Book: Art of Alex Gallego: Design & Caricatures

In this educational digital painting art book you will find over 20 memorable television and film caricatures coupled with video reference links. Scan QR codes and watch reference videos and trailers. Enjoy professional digital art and drawing advice from a professional illustrator with over 20 years experience in the industry. As a bonus enjoy an exclusive video interview and a complimentary video workshop tutorial on how to draw the almighty THOR from the avengers movie.

Get this book and be inspired and motivated, and get ready to get some really cool poster art as well. A Caricature is A representation in which a person's distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comical or grotesque effect. in this book you’ll enjoy a collection of MEMORABLE TELEVISION and FILM CHARACTERS and GAIN VALUABLE advice as an artist. At only 17 years old Alex was offered his first creative position; An illustrator for a small promotional company in Barcelona, Spain. A few years later, he made a leap to the most popular humour magazine in Spain, El Jueves, where he accepted a position as a web designer. The following year would be the beginning of his freelance career, which is what he always wanted. In the ten years that passed, Alex established a solid business with clients in Spain, UK and Portugal, Germany and USA.

About The Author - Alex Gallego

Alex's clients range from big to small from many sectors including publicity, television, international conventions, marketing, cosmetics, editorial, newspaper and theater. They include the Disney Channel, Disney Cinemagic, Disney JUNIOR, ESPN Channel, IBM, SONY, The International Comicon of Barcelona, The International Book Fair of Barcelona, TV3 (tv channel in Spain), A3 (tv channel in Spain), Monty Python's SPAMALOT (as illustrator for backgrounds and props), Kau Boots, Wimpy Kid license, CITROËN, The 25st Anniversary DVD of QUEEN's Wembley Stadium Concert, and others. Nowadays Alex also draws a weekly caricature in a brand new newspaper in Spain, every Saturday within a famous TV host feature, and topical humour in the Sunday humorous extra.

Alex's best tip: Focus on the sketching / drawing and repeat the face as long as you want until you get the right likeness. Focus on the eyes, which is the most important part of the face. Once you have the eyes, the rest of the face comes by itself.

Sketchoholic Book Contest

Printed with Art Contest Results: See All NELSON MANDELA entries. 

1st Place : Olle Magnusson from Sweden - Sketchoholic.com/olle_magnusson
2nd Place: Jeff Stahl from France - Sketchoholic.com/jeffstahl
3rd Place: Kamlesh Bhalerao from USA - Sketchoholic.com/kamps
PEOPLE's CHOICE Award goes to Adnane Jabir - http://Sketchoholic.com/jabir
4th Place: Dinko Medved from Sisak Croatia - Sketchoholic.com/medved
5th Place: Sebastian Cast from Argentina - Sketchoholic.com/caricaturascast

Inside the Book & Art of Alex Gallego

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