Let's Toon Caricatures

Let's Toon Caricatures
by Keelan Parham

Let's Toon Caricatures
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Author: Keelan Parham
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-01-24
ISBN: 0972563806
Number of pages: 128
Publisher: Lunar Donut Pr

Book Reviews of Let's Toon Caricatures

Book Review: Wish I'd had this when I started drawing caricatures!
Summary: 5 Stars

If you're like I was as a kid -- and I still am today -- you're mesmerized by the professional caricaturists you see at fairs, theme parks and parties. How do they do get a likeness so fast, and in so few lines? When one drew my siblings and me at the mall when I was a teenager, I was determined to learn that skill, and spent years drawing all my friends (luckily, they *stayed* my friends) until I got good enough to make some money on the side.

I'd been at it a few years when I discovered Lenn Redman's "How to Draw Caricatures," truly a great book. But it was a long time before I found another excellent teaching resource: this book by Keelan Parham.

As a member of the National Caricaturist Network, I was always impressed with Keelan's (the two-time vice-president of the NCN) work. His style is very clean and polished. He not only makes it *look* easy, in his book he *makes it easy* to draw caricatures -- or at least easiER.

His lessons are simple and well presented, with plenty of real-life examples, each photo next to his exaggerated interpretation.

He skillfully enscapsulates a lot of what I had to figure out long ago through trial and error, such as what features to draw first, and how to "be nice" when drawing someone's flaws while still retaining a likeness. This book could've saved me a lot of trouble!

However, there's still a lot of stuff for older amateurs and even pros to learn. His section on "action angles" for drawing bodies was quite helpful to me, as were pages with tips on better line quality (something I still struggle with), how to place two people on a page (as another reviewer previously mentioned), and graphic shortcuts when caricaturing men, women and kids.

Looking for a well-presented, easy-to-understand how-to on caricaturing? There are only a handful of books on the subject, but fortunately, this is one of the best, for beginners and more experienced artists alike.

Summary of Let's Toon Caricatures

This is an instructional book on how to draw cartoon caricatures. With over 150 photos to practice from, it is the most extensive caricature book ever published. Multiple styles and medias are explored and there are step by step examples of how to draw caricature faces and cartoon bodies.

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