Caricature Express

Okay. I’m posting pictures that I took off my phone last time -
was that over a month ago? I gotta finish these pictures so I can
post the ones from my real camera so I can see what collected
on my phone again now. So many people. So much life.

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I’m at it again.
Before going to Yoga, I revisited the picture from 08/06/08.
After Yoga, I drew it yet again:

Now I’m trying to relax more while drawing.
Beautiful approach for beautiful drawings.
Relax - now, that doesn’t mean to sleep!

I’m fluctuating between two approaches.
I guess I’ll work on both of them,
and use whichever one is appropriate at the time when I’m drawing.

The first approach - 3-d shapes. Like wedge, egg, pyramid, book,
dish-detergent-bottle. That sort of stuff. Definite decisions in the predraw instead of
wild scribbling. Here are 2 pictures (just the line-art) using that approach.
I was able to sit back and relax.
I like the results. Even before putting in any shading, it looks real solid:

Until I do maaaaannyyy of those though, I think the second approach will work better at parties.
It’s much faster. NO predraw at all this time. Just basic knowledge and simple shapes
- drawing from the inside out. As you can see in the following sample, though, this approach
usually grows too big for the page.

But when I try things like limited predraw of outsides before doing insides with marker
it gets stiff and boring to me. So now I’m thinking
of trying athird approach - no predraw - outside-in.
Stay tuned - I hope to post those studies soon.

Meanwhile, here’s the picture drawn from the inside out - with no predraw:

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Studying continues.

Today I decided to simplify. To make my job EEEEasy.
At first, I thought this was perfect. Here’s a simple picture drawn with basic answers:

‘This will make my job easy’, I thought. So I drew another man. Ick - what a crummy picture. I had to draw him again. The 2nd one came out easily, but I can’t very well draw everybody 2ce at a party:

Maybe that was just a difficult Caricature. I tried the simple approach with another photo. Counfounded again. I was only satisfied with the 2nd picture:

Sooooo, it might look easy, it might be fun, but I still have to focus and work at it when I’m creating Artwork. There’s no easy way out of working. Keeping it real.

Custom-Made - That’s the word!

I was recently asked to describe
my Studio-Work. I do so many
different things there. So whatever
it is, it’s Custom-Made. People
have so many different ideas - and
I design something tangible from their
esoteric Words.