Trying my hand at caricatures

[maddiejoan]

what do ya'll think?

[NNN0LHI]

1. Your hand is good

I would keep doing more of this type of thing if I were you. Might even make some money at it some day?

Don

[Bonobo]

2. Awesome!

[NanceGreggs]

3. WOW!!!

These are GREAT!!!!

:kick:

[sandnsea]

4. Excellent

Especially the Obama one - and I never say anything I don't mean. Those are good.

[tekisui]

5. Well done.

[Buzz Clik]

6. Holy crapoli! Those are outstanding!

[MoonRiver]

7. Awesome! However,

Hillary looks way too young, :sarcasm:.

[maddiejoan]

8. well, I'm gonna save the snarky ones for the pukes :)

heh heh

[Cronus Protagonist]

9. Obama's ears are too big

...I only noticed because he has such cute small ears in real life... but the likeness is great!

[shadowknows69]

10. Very nice

Flattering even to a certain extent when you consider how over the top caricature can be. Nice conservative style (no offense intended lol)

[Bonobo]

11. K&R! I would like to see DU adopt these as avatars! If MaddieJoan doesn't mind.

[maddiejoan]

14. I'd be honored!

thanks, bro!

[helderheid]

60. Can we get an Edwards one? :D Oh, and Gore? LOVE them!

[MonkeyFunk]

12. wow!

Very good, Maddie!

[parasim]

13. Very Nice!

Barack is the better of the two... But Hillary is pretty good too, but there's something about that I can't quite put my finger on. (As a caricaturist myself, I always have a tough time doing caricatures of women, so please don't take this as anything but a constructive critique.)

If you are interested, maybe you could post them on this messageboard for caricaturists (and other types of artists, too.) http://www.drawingboard.org/viewforum.php?f=8&sid=ad12fa116c33fd07355f56a5989456ea

I did one of Barack a while back and the feedback I got from the other caricaturists was very helpful.

[maddiejoan]

15. Thanks for the tip!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

16. those are great!

You have a wonderful talent!

[Lint Head]

17. I don't think the ears are too big. It's a caricature. There should

be exaggerations to more define the character to the extreme. Did you train for this or are you just plain talented? :dem:

[maddiejoan]

20. I've been an artist for a long time--

but haven't really done any caricatures since I was a kid.

so thought I'd try to dust-off that part of my brain this morning and see what happened.

[Lint Head]

34. These are fantastic. You need to pitch your talents. Good artists

are in demand, especially in this day and age of digital and graphic images. :dem:

[maddiejoan]

39. Truthfully

am unemployed since September --THIS is part pitching my talents ;)

[shadowknows69]

35. I'll second that

I think they're in good proportion. Obama does have an long angular face which you've demonstrated well. I'm not an artist but I was raised by two of them FWIW.

[sinkingfeeling]

18. Very well done!

[flashl]

19. Nice.

[90-percent]

21. Very Talented

One of my major regrets in life is I stopped drawing in my late teens. It was so magical to me when I started getting good. wow, I made that!

Now I feel like doing it again is like a one hit wonder trying to make a comeback in middle age. I'd be struggling to get as good as when I was 14.

Good work and stay with it. Your talent is priceless and will always reward you!

-85% Jimmy

[NNN0LHI]

26. I never could draw jack

Always wished I could and tried and tried and tried but just didn't have what it takes. Doesn't prevent me from enjoying looking at stuff by talented people though. Got lucky there.

Don

[JuniperLea]

22. Beauteous!

Keep it up!!

[madokie]

23. looks fine to me

[maddiejoan]

24. Heeeeeeeer's Rudy!

[madokie]

30. what about cheney

;-)
You're good

[whistle]

32. Add exploding twin towers lapel pin and make the eyes more rat like

...leave the flag in

[sarge43]

25. We want more!

You got the gift.

[maddiejoan]

38. Here's John Edwards!

[sarge43]

40. Excellent! Thanks. n/t

[goodgd_yall]

27. Quite good! n/t

[cali]

28. Impressive and so much fun! Thanks for sharing

your talent with us, maddie. I particularly love the Obama one. You captured something essential about him.

[Beausoir]

29. I admire your talent!

[whistle]

31. Nailed the Obama one perfectly, but he will be pissed about the ears

...as for Hillary give it dark eyebrows and a round face and I believe you will have it pretty much nailed with her also

[lunatica]

33. Excellent!

There is no doubt whatsoever as to who that is and that's what makes it fabulous. No one has to stop and think about it. It's very slick and comparable to the best cartoonists!

Congrats!
:yourock:

Guiliani's is good, but I wouldn't guess right away that it's him. Maybe if you make his forehead and head more squareish and blocky and his hair dark. And when he smiles big you can see his gums and his teeth look oversize and long.

[radfringe]

36. fantastic!!!!!!!

[Karenina]

37. BOTH made me laugh out loud!!!

Hill's looks like the cat that swallowed the canary! :rofl:

[Whisp]

41. wow! these are Excellent!

very impressive!
you have any more???????

[maddiejoan]

42. Just started doing these today :)

I'm going to start working out some of them as political commentary as well :)

Thanks!

[Blue-Jay]

43. Pretty good!

[immoderate]

44. Suggestion...

And maybe it's a tough one, but think about context. Add posture, activity objects and/or backgrounds. What, exactly, I don't know, but I don't have your drawing talent either.

--IMM

[maddiejoan]

45. Thanks!

I agree --that is the next logical step :)

Storytelling is always a good thing!

[blogslut]

46. Very nice

Did you use a graphics tablet?

[maddiejoan]

47. sure do!

Makes life much much easier!

[blogslut]

48. I wish I had a better one

The stylus on mine is either too sensitive or not sensitive enough. Sigh. Regardless, I could never draw as well as you can. Good job. :hi:

[timtom]

49. Excellent!

I'm jealous. I wanna be a cartoonist (and I will, too..) and I haven't a lick of talent.

[alfredo]

56. A sick mind properly applied can be confused with talent.

[alfredo]

50. You got your 5 Rec's Great work.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

51. Those are excellent !!

You're very talented maddiejoan :)

:hi: :applause: :hug:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

52. not enough wrinkles.

[maddiejoan]

53. I'm curious

If these were made available on cafepress --would anyone be interested ya think?

[diddlysquat]

54. These are fantastic!

[helderheid]

61. HELL yes!

[madeline_con]

55. Is Hillary drunk?

EDIT Theyr'e really good, BTW.

[Judi Lynn]

57. Kicking! Looking good. n/t

[Kolesar]

58. I was looking at your avatar the other day and thinking it was animated

The highlights "look the same" as your Obama and Clinton artwork.

You're good. You should be proud. I could see where a magazine or online magazine might want caricatures like yours at intervals. There is a cartoon syndicate owned by a man named Cagle who might find you work. BTW, what program do you use?

[maddiejoan]

62. Thanks!

I use Illustrator and Photoshop

working on some flash animations with these now :)

[helderheid]

59. EXCELLENT! Keep em coming!!