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Venues Magazine Editorial Illustration

2011-11-25T21:30:00.000-08:00

Venus Magazine Editorial illustration

2011-11-25T21:29:00.000-08:00

Venues Magazine editorial Illustraton

2011-11-25T21:28:00.000-08:00

Venues Magazine editorial illustration

2011-11-25T21:26:00.000-08:00

2011-10-05T12:26:00.000-07:00

Head and Shoulder Corporate Picnic

2011-09-27T10:45:00.000-07:00

CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THAT DAY

2011-09-27T10:25:00.000-07:00

ZOMBIE WEDDING (click to see gallery)

Wedding Couple who wanted Zombie Theme

2011-09-27T10:19:00.001-07:00

Octoberfest T-shirt Design

2011-09-27T10:12:00.000-07:00

Police Retirement Caricature

2011-05-05T15:19:00.000-07:00

Aluminum and Steel CEO Retirement Caricature

2011-05-05T09:08:00.000-07:00

Famous Illustrator Steve Brodner

2011-02-13T10:21:00.000-08:00

Steve was guest speaker at the National Caricaturist Convention and I was lucky enough to be drawn on a group board which was stolen off the wall. At least I got a photo of what he did of me.

Post Modern Group Cover Illustration

2011-01-24T13:12:00.000-08:00

Pentruder Space Illo #2

2011-01-24T13:06:00.000-08:00

Another Pentruder Ad Illustration

2011-01-24T12:39:00.000-08:00

Mini Cooper live gig sample

2011-01-24T12:33:00.000-08:00

Movie Script Promo Illustration

2011-01-24T12:30:00.000-08:00

Birthday Gift

2011-01-24T12:28:00.000-08:00

Rough 3 for venues illustration

2011-01-24T12:24:00.000-08:00

Rough 2 for Venues Illustration

2011-01-24T12:22:00.000-08:00

Rough for venues illustration

2011-01-24T12:19:00.000-08:00

Advertisement for venues Industry

2011-01-24T12:17:00.000-08:00

Retiring Police Officer

2011-01-24T12:14:00.000-08:00

Country Club Caricature 2

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Country Club Caricature Finish

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Country Club Caricature Rough

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2011-01-24T12:06:00.001-08:00

Retiring LAPD Officer

2011-01-24T12:02:00.000-08:00

Pentruder Ad

2011-01-24T10:16:00.000-08:00

Ashley - Graduation Announcement

2010-05-05T19:05:00.000-07:00

LAPD Retirement Caricature

2010-03-24T15:54:00.001-07:00

Firefighter RetirementCaricature

2009-08-25T11:29:00.000-07:00

Mural Detail 2

2009-07-15T12:25:00.002-07:00

Mural Detail

2009-07-15T12:25:00.001-07:00

Mural for child's room

2009-07-15T12:23:00.001-07:00

I did this about 10 years ago and still like it after finding the photos last night.
Thought I'd share it with the world.

Venues Today Cover July Issue

2009-07-12T09:51:00.000-07:00

Lexus Dealership Illustration

2009-06-26T18:40:00.001-07:00

Matty and Erin Wedding T-shirt

2009-06-15T12:29:00.001-07:00

Harmony Camp - Ronna

2009-06-02T13:39:00.001-07:00

Karl The Magnificent

2009-05-18T23:34:00.001-07:00

Keith Haring

2009-05-03T23:53:00.001-07:00

Prom Caricature

2009-05-03T14:05:00.001-07:00

Tim Russert

2009-05-01T18:29:00.000-07:00

Marilyn Monroe

2009-05-01T10:47:00.000-07:00

Willie Nelson

2009-04-30T22:00:00.000-07:00

My Neighbor hired me to draw her husband for his Birthday

2009-04-27T15:45:00.000-07:00

Prom at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda

2009-04-26T09:20:00.000-07:00

I was lucky enough to have the backdrop of Time Magazines pertaining to Nixon's presidency. Tons of cool caricatures on the wall from Jack Davis to David Levine.

Check out link to all of the photos I took here:

http://dohlenstudios.smugmug.com/gallery/8014758_WSeZu#521325792_5vTTD

HAPPY EASTER!

2009-04-10T14:25:00.000-07:00

Retiring Cop Commission

2009-03-16T01:00:00.000-07:00

Retiring Fire Chief for LA Fire

2009-03-10T22:31:00.001-07:00

The Warren and Tim Radio show

2009-03-08T22:42:00.000-07:00

These guys will be putting this image up on a billboard in Arizona to promote their radio show.

