Caricatures: College Edition

Caricatures with Friends 

Sunday 17th April 2016

I created some caricatures of my friends for fun, but I it turned into an entertaining exercise of observation and exaggerated proportions. I definitely enjoyed drawing these and I intend to create more in the near future. I chose to draw friends from my old college (Stockport College).

I had to observe certain characteristics of the face and I chose to exaggerate certain parts of the face, some were unexpected which turned out to be funny. I used images on their social media accounts as a reference,  I chose images which had a sense of character or expression which I could express through the drawing.

I started with Jimmy Wilkensano- I found that the lips stood out because they were relaxed in the image and I wanted to exaggerate that expression through the lips. I would improve the top lip because it is slanted and reduce the size of the body to make the head out of proportion with the rest of the body.

The next one I created, Patricia Petrelli Wilkinsarno is the twin of Jimmy Wilkinsarno; therefore I applied the similar facial structure however expressing a totally different character. The image is rather blurry and he appears to be laughing, however in the sketch he appears rather 'posh' with his raised eyebrows and closed eyes.

'Danacious Nesbit' (aka Weeb God) was the next drawing I created. As his chin was rather low it gave quite a strong perspective and a great chance to express some sinister character. However I found this a challenge as I wanted to exaggerate his cheeks, and from a perspective they would have to be smaller as the head is closer to the audience.0.

I did try to have the eyes looking directly at the audience however I found this quite difficult to get them exactly right. Therefore I drew the eyes looking downwards; pleased with what he sees. (Whatever that may be...?)

This is one drawing I would like to re-visit to improve, to add a greater sense of depth through perspective and to express the character further.

.After that I created a sketch of 'Dilly the Willy'. I am particularly pleased  with the results of this sketch because I managed to exaggerate a part of the face which gives a great expression and sense of character. I also chose to shrink the neck and make the suit huge to further exaggerate proportions.

 'Nigella Hater' was an accidental yet funny result. I started with the head and neck as I wanted to exaggerate the shape of the neck as it is squashed in the photo. Then I moved onto the eyes which I intended to be apart as the eyes are not direct in the photo, however I over exaggerated this which produced a 'fish-like' appearance. I chose to keep the eyes that way because I found them too funny to change.

Finally 'Roberto "Treat Day" Llamertey' was the last drawing I produced on Sunday. This was a great photo which expresses such a 'not impressed' or 'leave me alone' character. which contrasts with the other sketches I produced. This drawing was exaggerated in a number of places but not overly exaggerated in a single place because I wanted the expression to be the focus of this drawing.

 

---BONUS---

As I produced these sketches, Mr Nesbit took it upon himself to produce a illustration in the likeness of myself.

In denial of his own 'weeb-ness' he claims I am, and I quote: "Mega Weeb" which is incomparable to the magnitude of a "Weeb God". He did not use a photograph as reference as he can't get me off his mind.

I have had great fun with creating these sketches and intend to produce more in the near future. This is both a great exercise and great fun to test my drawing abilities. It also acts as revision for observation and exaggeration of proportions.