Wow ~ I love how they came out.

I finally got tired of the tedious fill-in-the-blanks style that I had been shown for digital Caricatures. I sat back, made a lot of layers on my IPad, but then just used a few of them (sometimes even just one), and I drew easily/freely ~ just going for the most important parts of the Caricature and then playing with the ArtStudio app. Comfortable. Not sure how long they took me, but I know it was less than the tedious crap I had been shown.

The Caricatures didn't end up as accurate a likeness as I'm accustomed to getting on paper, but the impact more than made up for that. I love how they look.

So I went to the next step in my studies for offering digital Caricatures. I printed them out. Looked great even on plain paper, Phenominol on Glossy Paper. I even sized them to leave a border around the prints ~ looks frame-like. Crisp. Dramatic.

Did you ever notice that the same picture looks different in different settings? That the same clothes look different when you get to the Party than when you're dressing at home? The same attitude looks different in your family's kitchen than at your friends' Party?

Studying my technique. I felt like I would be able to interpret it better if I saw it posted on my blog. Looks different than when I just look at the pictures here on the papers. I want to see if it's really better if I put in the extra steps.

I think it is. So it makes me wonder when clients tell me to cut back on details so they can get More More More papers. I, myself, would rather buy one picture that I'd want to hang up than buy three pictures that I just think are good ideas. Basically the same artwork, the same vision from the same artist. But the extra steps make the pictures better. And here I'm just dealing with black/white.

The first picture is my direct pass ~ just the Caricature. The second picture is the same picture with an Outline added. Better. The third picture is the same picture with the outline and then also a little bit of Shading. Even Better.

Here I am. Trying to photograph the shirt I recently made for a t-shirt party. Trying to photograph my own front And back. Lol.

Maybe the drawings will show up better if I just drape the shirt on the back of the chair:

What had happened was that I had been hired to draw Caricatures on t-shirts. Wintertime. So I didn't feel like wearing a short-sleeved shirt. I felt happy that I was able to throw this together. Then I was really impressed with my client. She included Sweatshirts for me to draw on at the Party. That was a great experience. I really liked drawing on the soft fabric. Oh so lovely. I feel so happy.

I got an IPad ~ Hmmmm, maybe I'll get in to Digital Party Caricatures. I like the Poster-Type look of Paint-Bucketing.

So first, well 2nd after getting the thing. The second thing I'll have to do is figure out how to draw on it. I got the ArtStudio app and a few styluses..... I'll play around with it while watching tv:

The first picture is #Chumly, a character on the show #PawnStars. Didn't know what I was doing with these new supplies. I drew the whole thing on one layer.

Gotta get more facile with this IPad thingy. Started checking out things like Layers and Gradient Tool. Didn't care anymore about who I was drawing, and I came up with the second picture. Looks nice and clean.

So I felt like I was ready to be really good. And I drew the third picture. Also, not time yet to make it actually look like someone. I'm just trying to get acquainted with the IPad. Maybe I'm trying too hard here. The third picture too busy?

My studies must be continued. Before I'm ready to take this show on the road!