Caricature [UPD]
Annegret Mclean
A caricature is a rendered image showing the features of its subject in a simplified or exaggerated way through sketching, pencil strokes, or other artistic drawings (compare to: cartoon). Caricatures can be either insulting or complimentary, and can serve a political purpose, be drawn solely for entertainment, or for a combination of both. Caricatures of politicians are commonly used in newspapers and news magazines as political cartoons, while caricatures of movie stars are often found in entertainment magazines.
Thus, the word "caricature" essentially means a "loaded portrait". Until the mid 19th century, it was commonly and mistakenly believed that the term shared the same root as the French 'charcuterie', likely owing to Parisian street artists using cured meats in their satirical portrayal of public figures.[2]
Some of the earliest caricatures are found in the works of Leonardo da Vinci, who actively sought people with deformities to use as models. The point was to offer an impression of the original which was more striking than a portrait.[citation needed]
There have been some efforts to produce caricatures automatically or semi-automatically using computer graphics techniques. For example, a system proposed by Akleman et al.[10] provides warping tools specifically designed toward rapidly producing caricatures. There are very few software programs designed specifically for automatically creating caricatures.
Computer graphic system requires quite different skill sets to design a caricature as compared to the caricatures created on paper. Thus, using a computer in the digital production of caricatures requires advanced knowledge of the program's functionality. Rather than being a simpler method of caricature creation, it can be a more complex method of creating images that feature finer coloring textures than can be created using more traditional methods.[citation needed]
A milestone in formally defining caricature was Susan Brennan's master's thesis[11] in 1982. In her system, caricature was formalized as the process of exaggerating differences from an average face. For example, if Charles III has more prominent ears than the average person, in his caricature the ears will be much larger than normal. Brennan's system implemented this idea in a partially automated fashion as follows: the operator was required to input a frontal drawing of the desired person having a standardized topology (the number and ordering of lines for every face). She obtained a corresponding drawing of an average male face. Then, the particular face was caricatured simply by subtracting from the particular face the corresponding point on the mean face (the origin being placed in the middle of the face), scaling this difference by a factor larger than one, and adding the scaled difference back onto the mean face.[citation needed]
On the other hand, Liang et al.[13] argue that caricature varies depending on the artist and cannot be captured in a single definition. Their system uses machine learning techniques to automatically learn and mimic the style of a particular caricature artist, given training data in the form of a number of face photographs and the corresponding caricatures by that artist. The results produced by computer graphic systems are arguably not yet of the same quality as those produced by human artists. For example, most systems are restricted to exactly frontal poses, whereas many or even most manually produced caricatures (and face portraits in general) choose an off-center "three-quarters" view. Brennan's caricature drawings were frontal-pose line drawings. More recent systems can produce caricatures in a variety of styles, including direct geometric distortion of photographs.[citation needed]
Brennan's caricature generator was used to test recognition of caricatures. Rhodes, Brennan and Carey demonstrated that caricatures were recognised more accurately than the original images.[14] They used line drawn images but Benson and Perrett showed similar effects with photographic quality images.[15] Explanations for this advantage have been based on both norm-based theories of face recognition[14] and exemplar-based theories of face recognition.[16]
Beside the political and public-figure satire, most contemporary caricatures are used as gifts or souvenirs, often drawn by street vendors. For a small fee, a caricature can be drawn specifically (and quickly) for a patron. These are popular at street fairs, carnivals, and even weddings, often with humorous results.[17]
Caricature artists are also popular attractions at many places frequented by tourists, especially oceanfront boardwalks, where vacationers can have a humorous caricature sketched in a few minutes for a small fee. Caricature artists can sometimes be hired for parties, where they will draw caricatures of the guests for their entertainment.[citation needed][18]
There are numerous museums dedicated to caricature throughout the world, including the Museo de la Caricatura of Mexico City, the Muzeum Karykatury in Warsaw, the Caricatura Museum Frankfurt, the Wilhelm Busch Museum in Hanover and the Cartoonmuseum in Basel. The first museum of caricature in the Arab world was opened in March, 2009, at Fayoum, Egypt.[19]
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Few caricature drawings are sillier or more hilarious than when caricaturists draw each other. In this group a new subject is chosen twice a month and everyone posts their submissions to be voted on, just for fun!
The Swann Foundation Home Page for Caricature and Cartoon disseminates information about eligibility, requirements, and application procedures for the Swann Foundation Fellowship. The Home Page features links to Swann Gallery exhibitions, bulletins about newly processed or recently acquired collections of caricature and cartoon, a calendar of events listing related lectures, symposia, and upcoming exhibitions at the Library of Congress. It also furnishes information about other caricature and cartoon collections and resources.
It was a terrible caricature but he gave me 20 bucks for it. It seemed like a crime that I could get paid for doing something I love. (Scene missing: I didn\u2019t go to university... became a cartoonist.)
I know that, as a caricature artist, your job is to take the person's existing features and comically exaggerate them. But have you ever had a situation where you did your best, and the person was offended that their exaggerated alter-ego was too ugly or some such complaint? If so, how do you know if they're just being unreasonable (i.e. 'if you didn't want a funny distortion of your own face, why did you commission a caricature?') or if you were inadvertently insulting of their real appearance, knowingly or not? Where do you draw the line/how do you discern such things?
My wife and I are travelling to (ta && ta.queueForLoad ? ta.queueForLoad : function(f, g)document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', f);)(function()ta.trackEventOnPage('postLinkInline', 'impression', 'postLinks-36340281', '');, 'log_autolink_impression');Paris in two weeks time with our daughter who is celebrating her 21st Birthday. We would like to get a caricature done for her as a special present but having been to Paris a number of times, we are well aware of many agrressive and poor caricaturists. Can anyone specifically recommend a very good caricaturists that we can visit and where? We don't mind going to a studio if need be.
The standard spot for caricatures is the (ta && ta.queueForLoad ? ta.queueForLoad : function(f, g)document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', f);)(function()ta.trackEventOnPage('postLinkInline', 'impression', 'postLinks-36345885', '');, 'log_autolink_impression');place du Tertre, the small square on the top of the Montmartre Butte where artists gather. There's always a selection of caricaturists on the butte, so you can shop around and choose one you like. There are also regular portrait artists there.
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