So, it was the same story last night, draw yourself in a mirror, this time trying 3/4 view and including the shoulders as well. i thought it was funny, as i started, the instructor came up to me and said "It looks a little like a caricature."
I replied "Probably because I'm a caricature artist."
"Really?"
"Really."
It was interesting, i hadn't tried to add any exaggerations, and to my eyes there weren't any to be seen, but to her it looked like a caricature. i guess I'm so desensitized to the art form, the real subtle stuff doesn't even register. It's not necessarily a bad thing i guess. As was mentioned in the comments of my last post, a caricature usually gets a better response in terms of likeness than a portrait.
Anyway, after taking a closer look, i was able to catch a few things; such as my nose being a little too big, the space between my nose and mouth as well as my top lip being too big, and so on.
Eventually i ended up with this. sorry for the crappy photo, it's 18x24.(if anyone's got any suggestions on photographing pencil drawings, please share them). I cleaned it up in photoshop a little as well.
let me know what you think.
6 comments:
Handsome and talented!!
Bravo !
Chiselled from marble so ya are. I actually seem to suffer from the same sort of artistic ailment. My life drawings always seem to look like my own caricatures. Too many pointy elbows and claw fingers!
I was going to tell you that I think this looks like a caricature more than a real life portrait, but you just wrote that you're aware of that, so I won't bother. But I just wrote it anyway :D
I wonder if I will suffer from the same thing when I go into art school again this autumn. I better get away from caricatures for a while now...
Its interesting that you said you may've got desensitized to the subtle differences while doing portrait. I am sure I have this problem too, got to check out :)
thanks for the comments fellas!
It's nice to see that something i post sparks a little thought or conversation.
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