Let's Toon Caricatures
by Keelan Parham

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

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.

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Graphic Design Books

• Subjects > Arts & Photography > Graphic Design
• Drawing
• Comics & Graphic Novels > Cartooning