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Adrian Teal

@tealcartoons.bsky.social

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Caricaturist for Spitting Image & other TV. Co-author/illustrator of award-winning kids' non-fic. Open for fine-art caricature commissions. No AI or NFTs. www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TealCartoons Work enquiries email: [email protected] www.adrianteal.com

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · Jun 8

If you're looking for something that puts a new twist on classic pop-culture moments, these three recent pieces of mine are available to buy.

Give me a prod via @ reply or Chat messages.

#caricature #art

Caricature of Jack Nicholson as the Joker, in his 'Wait till they get a loada me!' close-up moment.

Caricature of Sean Connery as 007 at a casino table and wearing a tuxedo.

Caricature of Blade Runner's Roy Batty, against a neon-festooned, futuristic L.A. background.

Caricature of John Cleese as Basil Fawlty trying desperately to communicate with Andrew Sachs as Manuel.

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 10m

Ah, it's #portfolioday!

I'm a fine-art caricaturist, and I also do caricature design for TV (Spitting Image, The Masked Singer, & more).

If you're looking for art for your wall that puts a new twist on classic celebrity & pop-culture moments, I'm poised & ready to oblige.

[email protected]

Caricature of Roy Batty in the 'tears in rain' scene from Blade Runner.

Group caricature of movie Jokers Jack Nicholson, Heath Ledger, and Joaquin phoenix, with clown iconography in the background.

Caricature of Sigourney Weaver in Aliens.

Caricature of Neil and Del from Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. They are seated and looking at each other as their car burns behind them.

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 4h

Well...see the YouTube link above.

Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 17h

indiana jones and the last crusade poster with a man in a hat

ALT: indiana jones and the last crusade poster with a man in a hat

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 17h

I saw Raiders was trending, and I thought...

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 18h

'It burned all my insides..'

Reposted by Adrian Teal

Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 19h

Tomorrow: DEAD ENDS comes out in the US! Aimed at kids aged 8-12, @tealcartoons.bsky.social and I think everyone will love this grisly romp through medical history. Please consider ordering a copy, and enjoy the weird stories we've uncovered that prove failure is essential to scientific progress.

Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 4d

When does death begin?

In the 18th century, no one could agree—some said when the pulse stopped, others when the body began to rot. Out of that debate came a century of strange experiments on severed heads.

Learn more in our kids’ book DEAD ENDS (w/ @tealcartoons.bsky.social): shorturl.at/FS3nd

A cartoon by Adrian Teal that depicts a guillotine and a severed head, with a modern-looking doctor holding a stethoscope to the head.

The cover of DEAD ENDS featuring a cartoon man being electrocuted back to life

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 19h

That was kind of the point!

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 19h

No, I was 12 at the time but I used to have informal tuition at Spitting Image when I was a kid. Here's me with the Reagan from the Genesis video in the background. I'm now the caricaturist for the reboot:
www.youtube.com/@SpittingIma...
The Genesis project was a side-hustle for the puppet workshop.

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 19h

That was made by my employer, Spitting Image.

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 20h

Do you mean this Genesis video...?

three cartoon characters wearing glasses are standing next to each other .

ALT: three cartoon characters wearing glasses are standing next to each other .

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 21h

Quick study of festering cock-wart J.D. Vance.

#caricature #art

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 23h

Combination of natural - I think caricaturists are born, not made - and putting in the 10,000hrs. I was taught to think about caricature in 3D from the age of 10 at Spitting Image, so it's ingrained now. There are tricks to help the 3D process too.

I write a Caricature Masterclass on Substack.

Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 1d

My local news rarely disappoints...

Headline that reads, 'A Kettering woman who drove a mobility scooter towing a trailer the wrong way down the A14 while drinking a bottle of wine caused ‘chaos'
Police arrived to find motorists standing on the road waving light wands to try to alert other drivers.'

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 1d

Very much enjoyed the new John Candy documentary. Here are working drawings of Candy and Steve Martin in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.

#caricature #art

Caricature of the two main characters from Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, seated next to each other as their car burns behind them.

Caricature of the two main characters from Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, seated next to each other on a bench. Del has his arm around a discombobulated Neil.

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 1d

Portuguese custard tarts are mankind's highest achievement. A hectoring diet app really isn't.

Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks. But generative A.I. is the devil's arse gravy.

Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 2d

Here's my Connery/007 painting, which is still available in my Etsy store. Link in my Bluesky bio.

#caricature #art

Caricature of Sean Connery as James Bond. He is seated alone at a casino table. Blurred figures are in the background.

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 2d

I hear ya.

Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 2d

Here's why A.I. art is a thin gruel rather than a nourishing cassoulet...

eric stirpē @stirpicus.bsky.social · Aug 15

Kurt Vonnegut’s definition of what makes something “art” is one of my favorites I’ve seen - from a letter to his brother in 1995.

People capable of loving some paintings or etchings or whatever can rarely do this without knowing something about the art-ist. Again, the situation is social rather than scientific. Any work of art is one halt of a conversation between two human beings, and it helps a lot to know who is talking at you. Does he or she have a reputation for seriousness, for sincerity? There are virtually no beloved or respected paintings made by persons of whom we know nothing. We can even surmise a lot about the lives of whoever did the paintings in the caves underneath Lascaux, France.
So I dare to suggest that no picture can attract serious attention without a human being attached to it in the viewer's mind. If you are unwilling to attach your name to your pictures, and to say why you hope others might find them rewarding to look at, there goes the ballgame right there. Pictures are famous for their human-ness and not their picture-ness.
There is also the matter of craftsmanship. Real picture lovers like to "play along," so to speak, to look closely at the surface to see how the illusion was created by nothing but an unusual human being, with hands and eyes. If you are unwilling to say how you made your pictures, there goes the ballgame a second time.
Good luck, and love as always
K

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 3d

www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Spitting Image comics decry lawsuit over depiction of Paddington Bear

Al Murray and Matt Forde say action over portrayal as foul-mouthed drug addict is attack on freedom of expression

www.theguardian.com

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 3d

It's delicious, but so unavailable. With a dry glass of white, and crusty bread. Fantastic.

Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 3d

Our new episode of Spitting Image has dropped, in which Trump finds out he didn't bag the Nobel Peace Prize, and Kim Jong Un performs at the Riyadh Comedy Festival.

Enjoy!

youtu.be/iERS42agaPg?...

Trump Finds Out He Hasn't Won The Nobel Peace Prize | The Rest Is Bulls*!t

YouTube video by Spitting Image

youtu.be

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 3d

That's the scriptwriter's call, but he might get confused with Michael Caine circa 1971.

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Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 3d

I find it cathartic.

Adrian Teal @tealcartoons.bsky.social · 3d

Here's the Mark Zuckerberg puppet I designed for Spitting Image.

#caricature #art

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