I don't respect Caricatures that are just kinda stereotyped eyes, nose, and mouth on a face shape. That's like 3rd-grader's artwork (please Excuse this generalization). 3rd grad is a time when, because of their comfort with Reading alphabet symbols, their artwork gets symbolized. Symbolic. Certain lines represent certain sounds. And other lines represent certain Pictures.

So just go forward or back. Trying to break away from that, I try to focus on what I really see (but oh eye-function is also connnected to the brain, but that's another story). I try to focus on either See what a Camera would see, or I try to let myself get back to a pre-reading mentality ~ to draw like a 2-year-old. Neither sybolizing 'the face', nor symbolizing the Shapes that we'd see in a photograph. But getting back to that nebula of pure unlabeled vision.

I find this sort of fine-featured face difficult to Cariature ` especially in the Front View. But that's all I saw as I watched this woman speak on YouTube. I guess I could have emphasized the op-shape of her nostril ~ because it's 'different' ~ but that didn't really affect me. So I didn't force a 'funny' by doing that. Unnecessary. I don't have to make anyone laugh.

There I was, pen moving as usual. While watching YouTubes. I tried to 'save' my first picture by adding in a little Color. The Artwork is so Plain ~ almost as bad as the Caricaturists that 'fill in the blanks. But good. It looks like her. Then I tried the simplistic approach differently in the 2nd picture that I drew here. Giving up, Not Outlining. Not setting up for 'the blanks', and I felt like this 2nd drawing is so much more organic. Evolved. Confident. Not bored.

But eeeks. When I look at the final Results, the 2nd one doesn't necessarily Look Better than the first one. Only different. Complicating my life to Be a Real Artist ~ is just making my job harder. It was to just draw the first Caricature.

If I could REALLY get back to the Pre-Symbolic Brain, that would have been worthwhile. For me. If I ever felt like taking the Tiiiiiiime and Effort for it. But the Result would not have been Saleable. And it would not have been usable at a Party ~ when I have to Produce (how many can you do per hour?), and I have to connect with my audience (can't only focus inwards). So I wonder ~ why bother with the 'better' vews that are usable commercially ~ ~ when I could just as well 'just do it'

Sometimes when i draw Caricatures of Celebrities that i actually heard of, im trying to make sense out of my own life. My upbringing. the rivers of thoughts and ideas that pass from one generation to another, from one person to another, from the media into and through me. What does the image of Sean Connery mean? Does it develop healthy attitudes? Does it ruin a generation of boys and girls? What sort of impact will the current Germ-o-phobe Pandemic have on the new generation of children?

I started drawing Sean Connery Saturday night. Based on random photos from the internet. Got the most important part of his attitude. But it's late. I feel tired. I don't have to finish.

Finished it Sunday night hehe

Not for sale. I only sell pictures that I make based on things I really see. Or based on my own photos. or my clients own photos.

Follow Up: I was asked why the blue eyebrows. Here is my answer:

I did a beeline to the eyes in the photo that I was looking at. Frequently when i am drawing Caricatures, i am trying to figure out what sort of impact this stuff had had on me ~ like Sean Connery when i was growing up and his persona was supposed to represent Maleness. Yet a vague memory of his movies (i could be wrong) makes me feel..... Womanizer! (is that a word?). I imaged Blue Eyebrows sort of like 'true blue' because i felt as though he'd b trying to fool me into thinking that he can be trusted with his eyes. Blue. Sky. Peaceful. You-can-trust-me Eyes. Even though everything else is screaming Caution!Danger! He's also hiding a dangerous Explosion behind his back. And a Hypnotic 'Flower' to confuse a woman who is about to be burned by his cigarette

I played Scattegories and Boggle with some of my Scrabble friends . Online.

Caricatures while chatting. Just some light easy doodling

Caricature drawn in Procreate. I just felt like this early '60's type scene was better handled with Procreate than my beloved Fresco. Even which app or which medium that an Artist chooses is part of the creation.