Caricature Express

I just love to see the Caricature I draw
right alongside the reference photos like this.
Here’s a picture I recently drew of Derek, another Artist:

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A Middle-School Principal Retired. I was commissioned to draw his Caricature. Red Camaro, Skis, this is a picture of the school….. things like that were requested.

Here’s what I came up with. Of course, the finished picture was prepared for presentation in a mat, but this earlier photo is the closest to the original Color:

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I usually have so many things that I have to do
And so many things that I want to do
That I run around from this to that.
But a Funeral can really clear your mind.
Death doesn’t ask if this is a good time,
doesn’t ask if you can fit it in.

Even though it wasn’t someone I knew,
I stopped everything for a client who called
one day last June. Her 23-year-old son had
just died, and she wanted a Caricature to
display at the wake. The very next morning.

The next thing you know, I had four people
in my studio popping up with more and more
ideas of what they wanted included in this
Caricature - me thinking they should leave
because I really have to start on it right away.

The boy was to be mountain-climbing and skiing
and carrying a fishing pole. There was to be a
lake with fish and a barbeque at the bottom of
the mountain. And don’t forget his black cap
which he always wore backwards. And his
earring…..

Okay. Time to work on this. No question about it.
To be picked up in less than 24-hours. Out went
my elaborate dinner plans (although I did enjoy the
gym - I walked at 2.5 and 3.3 on the treadmill.
And I slid my hands for my upper abs. And I used
the medium-large ball for my lower abs….).

Out went the other Studio Caricature which had
been ordered that very morning (also on a tight
schedule, but not quite This imminent). Out went
my Party-Preps. And the laundry. And I was hoping
that my friend (who was coming back from Spain)
wouldn’t need a ride from the airport…..

I did it! 10 p.m. - Picture drawn and colored, I contacted
my client that it would be ready for Pick Up at 11 a.m.
the following day. I started to put the picture into
a black mat, and

The lights went out! There was no electricity in my house!
I pay my bill. But LIPA was having little service problem.

But I still have to mat the picture, write stuff on the back
of it. shrink-wrap it……

And my client would be coming at in a few hours.

I had planned to spend the morning refreshing myself from
the effort and cleaning up the house. But I would have to
finish preparing the picture instead.
Because the lights had gone out. Okay. Prioritize.

We can’t decide when to fit Death into our schedule.

Here’s the picture that I created.
I hoped it would be helpful.
Such a terrible thing to happen:

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Several months ago, I drew a cute little picture for the owner of Deep Space Records. He contacted me recently to ask if he could use it on his new album-cover.

Then, he sent me his first idea - might come out this way, might be changed. And he even asked me my opinion of the album title:

I thought it looked adorable. And the title (from one of the songs on the album) seemed all-inclusive. But if it’s called, “Out of My Mind”, perhaps, ummmm,
I sent him the following two suggestions:

Late at night. Just glued to my seat in front of the computer - I was inspired to draw something else from the photos that were also on his mock-up. Unsolicited, but it turned out that Keni wanted this picture too. A pleasant surprise for me!

And then
this came out!

It’s just all so fun - getting involved other people’s projects. BTW, when the album comes out, you can probably get it at dspacer.com

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