
CARICATURES

WORKING WITH EXAGGERATION
In my opinion, a caricature isn't really a portrait. While it does capture the subject's likeness, it also warps at least one physical feature by exaggeration. I do most of my caricature linework by hand, scan it in, and then add color and effects in Photoshop. I like to use a sturdy brush pen for the linework, such as a Prisma brush marker.
It helps me to be familiar with the subject's behavoir and movements before coming up with a new design for his or her face, if I may put it that way. For example, when I think of the late comedian Sean Lock without looking at a picture of him, I notice that in my mind, all his features are scrunched up toward the center of his face, giving his chin and forehead plenty of room to breathe. I did a similar thing with Michael Legge's caricature below, except I scrunched it vertically instead of horizontally. It's not until I choose the exaggeration that I pick out a reference photo to work from.

Stewart Lee

Jo Brand

Peter Serafinowicz

Stephen K. Amos

Susan Calman

Ricky Gervais

Ben Moor

Paul Foot

Phill Jupitus

Robert Llewellyn

Michael Legge

Jessica Hynes

Matt Lucas

Tim Vine

Karl Pilkington

Hattie Hayridge

Simon Jones
