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Saturday was a big day! Floyd Mayweather beat Manny Pacquiao in what is being called the "Fight of the Century." Kate Middleton and Prince William had another child, a royal baby girl, which is now...
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Jimmy Fallon of the Tonight Show…nothing special about this one…except the smile :) 
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A portrait of Bobby Jindal sparked a controversy (Is Bobby Jindal White?) because the artist deviated from his skin color. Bobby Jindal's skin color is dark-brown (due to his Indian ancestry.) A case-study on the importance of replicating the skin-color in portraits and caricatures (caricatures do provide the artist with some degree of freedom to choose colors and proportions, but a portrait must be a true representation of a person's look.
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I think that this painting has a few points of interest for an artist. 1. The hair. Darker hair is thicker and the single single strands are defined more clearly, than they are done while painting lighter hair. Next, the eyes. Caricaturists often gravitate towards giving big eyes to all their women subjects. Small eyes must remain small, and yet, they shouldn't lose their likeness. Finally the embroidery on the dress...
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"The Plumb Pudding in Danger" is one of the most famous caricatures in history. In this artwork you can see William Pitt the Younger PM of Britain at the time (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pitt_the_Younger), wearing his regimental uniform, sitting at a table with Napoleon Bonaparte (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon). They are each carving a large plum pudding on which is a map of the world.
Note the exceptional hatching and cross-hatching done on this caricature. From the view point of a caricaturist, it's interesting to note how the caricaturist James Gillray has exaggerated the difference in their heights, made William Pitt look even taller than he was by adding the upright hat. Also note that the overall treatment of Napoleon makes him look like a little boy (he sits at the edge of his chair, and his face has been made a lot smaller than it was.)
Read more about James Gillray at: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRgillray.htm
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First... ------------ An update ------------ (for the regular readers, others please skip.) For the last two months, I've been working on something very different and something really detailed...so...
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Vanity wins. Painted three US Presidents for The American Spectator magazine :)
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Congratulations Germany! Angela Merkel has won her third term as the Chancellor of Germany. Now this a really something, isn't it? Here's her caricature for the occasion :) That is all for now...an...
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One for the occasion :) I painted this one rather quickly...and I just love the determined look in her eyes.
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Sometime today, my blog shall cross the 500,000 views mark. I don't think it has changed anything for me. I still got up the same side of bed, did the usual chores, had my usual breakfast...nothing...
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Captain Jack Sparrow a.k.a. Johnny Depp. Check out the black and white drawing and its evolution into this painting.
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Mark Fredrickson on theispot.com: Mark A. Fredrickson lives in Tucson, Arizona. He attended Tennessee Temple College in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he studied drawing and photography. He continued his education at the University of Arizona.
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Mark Fredrickson's work has appeared in the Time Magazine, Business Week, Industry Week,Sports Illustrated, Golf Digest, The Village Voice, Mad Magazine. One of the MAD Magazine covers done by him was included in Time's top 10 magazine covers of 2008.
Another link where you can view his work is: http://www.workbook.com/portfolios/fredrickson
Interestingly, Mark Fredrickson's art spans from children's books to magazine covers and inside art, to fantasy...and even to comic books (once, for the Green Lantern comic...)
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Vizcarra.info - Caricaturas de gente famosa - caricatures of famous people - La web de Joan Vizcarra
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Joan Vizcarra's caricatures glow with an unearthly light. His bold use of colors is unique and so are his exaggerations. He works with contrasting colors and doesn't care a lot about getting those skin-tones right. He is one of the very few caricaturists who exaggerate everything, including the colors. I believe he usually works with the traditional mediums. If you are someone who'd really like to learn how colors can be used to maximize effect, you must look at Vizcarra's fabulous work.
Another point to note: It's extremely rare that you'll find a high- or even medium-resolution picture of his work. What you find on the web is seldom bigger than about twice the thumb-nail images - so you don't really get to see his brush-strokes, which is a pity. Regardless of this, Vizcarra is one of the gurus of Caricatures.
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I'm an illustrator living in Montreal. Some of my clients include Major League Baseball (NY),...
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Another caricaturist whose work ranges from close-approximation caricatures to extreme exaggerations. This is his facebook page. He blogs at: http://dominicphilibert.blogspot.in
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Portfolio of Thomas Fluharty : Teachers for Obama : Here is a digital painting cover that I made for the Weekly Standard. They wanted something about the teachers for Obama.
