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| caricature of my instructor Floyd on the left, and a self-portrait on the right |
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| Lego Brick Head Caricatures- looks simple but deceivingly hard to capture likeness |
I worked with Kaman's Art Shoppes at the Legoland location drawing caricatures this summer, it was great experience drawing quicker and under pressure ("you better draw him smiling!!") and with confident linework. Although I'm focusing on becoming a CG artist that can model, rig, and animate, I definitely want to be able to conceptualize my ideas traditionally and become a generally well-rounded artist.
I see a lot of progression within my work but see I have a long way to go, however I feel like I'll always feel that way as an artist. However for my first summer season and only two reject drawings I'm doing pretty okay! I also stumbled upon my own caricature on Reddit front page for caricatures which was pretty cool, it was a Bionicle mech suit with a monacle. I want to push more exaggeration while still maintaining likeness but on the other hand I want to get into the niche of character design specifically for children and general audiences which isn't as extreme but simplified and iconic design.
Overall great experience and loved the creative work environment and made a lot of connections. Now I'm focusing on my 3 senior group projects and a Mentorship with Sony Online at Ai San Diego, but maybe I'll return during the winter for some extra dough. It's all part of the journey..
