Create a caricature or likeness of yourself

[wizard509]

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.

Zeb,
Sorry but you may have missed the point. Create a caricature or likeness of yourself.
You have done both very well but in my opinion both are cartoons, at least in a the way I think of cartoons.
I call caricatures what you are calling a cartoon.
sledgers definition of a caricature is spot on.
Your "cartoon" and sledgers likeness drawings are two different styles and I think both are great. You did with your “cartoon” what I wish I could have done, but I have never been able to cartoon and I admire those who can.
I hope to see more of your work.

[Soquili]

Larry have you seen Zeb's website www.zebtoonz.com ?

While there be sure to visit his daughter Kika's site

[wizard509]

Yes, Fantastic work.
Way to go Zeb!

[wizard509]

I hope I didn't come off sounding rude to Zeb, or anyone else for that matter. I certainly didn't mean too.

[steve.ledger]

Cartoon is also open to (modern?) interpretation Larry.
I'd consider Zebs second post to be a 'likeness' of himself (although I've never seen a photo of his face I can't imagine he looks like the first drawing of his - but you never know )

I guess while we've all been brought up associating 'cartoon' with Bugs Bunny or a comic strip in a newspaper, the actual word was used to describe a preparation drawing for a piece of art. The word comes from the Italian 'cartone'

Cartone (in English usage, "cartoon")- The artist's final drawing on paper or cloth of the main lines of the composition; it is sometimes, but not always, equal in size to the wall area to be painted. (Several cartoons might be used to create one large image.) The cartoon was laid against the wall over the final, freshly laid plaster on which the artist would paint. Its outlines were incised on the plaster by pressure from a stylus to guide the artist in painting. This procedure was common in the sixteenth century.

Source: www.mystudios.com/gallery/giotto/terms.html


At the end of the day, regardless of what you call it, Zeb's work is for me as inspiring and Bob Hahn's, Paul Söderholm (gnurf) and Mark Lockett (MarkMyWords) (...oh and so many other talented cartoonist's at TG !!)

[ZEBtoonz]

Larry, no offense taken! Thanks for your, and Sledger's, compliments! And thanks for the plug, Bill

Oh yeah, as for what I really look like, that's me on the avatar and here http://mx.youtube.com/watch?v=Rns3Is...e=channel_page.

[steve.ledger]

Ah - if I had AVATARS enabled I would have seen the photo Zeb

You really need to post more work at TG Zeb - pleeeease

[georgetroy]

Well done, I like and admire your work. Mine pails in comparsion. Thanks for showing. GT

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

[a4hire]

ok, here is mine. Not sure if you call it a cartoon or a caricature but it is a graphical representation of my wife and I. I also put the picture that I used for reference. Just used a mouse, I don't do tablets. Drawn with Xtreme , of course.

[quickdraw]

lots of interesting and lots of good submission.....here's mine