Hi, I’m Phil, an Expert  Live Caricature Artist Based In Melbourne

What is a Caricature?

A caricature is essentially a portrait which exaggerates the key features of a person in a way that creates humour and maintains the person’s recognisability.

When you look at a completed caricature, you need to be able to say “THAT’S HIM!” or “THAT’S HER!”. This reaction may be brought about by recognising the person’s eyes, hair, chin, nose, mouth, ears or any distinct feature which makes that person unique.

Creating a good likeness in a caricature is the best way in which to achieve recognisability. This is done by capturing the person’s expression which mainly involves the eyes and mouth working in tandem together (the other facial features follow on from this to form the complete picture).

Some people have small squinty eyes and a big smile, others have larger droopy eyes with an over bite or buck teeth. This is the primary reason all good caricature artists will always ask their subjects to smile. It creates their signature EXPRESSION!

Once the likeness is present along with a certain degree of exaggeration, you should be able to recognise the person being drawn. And that, is what a caricature is fundamentally about.

So the next time you hear someone say, “A caricature is ONLY supposed to be funny, it’s not supposed to look like you”, DON’T BELIEVE IT!

Cheers, Phil.

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