KAREN DAVISON

doodles

2010-02-03T23:19:00.001-08:00

It's been quite a while since I just doodled for the fun of it. Hopefully I will start to make this a regular practice.

Dictators

2010-01-26T00:30:00.000-08:00

Fashion illustrations of 4 dictators for Satellite magazine: Fidel Castro, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Kim Jong-Il, and Colonel Muammar Qaddafi.

little old lady

2009-08-11T09:27:00.001-07:00

Luis Echeverria Alvarez

2009-07-21T11:25:00.001-07:00

Here's the third installment of my Mexican president series.

zine heads

2009-07-15T22:57:00.001-07:00

Two portraits that I am contributing to a zine with my brother Eric, Ken Garduno, and Tom Haubrick. The zine will be sold at comic-con.

Dueling Divas

2009-07-15T20:53:00.001-07:00

A piece I just finished for The Advocate magazine called "Dueling Divas". Madonna vs. Cher, Suzanne Somers vs. Joyce DeWitt, and Bea Arthur vs. Betty White.

President Carlos Salinas de Gortari

2009-07-11T11:48:00.001-07:00

Here's the second installment of my Mexican president series.

President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz

2009-07-09T21:11:00.000-07:00

I'm currently working on portraits of Mexican presidents. This is the first installment.

New York Magazine (Round 3)

2009-07-02T09:49:00.000-07:00

After meeting up with her ex Prince Andrew and their lawyers in a private room at Osteria del Circo, Sarah Ferguson stopped by John McEnroe’s table to make Wimbeldon plans. After Leonardo DiCaprio refused to have his picture taken with
tourists in Kyoto, Japan, they stole his Nike Dunks, and he had to walk back barefoot. Nicky Hilton and boyfriend David Katzenberg sat outside the Lily Pond in East Hampton Saturday night laughing at the club's rejects. Hilton
"stayed outside, hysterically laughing every time someone wasn't let in. She was loving it." At the 20th anniversary party for Do the Right Thing, Rosie Perez, Anika Noni Rose, and John Singleton showed off their best Michael Jackson moves in a dance circle to Billy Jean.

New York Magazine (Round 2)

2009-06-18T21:44:00.000-07:00

More celebrity gossip stories. Jack Black walked down 5th Avenue with his pants around his ankles to promote Year One. Owen Wilson held hands with a look-alike of his ex Kate Hudson at organic bistro Sweetgreen. John Mayer clapped when his friend's stomach was successfully pumped at the ER. Thinking he was being punked, designer Malcolm Harris hung up on Angelina Jolie twice when she called to order three of his "one dress" frocks.

New York Magazine

2009-06-04T23:44:00.000-07:00

Here are 4 illustrations to accompany celebrity gossip stories.

Penn Badgley playing air guitar at a party. Matthew Broderick buying nicotine patches at a drug store. Leonardo DiCaprio being carded at a club wearing sunglasses/baseball cap with his bike. And Katie Couric having a hawk drop a dead bird at her feet before her Princeton commencement speech.

Old Korean Ladies

2009-03-07T17:44:00.000-08:00

Koala

2009-02-14T10:46:00.000-08:00

korean dancer

2009-01-28T18:37:00.001-08:00

celebrities

2008-12-23T07:30:00.000-08:00

old sketches

2008-09-15T13:48:00.000-07:00

game night sketches

2008-09-15T13:45:00.001-07:00

revision for esquire russia

2008-09-10T14:00:00.000-07:00

I was asked to make the woman more beautiful and young. They should know that beautiful just isn't really my thing. Anyway, here's the revised drawing.

latest esquire russia portraits

2008-09-09T18:21:00.000-07:00

RNC portraits

2008-09-04T21:31:00.000-07:00

Drag Queens continued

2008-08-29T15:46:00.001-07:00

drag queen

2008-08-19T17:20:00.001-07:00

another old lady

2006-12-03T16:06:00.000-08:00

old ladies

2006-12-02T17:45:00.000-08:00

sunhat

2006-12-01T12:09:00.000-08:00

postcards

2006-12-01T11:57:00.000-08:00

couch potatoes

2006-12-01T11:54:00.000-08:00

Willie Campbell

2006-12-01T07:12:00.000-08:00

I've realized that drawing from the newspaper everyday was slightly unrealistic. There are simply days where I have no time or I'm just too exhausted. I didn't really take that into account. But I will try and post as frequently as possible. With that said, here is a brush drawing that I did a few weeks ago, but never got around to posting. It's a portrait of Willie Campbell, a lovely old Scottish gentleman and WWII vet who sings in the Los Angeles Scottish Fiddlers. I can't understand half the things out of his mouth, but I enjoy my talks with him nonetheless.

"Gathering boxes of love"

2006-11-15T10:41:00.001-08:00

"It's their turn to be the 'American Idol'"

2006-11-15T09:19:00.000-08:00

"Tots, Marines select toys"

2006-11-12T22:47:00.000-08:00

"He's piping hot"

2006-11-11T23:05:00.000-08:00

"Schiff: Voters sent message"

2006-11-10T18:48:00.000-08:00

"Standing up for women"

2006-11-09T16:10:00.000-08:00

daily news

2006-11-08T10:43:00.001-08:00

I've decided to post a drawing a day to ensure that I keep up with my blog. And I've chosen the daily news to help me in this endeavor. Starting today I will pick one photo or article from the newspaper that strikes my fancy and draw it. I plan to keep these drawings fairly simple and loose. This is first and foremost an exercise in discipline.

Here's my first daily newspaper drawing, from an article entitled "Exercising their rights":

Fun with brushes

2006-11-05T21:21:00.001-08:00

I finally decided to put down my technical pens for the moment and try inking with brushes. This is a big step for me considering that I'm somewhat of a perfectionist when it comes to my art. I like to be in control, which is probably why I like technical pens so much. The lines are so predictable. But predictable can start to become a little boring and stagnant. Branching out and always experimenting is vital for an artist. I can be a coward when I draw/paint. The fear of making a shitty drawing holds me back sometimes. But I'm trying to get over this irrational fear. A few days ago I bought a few sumi brushes and began playing around. Here are a few drawings I did.

a new drawing!

2006-10-09T21:38:00.001-07:00

After a brief dry spell, I've finally started to get back into drawing. Now that I have a new laptop and wacom tablet, I really don't have any more excuse to be slacking off. So here's my latest sketch. Hopefully I'll be updating my blog frequently from now on.