[Looking for feedback] My first (good) caricature!
3yr
Jason Arizona
Hey, proko community! I am hot off the 100 heads challenge from Ahmed Aldoori, and noticed one of my main issues for most of it was capturing a likeness.
For my first caricature, I chose comedian/youtuber Trevor Wallace (because I drew his hands 300 times in different poses across three days) He has a pretty distinct facial structure, with a very square face and prominent cheekbones that go down to his chin.
I've attached a picture of the finished painting, the thumbnail sketch, and the original reference (a frame from https://youtu.be/FApbkER3uIY?t=13). I think that through the process of drawing, the head's pose changed slightly.
Overall I think this was a pretty successful painting! The only major flaws I can see are that there's a slight tangent around where his smile line meets the nose, the brushwork is a tad sloppy, and the hair could be a bit more interesting. Maybe with some more color notes. The colors are also a bit flatter than I'd like, though I guess that's just a product of how I work.
I like the very polygonal shape language, though. Looking Leyendecker-y is usually a good thing! What I may not be so keen on is the fact it looks like I'm aping Court Jones (the person who teaches the caricature fundamentals course here) a bit too closely. I hope that's just a product of using the same process, which can be fixed as I get deeper into drawing faces and heads.
So, all in all, I'm proud of this painting, but I'm entirely willing to believe in a couple month's time I'll look back at it and wince.
What do you think? Where could I improve? What am I doing right?
