Another Billford Space Thing

"Keep looking up!" -- Jack Horkheimer.

Sagan - in fabulous technicolor!

Billions and Billions pt 2

Sagan plants a loving gaze on a bust of Da Vinci.

you might recognize them from yesterday, these were the first i did.

i did a couple extra this time from different points of view, and understanding how the head is built. You'll see a list of features which could be exaggerated.

here, i'm starting to play with the features and trying to figure out where and how to size and place and build.

The last stage i get closer, polishing the overall caricature.

completed version!

NEXT!!!

Oh man i just couldn't wait to post these film stills of Carl Sagan from Cosmos, this is from episode VIII: "Travels In Space and Time" where he talks about traveling at the speed of light and what can be accomplished.

Anyway I'm thinking about redoing my caricature since i haven't done it in a while. I have some pictures of him looking in all directions to help me, but what I want to show you is this!

Here's what he might look like if you were a pretty lady across the bar.

oink.

I wish VLS were better quality... i'm sure it can i'm just an idiot.

Pucker up, if you were Ann Duyran this might of been a fimiliar sight.

Sagan's famous Church Lady impersonation.

About to puke on your favorite shirt.

This...

is...

flattering.

Look how bummed out Sagan looks in H.G. Welles time machine. Cheer up, I'm sure you'll get it to work some day.

actually, you know what that thing makes me think of?

Here's a clip from the actual episode.

Thanks to Aaron for pointing out that i need to add the bottom lip in his caricature! and for being the first to comment.

Billions and Billions

if you ask me Carl Sagan is one of the most brilliant people of the later 20th century. no one has really instilled a deep passion for learning and knowledge more than he did. And I'm really hoping that I get the complete "Cosmos" DVD for Christmas this year (crossing my fingers!). Anyway I worked yesterday on a caricature of him, unlike Nina who has easy-to-exaggerate features... Sagan, not so much. It took me a while but i got pretty close with the last two (below), i might continue to work on him.

I'm going to try and make them more like the Sagan on the right where his head is more square and fat.


Below are my first attempts at drawing Mr. Sagan. the one on the upper right was by far the best out of these first attempts. I have a weird Spock looking one, one Alfalfa-esque, and the other one has a more Richard Dawkins kind of thing going on. the first thing my eyes went to was his eyes, brows, and nose so i first focuse my attention there. I was also working on his smirk that he always seems to have.

Second page i'm getting closer working on his cheeks. That "Gah!" you see is me expressing frustration on the page, i do that sometimes.


This is the second to last page i worked on, i decided to just take a picture and draw it not as cartoony but still exaggerating on features so i know where to apply emphasis. As it turned out my eyebrows were a little off and he needed a buldge on the chin which I was also putting to far down.
It still needs some work but until then enjoy Mr. Sagan explaining numbers that are more than billions and billions!