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I discovered Thomas Fluharty by following a caricature of George Bush that I've admired for a very long time. (Had his signatures been a little more legible, I'd have discovered him a long time ago.) What strikes me about his caricatures is his confident use of rough brush-strokes to achieve the look that he wants to. His caricatures come alive, and despite his lazy brush that refuses to finish anything below the subject's waist, they captivate you. His caricatures score very high on likeness and he paints fantastic eyes.
While Fluharty also uses a lot of traditional media (generally oils or acrylics - I think,) he is adept at digital painting too. You'll find his work on the covers of The Weekly Standard and the TIME magazine.
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More caricatures by Court Jones.
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Court Jones' caricatures :) Inspiring.
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Vizcarra.info - Caricaturas de gente famosa - caricatures of famous people - La web de Joan Vizcarra
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Joan Vizcarra's caricatures are Different (yes, with a capital D.) they convey fun through their wide array of bright colors. While his caricatures aren't two high on likeness, he deviates beautifully from the traditional (safe) caricaturing. He uses traditional media for his work. In my opinion, he's the master of color exaggeration. Check out his galleries here :)
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Last month I did a full-page inner illustration with a caricature of the Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson for the May/June issue of Talk Business and Politics Magazine. It accompanies the feature a...
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Personally, this is one of my favorites. While the details (the issues that surround the state capitol building, the caduceus in the elephant's trunk, the dollar-bills on the plant) were many, what I really enjoyed painting was the action around the building as it trundles behind Governor Hutchinson.
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Get Toonsie Roll (Make Caricatures & Cartoons from Photos and Share Artistic Funny Pictures) - Toon 'em All. on the App Store. See screenshots and ratings, and read customer reviews.
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Toonsie Roll is an iPhone and iPad app for creating fine, expressive caricatures through an incremental approach. It doesn't require drawing skills - you create caricatures from any picture (imported from Photos or taken by your iphone/ipad camera) by tapping to select and then then tooning your selection further. It's a fun app for everyone…hobbyists and caricaturists alike. The best part is that you can sign your creations, add a caption, and add one of the 75 emojis available for expressing your thoughts.
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Recently I had the opportunity to illustrate a medieval jousting match between Mike Ross and Asa Hutchinson in Present Day Arkansas. As you can see this is a fairly detailed scene that has three im...
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In this post I've described my experience of painting this rather detailed scene.
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Draw to Smile :-)
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Caricatures of Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity - illustrated for the American Spectator magazine.
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Kaltoons is the official site of Kevin Kallaugher, world renown political cartoonist
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Kal or Kevin Kallaugher is one of the most respected Cartoonist/Caricaturist of the world. He's known for his continuous association with The Economist (this page contains the covers he has created for the economist.) His work can be uniquely defined as caritoons or carticatures - because they neatly combine the simplicity of cartoons with the likeness of caricatures.
Unlike most cartoonists and caricaturists, Kal is endowed with some degree of business-sense too. In 2007 he started his own animation company called KalLtoons LLC. Read his biography at: http://www.kaltoons.com/kal.html
Visit http://www.kaltoons.com/wordpress/portfolio/ for his portfolio page. I think the header is awesome.
If you've studied Kal's work in detail, please share your thoughts in the comments section.
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The Gallery Color Illustrations for Magazines/book covers (Digital Painting) Celebrities (Black and White Illustrations) (some of these were done as inner illustrations for magazines.) Celebritie...
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Just discovered the Gallery feature...
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One of mine...painted a 2011 black and white caricature of Charlie Chaplin.
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I recently painted 7 of my black and white caricatures for an assignment. It was an interesting experience to see these caricatures emerge in color. If you are interested in reading about the painting and visualization process, please check the link.
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Neil Davies Caricature illustration
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Beautiful Caricatures! Read and view more of his magazine illustrations and caricatures at: http://www.caricatureclub.co.uk/neildaviesillustration/Home.htm
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Loopydave's Gallery on Deviant
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I don't know much about Loopydave, except that his work is droolworthy. He is extremely good at drawing stylized women and his work has a crispness to it that isn't easy to find :) He does the covers for Modesty Blaise - his work is mainly digital. If you want to make your colors look more vibrant and your artwork sharper, observe his work closely.
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George W. Bush or Bushie the Kid by Thomas Fluharty.
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The caricature that made me go on the Fluharty treasure hunt :)
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Gary Locke is a master of caricature drawings and has had his work featured in publications from Sports Illustrated to Time Magazine. Despite the fact that
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Gary Locke's art makes me think of Asterix comics and James C. Christensen's art. He can make his static images come alive quite like Uderzo and his colors are as vibrant as Christensen's.
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Definition of caricature from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games.
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So...what is a caricature?
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The caricature that made me go on the Fluharty treasure hunt :)