While attending art college, Tom got a summer job drawing caricatures at a Six Flags theme park near Chicago, Il. He discovered he had a knack for the art form, and it became a prominent part of his focus as an illustrator. In , Tom literally "wrote the book" on drawing caricatures – his tome The Mad Art of Caricature! is currently in its 6th printing. Nathan Fillion by Tom Richmond. ★ This artist is seriously awesome at caricatures of tons of celebrities. I chose this week’s sketch subject to make my wife The Lovely Anna and my youngest daughter, The Effervescent Gabrielle, happy as they are both big fans of the TV show Castle. “Tom Richmond is a very fine artist and his caricatures are wonderful. Anyone who enjoys the art of caricature will want to read this book and see his excellent artwork. They would be interested in how he thinks, what he looks for in the face, how he sees the people he draws, and what makes them unique.”.