Dec
11
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This is a couple of caricatures I did for some good friends, Claudio and Adrianaa Paolini as a gift. I hope I got Claudio’s wife’s name correct. Click on the image to view full size. Merry Christmas Claudio!
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Dec
10
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Tonight I did a couple of quick caricature studies of Lady Gaga. She’s definitely not hard to caricature since she normally looks very abnormal to put it mildly. I think I made her too cute. She can be kind of disgusting at times. That’s all for tonight but I should have something a little more interesting tomorrow.
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Dec
09
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Tonight I’m posting the finished piece from a study I posted a few days ago. This is a caricatured manipulation I entered in my 34th “Freak Show” Photoshop contest at FreakingNews.com. It took gold. The original body image was created by Sven Juhlin, a brilliant 3D artist.
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Dec
08
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Yesterday I told you I wanted to do a more extreme caricature inspired by Russ Cook. Well, this is my attempt. I chose Charlie Watts, (Drummer for The Rolling Stones) because he already has that long face and nose. It is in no way to be compared with Russ Cook’s mastery of extreme caricatures. I tend to be a very conservative person and I have to push myself to try and max out the color, saturation and exaggeration in my work or it turns out looking muted and washed out. This was a big change for me and is about as extreme as I get. This type of exaggeration when manipulating a photo really gets challenging trying to maintain skin textures as well as likeness. This was a great practice piece for me and I hope to do more of the same soon. I’m including the source picture below for comparison.
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Dec
07
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I’m working on a couple of projects right now and was running out of time so I decided to do a quick caricature study of Al Sharpton by request. I hadn’t thought of doing him and he turned out to be a great subject. This Study is not in what I consider a finished state. It was strictly for practice. I want to do something a bit more extreme next time. I’ll have to find the right subject for it. For example, I love the work of Russ Cook. He really pushes the limits with his caricatures. I don’t expect to turn out a caricature comparable to his but I want to experiment with some extreme exaggeration. Russ has a gift of exaggerating a face until it is completely contorted, yet he captures the essence of the person. Check his work out. It’s awesome stuff. Well, it’s getting late so that’s it for tonight.
Update: Al Sharpton Tweaked
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Dec
06
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Tonight I have a rough preliminary caricature study of Obama for you. I’m working on another project for a contest and this caricature will be used in. It has an ubusual look to it but be assured I have specific plans for him and you’ll understand it when you see the finished product, which will be posted in 2 or 3 days. I think you’ll like it. Well, it’s about time to turn in, just wanted to post a little something.
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