August Ender

Last day of August, 14th Day in Caricatures, thought I'd conclude the month with my drawings today, especially since I had a run of interesting customers.


The boy started making silly faces, and I told him I'd draw him that way if he could hold it. So I did. And the grandmother laughed so hard while I was drawing it she actually started crying. Likeness is better on the girl, but she wasn't as much fun.


This couple watched me draw the kids and wanted to get one done (which means they like my style, I think.) The guy was in the navy and wanted to be on a boat fishing. The girl liked the anchor in one of the display drawings, so I gave her an anchor. They were pretty pleased, but I felt it was a little rushed because they wanted to ride a few more rides before close.


I'm also trying to really push exaggeration in my drawings. Who better to practice on than oneself? Thankfully, I have plenty of angles to play with. No one really seems to care for this drawing though. I like it.
On to more people that I drew just to keep myself sane in an empty park. This girl was actually walking around with her hand on her hip and an umbrella. (There was no rain today) She kind of reminded me of one of the girls I drew previously, but I think I like this one better.

I decided to draw pretty girls today. I think if you can exaggerate and caricature the pretty people (and still make them pretty), then the average and unblessed become that much better. This girl smiled at me and she had awesome cheeks. But I had two customers in the middle of drawing her and I couldn't remember her clothes or colors. Theme park in Florida, the given attire is a pretty educated guess. I didn't notice until I uploaded that I forgot to put shadow on one of her eyelids, this has since been remedied.

Makes me think of pokemon.


This girl first caught my eye because I noticed only one of her boobs jiggled. Which sounds really pig headed of me, but she had an interesting walk that made only one jiggle. It was fascinating, I tell you! And then I looked at her face and I KNEW I would have to put it on paper.


I told Marlon today I wanted to be one of "the greats". I don't really know about all that, I just want to have a style that stands out from everyone else. In a good way. I want people and co-workers to be like "Yes, I want a Jared caricature."

I've given myself a year to get that good. That leaves 11 months. Let's see what happens.

-J