A caricature is a fun drawing that can turn a boring portrait into an engaging caricature-like representation. One thing that makes caricatures amazing is the way they are distorted or overdrawn without losing their identity.
No matter how a person’s nose is drawn too big for his face, he can still recognize the person depicted in the cartoon. This, in fact, makes caricatures much more attractive than usual portraits. It also makes drawing more fun.
If you are interested in learning how to draw a caricature, one thing you must learn is to learn how to draw people’s faces in the correct proportion. You can do this by starting with a photo and drawing it as it is.
Learn how to look for identifying characteristics in a photo. In fact, if you want to learn how to draw a cartoon, you have to learn how to look at a face and what features of the face you can exaggerate. If your subject has a large nose, jowls, or round eyes, and these are the first features of the face that “jump out” when you first look at it, then you have the part that you can exaggerate.
Some faces can have features that are difficult to exaggerate, but with constant practice, you can easily learn to tell them apart. There are also different ways on how to draw the different features of the face to make it look like a cartoon. You can learn to draw eyes, nose, chin, hair, etc., just like in cartoons. Solid black lines are often used in this process, as are single lines. There may be some shading, but only a little.
If you are interested in learning the different elements of how to draw cartoons, it is important to get a detailed guide that will help you step by step through the process. However, a video tutorial can also be good.
Now, if you have drawn your photo in pencil or with bold black lines, you can start drawing various caricatures that exaggerate the different features of the face. You can draw one with an exaggerated nose and one with exaggerated eyes or chin; then you can choose from the caricatures the one that most closely resembles the photo you have, or the one in which the person can still be identified even with distortion or exaggeration
In fact, it’s important to note that the most important elements of a cartoon are its likeness to the subject or person you’re drawing. Without verisimilitude, it cannot be a caricature. Another important element is the exaggeration of the drawing. Of course, cartoons must have exaggerations or else they are not cartoons. Apart from these, caricatures also convey a message about the character being drawn.
