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I am very flattered to be celebrated this week on another illustrator's blog.  Koosje Koene, an illustrator from Amsterdam (The Netherlands), has honored me by showcasing my art on her Inspiration Station.  Check it out.
Check out her work too ~on her blog.  And get info on the classes she teaches as well.
Thank you Koosje.

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Impossible distortions emanate from distorted possibilities.

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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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The weight of the center of the mass of the head should be visually spun (like a rotor in a gyroscope) at the speed implied by the sitter's body mannerisms and general energy.    This imagined internal shoving about can define the outer limits of the caricatured head, as well as the direction of the distortion(s).

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It's important to build the skill of averting one's eye direction, so as to not let on who exactly it is you are drawing.  Once a person realizes they're being drawn, they will auto-correct and give you a pretension. ...or a stink eye. ...or they may just up and leave altogether.
or give you a quick splash of Arabian Mocha~Java...

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The inner personality will out.
Whether one wills it or not.

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IF ...jungle/robot/travel

Bilbo Baggins traveled from the comfort of his globular existence to confront the wilds and bizarros of the not-so-urban jungle  ~encountering trolls, wolves, giant spiders, changelings and Gollum all on the road to defeating a dragon.  Such a dose of adventure can lead to habitual wanderlust.
~likely a hard hobbit to break...

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Dancing goats notwithstanding, we must enjoy our coffee in a calm and sociably acceptable manner when in public coffee houses.
or else...    baaaaaa-d karma.  

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As long as the eyes are going in the intended direction, you can get away with an astounding amount of variety in approach... ~~from the anatomically precise to mere figments of the pen; at times, you can even manage with not drawing them at all!
In terms of liberty taking, the eyes certainly have it.

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IF ...Protest/Equality

Blacklisted and later awarded the Kennedy Center Honor from the president all in one lifespan, Pete Seeger lived a life of musical protest for the environment, for disarmament and for civil rights ~among other issues.  Still recording and protesting at the age of 94 it is difficult to find his equal.
Where have all the banjos gone?

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Balance is the essence of human design. 

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