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Every once in awhile one a gift from the caricature gods drops down in front of me.
...they essentially draw themselves.
mamma!

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Misplacement remains believable if in concert with the overall choreography of the gesture.

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Always keep your hands looking sinister and dexterous.
--and the stage shall remain well in balance.

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Bend the form. Keep the  cannoli. structure.

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You can create effective visual tension by lifting the visual weight above the midline.
The farther it's pushed, the longer you can hold the eye.

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Decide to incorporate your mistakes into your final art--with bravado. 
It will read convincingly.

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Perspective is never unconsidered because an object has no obvious rectilinear corners or edges. It lies hidden under every decision made, and should arise as naturally as does a regional dialect. 

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Live Caricature is Better! bumper stickers should be issued!

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If you understand what's going on in the under-structure, then what's on the surface becomes easier to define.
However, sometimes. It can be quite incalculable.

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It's all just a conglomeration of choices you make, but more importantly, choices you decide not to make.

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If the caricature is easy then you're probably drawing the wrong way.

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The force of the expression rules the form.

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When one caricature is finished another one begins, but often we draw so long on the finished caricature that we do not see the one that has started up for us.

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