Feb 22

Written by: Guido Salimbeni
2/22/2009 10:45 PM

These are a couple of rules to take care when you will send me the photos by email for your caricature gift:

Your submitted photo file(s) should clearly show the face and be in focus. Make sure the lighting and background doesn't obscure any features. I also need recent photos of the subject and I really need more then just one photos, in order to investigate the facial features, which is essential for the way i draw,  i need to see the face from different points of view..

 The fact is, working from still photos is not my preferred method for drawing caricatures. When I draw caricatures of celebrities I never use photos if I can avoid it, as I much prefer to sketch them from watching video. By seeing my subject in motion, I find that I get a better feel for their simple visual design without getting bogged down with extraneous details. Also, I am equally as interested in capturing their distinctive personality in addition to their physical likeness and this too is more easily achieved by seeing my subject in action. For me, video is my favourite medium to work from, even better than real life, as it is totally controllable in my ability to play over or pause on a single frame for studying something in depth. When I work from still photos, I must admit I can't guarantee a great likeness of the subject, as the best I can hope for is that the interpretation results in something fairly close to the reference photos provided.
 

 

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