A potential Client told me she wants Dark Humor at her Wedding. I agreed ~ I said that I would try to impost Dark Humor onto her Guest's Caricatures. I felt like it would be ..... different for me. A change. Because I do Not usually draw like this.

I tried it out a few times here in the studio. I used reference photos from Caricatures that I previously drew just fine at other Parties.

It turned out to be an unpleasant activity for me. Because I have to 'feel' the attitude that I choose to impose onto the picture. I usually enjoy the feeling that I get when I am drawing all sorts of Happy Party People (now I understand why people feel so uplifted when I am working a Party).

Like being an Actress ~ I figured that it might be good to 'explore it. I gave it a try in my time off ~ to make sure I would be able to give my Client the Party she wants. This is what I came up with. I refused to add arbitrary things like knives and 'blood', but I would impse a disturbing attitude ~ if I could.

Turns out that it is just not fun to feel like that. I would be willing to accept this upcoming job, this time. But it's not going to feel good for me to do this for several Hours at the Party. It is going to be Work.

watching people at Parties

making them Laugh

Here are a few of the Caricatures that I drew at the Party where my Agent requested that I draw Tamer Caricatures. It actually turned out to be a marvelous group of people ~ much quite ready to have fun. It was a Childrens' Birthday Party ~ with both Children and Grown Ups. They asked me to draw the Children first ~ only drawing the Adults if there is still time after that.

The children were playing ~ running around the house ~ coming back into the Main Party Room for Caricatures, Food, Costume-play to be like (Kiss?) Musicians, Playing Piano, and Drums ~ one of the Very Young Children just blew my mind at how cool he was ~ seemed to be playing the Drums without having had lessons, not formally 'schooled' in 'drum playing', but HE SOUNDED GREAT!

Anyway, I digress. The Children were there for Fun. And the Grown Ups (including a lot of Parents) were comfortably looking on ~ snacking ~ and obviously entertained with the Caricatures that were coming out. And like I said, the more I stretched the boundaries, the better they get. And the more animated the party guests get. They were very open to Exaggeration, but I kept it toned down. Especially at the beginning of the Party. But the guests (and host/hostess) were encouraging me to make funny pictures.

I never quite let it go. I kept a lid on it because my Agent had same 'Tamer'. Awwww..... the people were very happy with my performance, but if they only knew what I Could have done.....

I'll try to get a chance to post a few more later today.

When I am hired with the instructions to 'tone down my drawings', this is the sort of stuff that we get. It's good, but the more I stretch the boundaries, the better they get. And the more animated the party guests get.