“Ignite” events are like geek parties, (the good kind of geek, the kind I would like to be).  My steady employer VRAC (Virtual Reality Applications Center) invited me to draw digital caricatures at the Ignite Ames event. (http://www.igniteames.org/2010/)  Which concluded the WinVR conference, an IT conference.  It was awesome, I had a great time!  I didn’t get to participate but I could listen to great entertainment like powerpoint karaoke.  That, my friend, is when there are random powerpoint slides and the speaker has to link them together as if he knows what he’s talking about.

These are some of the digital caricatures.

Last week I was in Sandusky, Ohio at the International Society of Caricature Artists (ISCA) convention 2009.  I received an injection of inspiration which will keep me going through next year.  I met some great new friends as well as reconnecting with old ones.  The talent people have is breath-taking!  I created this image at the convention using the pen tool in illustrator.  Angie does live digital caricatures on her large screen cintique tablet.  Her husband, Scott, does magic (yes, the REAL kind) as well as digital video effects and editing.

In the aftermath of the convention my resolution is to update my blog at least once a week, so stay tooned!