The Guts of Creativity

2009-02-10T22:30:00.000-08:00

Marica

2009-01-05T15:29:00.000-08:00

Another Office Caricature

Natalie

2009-01-05T15:25:00.000-08:00

Natalie was drawn for a series of office caricatures for a repeat client.

Cop caricature

2008-12-11T10:49:00.001-08:00

Carousel Press

2008-11-18T11:56:00.000-08:00

This client wanted a caricature of themselves in a car that they won in a raffle. I added their logo to the hood and front license plate so they could use it as a company Christmas card.

Anniversary Fishing

2008-09-26T13:50:00.000-07:00

This was an Anniversary gift for these people. I worked from young photos of both, now in their 70's. I suggested to have them drawn as they look today, but all of the kids contributing to have this done wanted them drawn from older young photos.

They love to fish together obviously.

SPACE DOG - YO

2008-09-26T13:32:00.000-07:00

This client wanted to create a gift for her fiance. There are a few inside jokes going on here (Chipotle and hand puppet). She and her fiance both work in the space industry so she asked me to draw her love and his love (the dog).

KOFA KOW BANA

2008-09-26T13:30:00.000-07:00

This is my revision based on my client not liking the unhappy face of the original cow (understandable), but I like the first cow better.

Kofa Dairy rough 1

2008-08-06T13:31:00.000-07:00

My Cat on the drawing table.

2008-08-01T09:20:00.000-07:00

VENUES COVER with Print added

2008-07-28T10:36:00.001-07:00

This ended up being a controversial cover because some readers felt it sexist to have the women in bikinis on a man's shoulders. Considering the cover article, "Women of Influence",which I had no idea was going to be there before designing this, I could see their point.

Dan The Cartoon Man turns 60!

2008-07-17T17:19:00.001-07:00

Dan The Cartoon Man, my friend and colleague, is turning 60 and I wanted to commemorate him by drawing him.
He didn't think I was very nice. But he liked it. "Pretty good Dohlen!" is a huge compliment coming from Danny Boy.

40!

2008-07-07T15:07:00.001-07:00

My brother Jeff turned 40 in late June. I drew this of him for him and put a goofy photo of his face on there rather than draw his face.

Magazine Cover - Venues Magazine

2008-06-23T13:24:00.000-07:00

Just finished my fifth or sixth cover for a repeat client.

2008-06-15T09:27:00.000-07:00

Very grateful to find my keys after a long bout of anxiety looking for them. Thought I would draw a doodle to thank the lady who found them and returned them to me.

Grad Night Caricatures

2008-06-11T11:29:00.000-07:00

I tried something new which does not work perfectly because it is still a bit too low in resolution, but I stuck my digital cam on a tripod while I drew some kids at a grad party this week. Hope it is entertaining to you.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW:
http://dohlenstudios.smugmug.com/gallery/5146621_dBtud#311330644_c8ZQA

Jordan Monsell: Fellow Caricaturist

2008-05-31T12:26:00.000-07:00

Jordan, a fellow southern California caricaturist, asked his company to hire me to draw him for his birthday card. He is the one at his job that does staff caricatures for everyone else, so when it came time for his birthday, they asked him what he wanted. I was very honored to have been hired to draw him. I really like Jordan's work, so it was a HUGE compliment!

Match Dot Com

2008-05-31T12:03:00.000-07:00

My mom wants to buy a dog. She is looking online at a place that is most likely a puppy mill, who knows, but I have been a little hard on her, telling her she shouldn't because dogs require a lot of attention which I don't think she has in her to give it.

Since I felt kind of bad about being short with her, I drew her a funny.

Aquarium of The Pacific

2008-05-31T11:39:00.000-07:00

Tori, my girl, and I always talked about going to the local aquarium, and we still haven't gone. I created this little drawing for fun to send to her and make her smile.

April 28, 2008 Damon Cleaned up

2008-04-28T13:25:00.000-07:00

April 28, 2008 Drawing Live Caricatures - Memory Sketch

2008-04-28T12:50:00.000-07:00

April 28, 2008

2008-04-28T12:36:00.000-07:00

My entry for NCN Forum Contest April.

Daily Sketch 2/09/08

2008-02-09T07:32:00.000-08:00

I joined Jan Op De Beeck's contest to draw Boris Yeltsin this month. His rule was MANUAL drawing, NO DIGITAL! Here is what I ave so far with Boris.

Daily Sketch 1/28/08

2008-01-29T06:36:00.000-08:00

I have been motivated to draw a sketch per day since starting a YouTube routine of postings. This was the result of Daily Sketch 1/28/08.