Make Your
Own Custom Caricature
Caricatures are drawings of a subject that emphasize physical and personality traits in either a satirical or a humorous fashion. Drawing caricatures can be a good way for an artist to earn extra money. Many artists do caricatures at fairs and amusement parks. You might also want to make custom caricatures for family and friends. Whether you want to draw caricatures for profit or fun, you can learn to find features in your subjects and enhance them to create your own custom caricatures.
Instructions
1. Choose a photograph to work from. It can be a photograph of a family member or friend, a celebrity, or even a photograph of yourself. If you want to create an original caricature, consider basing it on a photograph but changing certain features to fit the caricature you want to create.
2. Examine the photograph and determine which features are most naturally prominent. If the subject's forehead seems a little high or his chin is a little long, those are the features you want to enhance. Do a rough sketch of the subject without emphasizing any features first. This will ensure that you have an accurate representation of the original look.
3. Erase the sections of your sketch that you intend to modify. This allows you to keep all of the other features. As you emphasize features (make the ears bigger, widen the forehead, fatten the lips) of your subject, you will retain all of her other features. The key is to make the subject recognizable even with modified features.
4. Draw the body on your caricature. Consider keeping the body small in relation to the head. Caricatures often have a bobblehead appearance. If your caricature is based on someone who has a specific style of dress, be sure to include that element in your drawing.
