Caricature Creation Process

Been busy this week with getting back to work and doing promised guest cartoons for George Ford and Aidan Casserly. Also had some paying commission work as well. Claude Rieth contacted me via Google Plus and was gracious enough to let me share my work with you.

Here was his original picture he sent.

I thought look at that hair, look at the expression.  This one is going to be easy.  Ok I was wrong. I have never done that expression so getting it to look like someone was twisting their face on purpose is actually very hard to do.  So many attempts.  When I do commission work I tend to send a draft to the client so they can either approve or not.  If they feel I didn’t capture what they want in that draft I have no problem with them walking away and me not going any further.  As I have said, there are some people who I can’t capture a likeness.

So this is what I sent to Claude.

Given his expression I was hoping he would be OK with the more cartoony look but wanted to give him options.  Thankfully he was in agreement and with a little tweaking, you can see the final result.   Thanks Claude for being a great subject that challenged me and a better client.

Will the real Nate Fakes please stand up

Ladies and Gentlemen.  The man you see pictured above is Nate Fakes.  Mad Magazine and Break of Day cartoonist Nate Fakes.  And hands down, the worst person in the world for me to try to caricature.  If it is the first time or the 20th time trying I can usually get to some semblance of the person even if the end result isn’t flattering (sorry Myra).

But there is nothing distinguishing about this kid. Here are several of my failed attempts. The first being the one that probably looks most like him but the last being my favorite.

Friggin Loon Caricature

So the final winner of my caricature contest was the Friggin Loon.  There is no one with a more hidden identity on the web than she.  But a few key details have sprang forth via her talkative friends (ahem Susi Spice)

• She is obsessed with all things Kim Jong Il
• She has wild crazy hair
• She creates her own tear gas.  How about that for a WMD (Weapon of Mass Disgusting)

So I think in reality the Friggin Loon IS Kim Jong Il’s female identity.  Who else would give themselves so much press.

Enjoy the Mashup.

Rent Textbooks & Binky Caricatures

Third and fourth winners of my 500th post caricature contest are up today.  First is the loveable Binky from Peter Marinacci’s Wombania.   Peter was too shy for a caricature so he asked the rocket and chocolate loving Binky to stand in for him.

Next up is the person that many thought was a spammer.  I mean who goes by the name “Rent Textbooks“.  Somehow I realized her comments were just a little smarter than a typical spammer so I kept her from the dump pile.  It has paid off and now not only is she a regular commenter but she is allowing me to out her publicly on my site.  First up is the caricature:

And the real her (in case you were wondering):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It didn’t help my cause that she sent me three completely different looks. ha   She said she was a big fan of the water and the beach thus the setting.

Some final good news.  So many times you see great bloggers and cartoonists give up the web for other things.  One of them was one of the first followers of Beartoons, Brogan from Artic Blast Comic.  Well I am happy to say he is back.  The site url is the same but the name is changed to Inkee Doodles Studios.  Go show him some love.

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