Caricature
Not too long ago I came across Brian Oakes’ Caricatures Blog and I was enthralled and fascinated. I haven’t been able to get caricature out of my head since.
The thing about it though, is that I have no idea how they do it. How do they take a regular old face and turn it into something so exaggerated, so hilarious, and so compelling? It’s something that blows my mind.
Yesterday I was patrolling DeviantART and LastScionz’ deviation “Jelly On My Collar” was in my message centre. I had it open on my screen while I got a burst of energy to draw, and for a lack of any idea of what to draw, I just turned to his face.
It doesn’t look like him in caricaturist terms; I probably should have tried to make the top of his head rounder rather than square, and there are lots of other things I would change too. But I do like it, just in “cartoony portrait” terms. I love doing this kind of cartoony work; a lot of my old highschool and college binders and notes were filled with sketches and doodles of people with crazy, exaggerated features. It’s a lot of fun.
Anyway, just thought I’d share! Drawn with F lead in a mechanical pencil. Look, there’s shading too! How fancy.