My love for realistic Caricatures...

[Fuggedaboudit]

Hi guys, I have been lurking at this site for ages, never feeling confident enough to actually post something and involve myself.
After about a year since I first started I would like the opinions of all of you.

Here goes the leap, all comments and critiques will be greatly appreciated, since it will make me grow as an artist.

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Here is the first bunch, will share more soon.









Hope you all had a nice Halloween!

[sumtinsumtin]

Incredible artwork! Really well done renders!

[rem92]

this are reallllllyyyy good man!.. i just love it.

[Vigistry]

Jaimie's my favorite. No Adam?

[Fuggedaboudit]

Not yet

[Fuggedaboudit]

Thanks for your nice words guys!
Here are two more pieces.

[Greenhouse]

Haha, these dudes are awesome!!! My favorites are....ehr....hm....can’t say cause they’re all great! Please do more!!!

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The defeat of Mitt Romney

[HULKFish]

Love them! DeNiro is my fave...

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Cee Lo Green

[JonSiva]

good stuff mate! love your work

[L!nK]

Great work man!
I'm a fan of caricatures too, and usually do a lot for wedding invitations.
You have inspiring pieces over here. Keep posting!

[Fuggedaboudit]

Thanks Jon & L!nk!

Here's Messi, I did recently

[JesseM]

These are all really good... excellent likeness, great lighting/anatomy/color palettes... however, there's so much Photoshop texture! I can't really enjoy them because of it. Give some love to texture too, and control how it affects your piece.

[Fuggedaboudit]

@jesse, thanks! Any tips or reads about texture improvement?

[JesseM]

Uhm... @-@ ... I can't think of any good books or articles about texture, but for some general tips.. Especially if you're working in Photoshop, pay attention to your brushes, and play around with custom brushes. Those can really change the texture of a picture without requiring a lot of intent and time from you. Also pay attention to blending/how you blend/if you should blend; you can make some of that stringy texture disappear with smooth blending transitions, or chose to leave it in for areas of interest. As a last resort, consider adding some "dirt" to the picture before you call it done. Grab a stock photo texture (or take your own) and overlay it, apply a noise filter, things like that. Let it get a little messy. ...I dunno, just experiment, have fun with it!

[Fuggedaboudit]

Ill Read into creating "dirty" custom brushes! Will see how to get rid of the Sterile digital feel! Thanks a bunch for your feedback, really appreciate it!

[JesseM]

No problem man, keep at it! You're so close.

[Fuggedaboudit]

Cheers!

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Lincoln