IPAD CARICATURES DRAWN IN ARTSTUDIO APP

heres a series of ArtStudio caricature done of Subway commuters and one Dunkin Donut Customer.

PRESTON RIDDICK GUNG FU INSTRUCTOR

I had a flash of Nostalgia this week as I remembered my old Kung Fu Instructor, Preston Riddick. Sifu Riddick was my first instructor back in the 70's when the martial arts was something you studied when you wanted to take your life into your hands. The instructors were brutal and harsh as most of them were ex military men from Vietnam. I dont know if Sifu Riddick was a vet, but he sure was pretty intimidating. He was also a bodybuilder and compared to a chubby 11 year old boy which I was, he seemed like the incredible hulk only sporting an Afro and Shades.

Sifu Riddick was a fitness fanatic and drilled his students hard on calisthenics making us do endless laps around the gym, not to mention push ups and situps until you felt like puking and after you were totally exhausted and feverish... THEN  we would do our Gung Fu Training!.... I loved every minute of it. As I got older I found out that he was an outstanding activist in the Fort Greene/Pratt Institutecommunity where the school was located and taught other arts like drawma and drumming.

ABSTRACT CARTOONY CARICATURE

As i mentioned in a previous post, its helpful to be able to draw caricature sin a variety of styles as some faces lend themselves to different types of caricature, sometimes photo realistic, sometimes cartoony, sometimes abstract, sometimes exaggerated. Its also great fun for the artist to challenge himself by drawing in a style that hes comparitively speaking, unfamiliar. In this picture my using a cartoony abstract style.

SAME FACE DIFFERENT STYLES

I think its a good idea for a caricature artist to have more than one style under his belt. Not only does it break up the monotony of drawing everyone the same way, but Ive found that  some faces lend themselves to one style more than another. Ive drawn people whose faces practically scream the word, "CARTOON!" while others lend themselves more to photorealism , and still others  scream "EXAGGERATE ME!" this guy, who I call Big Red, had the best of both worlds going. He originally thought Id just caricature his NOSE mainly, but I told hijm he had much more going on in his face!

CONEY ISLAND CARICATURES

 I swear, every party I go to theres at least ONE guy there with bushy eyebrows!!

 I didn't think at first this pady would appreciate me drawing her nose so prominently, but she ended up loving the caricature. You just never know how people are going to react.

All of these caricatures were drawn at a recent gig in Coney Island. I originally drew them in black and white, then immediately drew a copy of each for myself that I knew I would color later in ARTSTUDIO for  IPad

FACES ON THE SUBWAY SHUTTLE BUS

The Far Rockaway Shuttle bus traveling from Mott Ave to Howard Beach is a great time to catch faces while you ride. Here are a few memorable ones.

FATHER SON CARICATURES

Ive been Caricaturing my sonk Gerard all his life, much to his embarrassment because i usually show no mercy! this timje, however I decided to do a complimentary picture of him since he is in seminary now pursuing a career as a Lutheran Pastor. I wouldnt want a bad caricature to haunt him as one of his parishioners in the future would be bound to dig up the picture one day! On myself however, I had no mercySome would call this self hate.....