[georgetroy]

I made some cartoon drawings on the computer. I was wondering how these would work for Caricatures? Showing a photo of 4 of them. These are vector drawings and can be sized to any size. Shading and other features can be added. You will see a front view which is enough for me to work from. GT

[Thomp]

With your ability and creations of your own you have the skills of seeing in 3 dimensions from a flat 2d drawing you have some great skills that some of us folks will never develop..

a frontal view of a charter cant tell you how long the nose is or how far back on the head to place the ears how deep the eye orbits are off the forehead or cheeks. or if the jaw juts out or is recessed...

the eye to understand and proportions a side view out of a frontal image is what is necessary to become a great pattern maker,
and that is what makes a good carver of charters as well... other than the skills with tools..

if you have the knowledge of digital graphics you should be on your way to a enjoying a great hobby of whichever you choose sculpting carving building.....

i have always been stumped with proportions when duplicating cartoon carters, I bought a projector scope that projects images to an enlarged or it can be shrank but still the light projected image has to be traced. i gave up because it was a big production for little product.

after getting a great amount of help from the print features in intraview it allow me to re size the pre printed image without effecting the saved image,, then from the sized printed image i am able to work on the details of side view by using horizontal lines as reference of the major features.
on my blog page i did a bob the builder cartoon image for my grandson, the only image i could find at the time was a thumbnail image about the size of a postage stamp here's what turned out'
http://thompsblog5.blogspot.com/
for me it was good enough for a 1-1/2 year old to recognize so i did the windy charter shortly afterward.. he is 2 1/2 now and i been showed them every day by him...so i guess its time to make more as he has wore off the paint and ears.. the charters simply wasn't produced for kids to play with.. so i fixed that...

again you have a great talent there and i would love to see more of your work..
Thomas

[whitecree]

I envy you. I've always wanted to draw cartoon characters, but could never "get it". Those samples would be great for caricature carvers if you also had a profile of each. Keep up the good drawings, and let us see how your carvings of them come out!

[Tidewalker]

Amazing drawings, I love them all. I am trying to teach myself how to draw cartoons as well as I think it would be a great talent to compliment woodcarving. Thanks for sharing!

Darren

[Mitchell]

While cartoons (and being able to draw them) do help the caricature carver, the "better" caricature carvers don't really carve them (cartoons) often. They rely on "exaggerated realism" to express their art.

Caricature carvers actually use a pretty consistent proportion in their art. It varies by artist, but again, most do follow a few simple rules - whether they realize it or not. I have started organizing my notes on studies that I've done in regards to these "proportional rules".... maybe one day I can get it into a format to explain it so that others will understand.

Being able to draw cartoons does assist the carver - especially in portraying facial expression; but a caricature carver does not have to be proficient at drawing to be successful in designing and carving.

I like your cartoons. As explained above, the "problem" is taking a cartoon from 2D and portraying that in 3D. Multiple angles of a drawing would be very helpful to assist the carver in this transistion.