Part 4: Research - Caricatures

 Whilst browsing Instagram.com I found a range of caricature drawings that were using different mediums and by different artists. In each of the drawings you could instantly recognise who they are meant to be and what I found most interesting was that different artists chose different areas of the persons face or features to exaggerate but still they were recognisable. I think this is probably due to the fact that every person has features that are unique to them and even though exaggerated they are still of the same form and shape whether enlarged or made smaller. For example even though Johnny Depp's head is definitely not that shape in real life you can still tell it's him because the rest of the features bring everything together and I think our brains must piece together the information and know who the person is. It's definitely possible to distort a persons features too much and it make them unrecognisable. I feel it is a fine balance to maintain likeness but still have that comical take.

It's interesting how far each caricaturist has approached their drawings, some have exaggerated far more than others, almost to the point of making the person uglier and yet you still know who it is like this last one of Morgan Freeman. I think it's taken a bit too far but it is interesting how he is still recognisable. The hair colour and texture, freckles and marks on his face, skin colour, larger lips all work together to say this is Morgan Freeman.