Create a caricature or likeness of yourself

[David Hewitt]

Sledger: yours was rather impressive.....(as were all the others too)
so the whole idea of this is to draw with the drawing tools directly without art ETC.......
NOt an idea i would normally entertain... ((although i did used to do that a bit as a kid on my amiga500 when a scanner was like star trek technology) i wish i had that old work now...)

I,ll give this a try when i get back from holidays....not before i pick up my wacom tablet when im in melbourne....although im not a big fan of the wacom tablet i get a feeling it would be very handy for this exercise....

did you use a mouse? to do that preliminary "contour map" ........

[steve.ledger]

did you use a mouse? to do that preliminary "contour map" ........

I used a Wacom Bamboo tablet and pen with the freehand tool for the first 'sketch' drawing in post #1
In post #7 I used a mouse and the shape editor tool.

[handrawn]

so the whole idea of this is to draw with the drawing tools directly without art ETC.......

Since you ask David:

I used a freehand pen tool and wacom tablet

I did not sketch over a photo I just looked in the mirror frequently to keep reminding myself what I look like. I did it in one take, which is why it's a bit rough and ready and the expression a calculating one

Incidentally a mirror is an artist's and particularly a cartoonist's friend - all the best expressions are to be found there if you look for them

I am inclined to call this art myself, but it is open to interpretation

[ZEBtoonz]

Here's my entry.

[steve.ledger]

I like that a lot Zeb..
Reminds me of a Jetsons character

[David Hewitt]

Since you ask David:

I used a freehand pen tool and wacom tablet

I am inclined to call this art myself, but it is open to interpretation

is yours there handrawn? i was just looking back and couldnt see yours?

[steve.ledger]

Post#22 David

[wizard509]

I really like that a lot too Zeb!
That is what I think a caricature should be like, wish I could have done as well.

[ZEBtoonz]

Thanks Sledger and Larry! As a cartoonist, I have been doing this same pic of myself for quite some time. The basic face shape and smile were something I picked up from Mort Drucker, the famous MAD magazine cartoonist, of a caricature he once did of Dick Van Dyke. Never forgot it.

Here's a portrait I did before carefully reading this thread and seeing that submissions were to be caricatures. I personally prefer the cartoon

[steve.ledger]

Another cool drawing Zeb

I used the word 'Caricature' to mean just the type of thing you posted first.
The word is open to interpretation I agree:
caricature - A picture where the subject is depicted in a satirizing way that exaggerates its distinctive characteristics in a comical or grotesque way. Often used as a commentary on political or social matters.