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Showing posts with label Martin Scorsese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Martin Scorsese. Show all posts

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Martin Scorsese

A caricature of one of my favorite directors, Martin Scorsese. Among my favorites Scorsese films are the team ups with actor Robert Deniro. Goodfellas, taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Cape Fear, Casino etc. His recent film Hugo was great as well. Here is my caricature followed by the reference picture.

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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Bill "The Butcher" Cutting

This is a caricature of Daniel Day Lewis, playing William "Bill The Butcher" Cutting in Martin Scorsese's Gangs Of New York. Inspiration for the character was drawn from real life Gangster William Poole (July 24, 1821 – March 8, 1855), also known as Bill the Butcher, Poole was a member of the New York City gang the Bowery Boys, a bare-knuckle boxer, and a leader of the Know Nothing political movement.
Daniel Day Lewis is a great actor in my opinion with some stellar performances under his belt (each of which would make for some interesting caricatures). Among my favorite Day Lewis films are:
The last Of The Mohicans,
In The Name Of The Father,
The Boxer,
There Will Be Blood,
And of Course, Gangs Of New York

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Monday, December 12, 2011

Robert DeNiro

Robert De Niro, Jr. (born August 17, 1943) is an American actor, director and producer. His first major film roles were in Bang the Drum Slowly and Mean Streets, both in 1973 (My Birth Year, Yaaay). In 1974, he played the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II, a role that won him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

His critically acclaimed, longtime collaboration with Martin Scorsese began with 1973's Mean Streets, and earned De Niro an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Jake LaMotta in the 1980 film Raging Bull. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for his roles in Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976) and Cape Fear (1991). In addition, he received nominations for his acting in Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter (1978) and Penny Marshall's Awakenings (1990). Also in 1990, his portrayal as Jimmy Conway in Scorsese's Goodfellas earned him a BAFTA nomination.

He has earned four nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy: New York, New York (1977), Midnight Run (1988), Analyze This (1999) and Meet the Parents (2000).

De Niro directed A Bronx Tale (1993) and The Good Shepherd (2006). He has received accolades for his esteemed career, including the AFI Life Achievement Award and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award.

Along with Al Pacino, I consider DeNiro to be among the best actors in the industry. Here is a caricature of him , followed by a work in progress shot and some pics from some my favorite DeNiro characters.

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Deniro as Bounty Hunter Jack Walsh in Midnight Run:

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Max Cady in Cape Fear:

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Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver:

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Real Life Boxing Champ Jake "Raging Bull" Lamota in raging Bull:

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And last but not least, The Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part 2:

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