Cartooning the Body – How to Caricature the Figure

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Cartooning the Body – How to Caricature the Figure

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Court Jones

in Art of Caricature

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Assignment

Find or take photos of some extreme body types. They lend themselves better to caricature. And bodies in good action poses are even better still. Practice your caricature bodies by starting with the gesture of the pose, and then build your anatomy around it. Also figure out how big or small the head should be in relation to the body.

Thieum

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7mo

Hi there! A figure caricature from a Pirates of the Caribbean scene. I tried to apply Court's process, with a gesture sketch, a rough sketch and then a final sketch. After which I added a background to try to bring out the characters a little more.

Patrick Bosworth

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7mo

Excellent caricatures! I love the breakdown/process here too. Really great work! I think you could push Will Turner's gesture a bit more, his torso and leg make him feel a little stiff. The addition of the costume seems like you made some corrections and pushed it there, but he still feels a little upright. I love the rendering, especially in Jack Sparrow's sword arm, I think the arms and lower legs for Will Turner are a little flattened by the straight hatching, I'd love to see those forms, and drapery turn a bit more like in Jack's costume. Hope this helps!