)

  • Delphine de Noire

    Delphine de Noire

    Thankyou very much indeed Chris, you have said a wonderful thing…I’m inclined to agree with you… But then I would, wouldn’t I? I’m not insane… It’s everybody else! ;-)

    Mx

  • Chris Baker replied

    Of course it’s everyone else…. Only takes a cursory look around:the kingdom of the chattering labotomised ;)

  • Delphine de Noire

    Delphine de Noire

    “The Kingdom of the Chattering Labotomised” ;-) That’s Hilarious…!

    Mx

  • Chris Baker replied

    oo ;))

  • catherine walker

    catherine walker

    Amazing ..wonderful drawing!

  • Chris Baker replied

    Thanks Catherine :) Very kind of you!!

  • Carmen Cilliers

    Carmen Cilliers

    You have captured ‘the man’! Your choice of medium has really emphasised the dark edgy-ness that we all know to be the ‘cave’.

  • Chris Baker replied

    Many thanks Carmen! Really appreciate your saying that :)

  • madvlad

    madvlad

    he,s the man,yah got him, right on,

  • Chris Baker replied

    Cheers Walt! Kind of you to say so :)

  • NathanDFrench

    NathanDFrench

    Young Einstein, Egon Schiele and a little David Roger Johansen.

  • Chris Baker replied

    Hey, interesting morphology there Nathan – cheers!

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