Portrait sketch of Courtney Love

Today I tried a more realistic portrait of Courtney Love. This took about 20 minutes and is all digital.

Rough Sketch of Courtney Love

This was a very quick sketch. I think I need to find a good photo reference and then caricature from that instead of extrapolating or synthesizing a face out of my head using photos that aren't the same angle etc. So I'm still looking for that perfect shot of her to use as my source. This took 10 minutes and is all digital.

African Head Study-003

This is another African head study. This one took about 20 minutes and is all digital.

Weekend Head studies of African Boy

This weekend I sketched African faces. I really enjoy the geometries and the colors. It is very easy for a white artist to put his or her own facial features into another person's portrait or caricature. At least I find myself doing that all the time. These studies are meant to help me explore the beautiful differences in other races without the fear of the subject not liking it. These are just doodles...the same sort I would make in my drawing notebooks... each took about 20 minutes to do and they are both digital.

Caricature of Nicolas Sarkozy - Tweak-002

Yesterday I did a caricature of Nicolas Sarkozy and today I did some minor tweaks to make it a better likeness. I arched the eyebrows more and rotated the eyes a bit to make them more worried or sad looking with heavier thicker lids. I also worked more on the nose and some of the facial creases. Total time for yesterday and today about 40 minutes.

Caricature of Nicolas Sarkozy

Today I decided to do a sketch to enter into this weeks' caricature contest at Bookface Caricature Contest group on Facebook. The target is France's Nicolas Sarkozy. This was all digital and it took about 30 minutes.

Tina Turner sketch-001

This is my first rough sketch for an upcoming Tina Turner caricature contest this week at CS3000 on Facebook. It is pretty rough but I only spent about 15 min on it. In the next sketch I will make the mouth bigger, hair bigger and more wild , reduce the scale of the body down and maybe look for a sexier pose, I dunno.