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"The creation of a single caricature comes from a huge number of fragments and chaos."
~Hayao Ewing

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Oh thank the blessed Lord for clothing...
(and those talented and quick enough to design them)nnt

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Honeybees are known to have an affinity for caffeine, however, they are nowhere nearly as fun to draw as humans (and their attendant condiments).

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Keep on keeping elbows in your composition.  It provides a return angle without altering your message much.  
If your victim sitter has no elbows, find another way.

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Depresso is when your espresso is made with decaffeinated coffee grounds.
~or when your drawing pen runs dry.
same diff...

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Drawing caricatures in public is much better than riding a stationary bike in the gym, it's a total body workout 
--for artist and victim sitter.

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The only way to learn what your line is about is to thread it daily.
--only when passing the point of boredom does invention occur,
and a new thread appear.

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here it is ...
watch the line come and go.

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A Caricature Americano is an extreme distortion of the face watered down with indecision as to where the focus is.

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Interesting play with line weight is vital for many visual notions.
Use it judiciously -and not for solely decorative purposes, as the variety will, in the end, be decorative regardless.

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The movement you need is on their shoulder...
--it's the curling support for the head.

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Semaphores and semicolons: know when to use both judiciously. 

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Find the brakes, and use them to move with.

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