Saturday, December 18

Vaguely Caricature-ish Sketches: Internet Celebrities

Performed by Mutt at the hour of
I used to hate drawing faces - so I started forcing myself to do them. And then that marvellous thing happened where, because I was somewhat good at it, I enjoyed it more, so I did it more, so I got better at it, so I enjoyed it more, so I did it more etcetera.

This wonderful snowball effect has gotten to the point where if I want to relax, I'll draw some faces. I know I need to practice bodies, but it will be a while before I have anything worth posting on that topic so here are some celebrity caricatures. Caricatures from around the web specifically. In fact, most specifically they are obscure celebrities.

I never really posted actual celebrity caricatures before, as rather than just being an interesting face they can be judged by other people as to how much they genuinely look like the subject. They can be measured. But "...without criticism, art stagnates," which isn't a real quote but it sounds like one, so I'm going to use it.

Anyway, enjoy and critique:

Andrew Pants
Actually, his YouTube account is probably a better place to find a picture of his face. A super talented musician that takes requests on his website, both paid and free, and turns them into songs.

Copper Cab
I think I like him because of his passion, and his earnest attempts to control his anger - which is very interesting to me.

Very funny guys who I've only just started watching. I wanted to draw their faces because they looked very difficult to do, especially Jake (left).

10 bodies of literary units forming semantic concepts:

  1. i think you got copper cab's anger and intensity down.Andy pants looks a bit mexican rather than asian- he just needs a slightly narrower nose, a fuller upper lip and a bit more slant on the eyes. That felt mean.
    Jake and amir are spot on delicious. Are they done on paper? Merry christmas by the way!!!!!
    Hope your well

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  2. Haha, not mean - super good feed back! Cheers. I'll probably adjust him around a little exactly as per your instructions.

    J&A were done on paper, and then squashed/stretched/adjusted in the comp. Very rarely can I get exactly what I want on the first try, but then if I do other tries from scratch, it gets further and further away - so this is my cheating solution.

    Merry Christmas!

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  3. Man, you're faces are are amazing as ever. They're just so full of BODY! I mean, you could lead an ARMy with that talent! You certainly have a LEG up on the competition! Aren't my hints HANDy?

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    FOOT!

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  4. Haha, I get the hint. Dude I am practising bodies - it's just posting practice stuff is boring, so I post things that look half-way decent.

    I'll post something to prove it to you.

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  5. Bodies are hard. I want to enroll myself in some life drawing class again. Also I think my drawing has improved since I saw Zak. Your cartoon bodies are good

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  6. Without a doubt they've improved. Just look at your Nittaya post! I would like to do life drawing again as well - now that I kind of know what I need to improve, and what's hard and what's not.

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  7. Draw bodies damnit!Hmmm, we should all go to Dr sketchy's anti art school together! Burlesque strippers, booze, and art in the same room = win!

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  8. Just like Uni all over again

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  9. draw an score.
    hey amir liked ur drawing. awesome!!!

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