We either Love, or we don't.

Warming up for today's gig. I used the first photo that popped up on my website. The less animated photo of the first people that I posted in the previous post about the Fun Office.

First I drew a nice plain Caricature like the ones I see online. Nice:

And then the other lady. Not my greatest, but okay:

Then, even though it's more fun for the Artist to draw Individuals, I drew them together on one paper. Because it's sometimes requested at Parties:

Okay. I'm feeling constrained. I switched to Exaggerated:

Okay. But it's not quite Enough. Even though I had gone for the Exaggeration, I still felt constrained by my initial project here tonight ~ of drawing 'Face', aka eyes nose mouth. So I just gave up on drawing it 'Right', and I did it in My Own Style. Exaggerated and free.

Obviously, the style I developed is Better. It evolved through years of Experience. I am reminded once again to Stop second guessing myself.

A person would much rather display the upbeat creative freely Exaggerated picture in the house!

My client sent me more reference photos from her Wedding. So I could also design a Gift FASHION SKETCH for them After the Wedding ~ to capture the feel of the evening.

So many choices to make. So many moments. So many interpretations.

I drew the first happy Wedding Picture directly on the paper, and mailed it to my client through the Post Office. That should have been finished with the project. But......

Looking at it until I got around to packaging it up, I wondered..... why am I always accentuating the bottom-flair of her Wedding dress? If you didn't know that it was starting at her knees, quick glance might interpret it as a skirt that started at the waist. That's not right....... I wonder what the Exaggerated FASHION SKETCH would look like if I exaggerated how that bottom part of her dress restricts movement ~ by gathering it right down at her feet.... I know what it's like to wear a straight skirt.....

So I drew a 2nd Gift FASHION SKETCH. This time on the IPad. If you click on the mp4 link below, you can see the process.

Lol. If you CLICK ON that mp4 LINK BELOW, you can see what directs an Artist. You will see 2 more completely different ideas quickly pass by in the video. If I didn't have so many other jobs to turn my attention to, I would be drawing even 2 More of these Gift FASHION SKETCHES.

Can you tell what the Other 2 ideas are ~ the 2 ideas that I didn't (yet?) draw? I'll post the answers in a few days from now.

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Experienced. Fun. Great Artwork. Alison's worked at famous venues, including Carnegie Hall and Sardi's. As well as Restaurants and and Homes.

Alison's esketches are drawn on IPad and printed on 4x6 paper so Guests can take the Caricatures home with them.

If desired, Guests can watch their friends being drawn. Always fascinating to be surprised by the fantastic Artwork. And they not only see what is drawn, but they can also see how it's done ~ they can see what the Artist is doing. For Traditional Media, they can see the Artist's approach and what tools she chooses. For e-Sketches, they can see how the Artist handles Layers, Selections, Brushes, Tools, etc. Yes fascinating. Fantastic.