My love for realistic Caricatures...

**Fuggedaboudit** · November 1st, 2012, 07:10 AM

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.

**Fuggedaboudit** · November 1st, 2012, 07:29 AM

Here is the first bunch, will share more soon.

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Name: Johnny Cash.jpg
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Hope you all had a nice Halloween!

**sumtinsumtin** · November 1st, 2012, 03:37 PM

Incredible artwork! Really well done renders!

**rem92** · November 2nd, 2012, 04:09 AM

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

**Vigistry** · November 2nd, 2012, 02:58 PM

Jaimie's my favorite. No Adam?

**Fuggedaboudit** · November 2nd, 2012, 04:08 PM

Not yet

**Fuggedaboudit** · November 3rd, 2012, 08:06 PM

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

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**Greenhouse** · November 5th, 2012, 02:33 PM

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

**Fuggedaboudit** · November 7th, 2012, 06:31 AM

The defeat of Mitt Romney
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**HULKFish** · November 7th, 2012, 12:42 PM

Love them! DeNiro is my fave...

**Fuggedaboudit** · November 11th, 2012, 06:00 AM

Cee Lo Green
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**JonSiva** · November 15th, 2012, 07:50 PM

good stuff mate! love your work

**L!nK** · November 16th, 2012, 11:43 AM

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** · January 12th, 2013, 04:54 AM

Thanks Jon & L!nk!

Here's Messi, I did recently
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**JesseM** · January 12th, 2013, 04:06 PM

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** · January 12th, 2013, 04:13 PM

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

**JesseM** · January 12th, 2013, 04:49 PM

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** · January 12th, 2013, 05:13 PM

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!