When no one you know knows the folks you are drawing, there is a bit of freedom in interpretation, and the caricaturist can explore variations on what a head can be. Here the goal is not conveying a truth about the individual so much (it would be in most cases an applied assumption anyway), but rather a conversation between the marks made and the reaction the artist retaliates with. The end result often has some freedom to it; it is important, however, to maintain a voice in terms of some human attitude when arguing.
© Richard Ewing all rights reservedI had a friend who took this concept to an extreme, the drawings were fascinating and beautiful, but were far from looking like the sitter in any recognizable way. He didn't care --it was a lot of fun, and the sitter was just a springboard from which he showed off his triple half-gainers and sideways crow hops. (always liked to break the rules).
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