Caricature Express

This black/white thing’s really got me.
Here I am, entertaining myself with it again:

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I was in a clothing store - was it TJ Maxx? Something like that. And they had all sorts of (broken?) junk up near the front of the store - they always do - has nothing to do with clothing.

Waiting on a long line, I wanted to remember this sculpture. It’s so happy, so freeing, such a fun image. I was confused to see it There:

I’m really getting in to this.
I usually work in Color, so I decided to practice before going to
tomorrow’s party - Client requested Black and White. And I’m really
getting in to this. I like it:

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I was just studying the asymmetry of faces - Pictures look so much more interesting when we are aware of the graceful changes from one side of the face to the other. Because they’re connected - like a vine.

To increase my awareness of that, I just took photos of two random people, put them into PhotoShop, and cut each picture in half. then I flipped the remaining half over - to see just what each side of the face is doing. I have so many gigs this week, but I hope I get back to this to draw them properly - Connecting the changes gracefully.

Here’s a photo of a woman. I duplicated one side. Then I duplicated the other side. Her differences are mostly in the mouth and eyebrows. Notice how much more approachable people look when we see the two differing sides in one face:

And here’s a photo of a boy. I duplicated one side. Then I duplicated the other side. His differences are mostly in the nose and eyebrows:

I could have done this with anybody. All people are uneven, unique. I want to train myself to be able to notice the differences right away.

We have so much Fun. One of the best things is watching the Reactions to my Pictures. But it’s unusual that I can get it on Camera.

And it’s unfortunate that I can’t play it up and really give Time to the Reactions. When people hire me, they’re usually so focused on ‘How Many Can You Do Per Hour’, that I think they not only limit My fun, but it also limits their Guests fun. “Ok - we like that one. Next!”

We live in such a fast-paced world. Running from one activity to the next. We party fast. We eat fast. We run the course of our relationships fast. Life goes by like a blur.

A blur! I guess my ‘bad photography’ is quite good afterall. It records the moment quite poetically.

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