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Facial expression can be used as a lead towards your distortion decisions.  This entails paying attention to which features are activated and which are in support mode.  Sometimes pitting expression against form~insistence works wonders for the soul of the  victim  sitter.

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In caricature, it is sometimes a worthy goal to try to capture less-defined human traits such as 'anticipation'. This trait would need to be a careful blend of an underlying leading rhythm and a suspension of the key elements of the current expression.
I usually can't wait to get started...

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During the bicycle craze of the 1890s the New York Times opined:
"If the increase continues, the time is not very distant when not to own and ride a bicycle will be a confession that one is not able-bodied, is exceptionally awkward, or is hopelessly belated".  -July 13, 1895
Here, one might suspect, are some primed for the confessional...

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