Exaggeration

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 04:08:47 | Caricaturing

Exaggeration is the life of a cartoon or caricature. Really that is what they are exaggerations. The three forms of exaggeration in a humorous drawing are, exaggeration of form, expression, and action. However, exaggeration of the face and head in caricaturing is the purpose of this chapter, and exaggeration of action will be treated in a separate chapter on action. A caricature is an exaggerated drawing, having a likeness of one particular person. This statement raises the question of what to...

Pen Lines and Materials

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:24:46 | Caricaturing

The necessary material used in drawing caricatures are few and inexpensive if we compare them to the tools of some of the professions such as surgery, etc. Hie student of caricaturing should procure a number of drawing pens in various siies. Gillotts drawing pens are perhaps the most widely used of all pens by cartoonists and pen apd mkarti m general- For drawing cartoons and caricatures stzejf are the ones moat usetk-Qther and styles of pens may be very useful espeaaU ljowl pomt gt ens for...

Pianist 1

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:28:06 | Caricaturing

Of Woodrow Wilson might be drawn with curved lines, but it would perhaps not be as good as this drawing and would lack its originality. However, the drawing of R. T. Coffin could hardly be drawn well with straight lines due to the round face. Neither could that of Carnegie, for the same reason. They are simply not adapted to the techniques employed in some of the other drawings. If the head is drawn in a modernistic technique, the body, if a body is u amp d, should be in the same style. This...

Double

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:48:40 | Caricaturing

Lettering is necessary in most forms of commercial art. The student of Commercial Art, Cartooning, or Caricaturing should acquire some knowledge of this subject. Therefore, this short chapter is included so that the student may know the first steps in lettering. Oily the most important points in lettering can be treated here, for lettering is a long subject, enough for a book in itself. In fact there are many books published on lettering and the student is advised to obtain a good one on this...