LAUREN HATES CARICATURES

Just a quick watercolor painting of Amy Winehouse

2008-09-25T11:13:00.001-05:00

I did this last night because of my insomnia. Nothing special. I didn't jack her up as much as I really could have...

Weekend Caricature Warrior... (but not really)

2008-09-16T11:50:00.007-05:00

Well, I only worked one day this weekend, so, this is all I got...

I don't think they liked it, 'cause their friends were laughing at this caricature the whole time I drew it.

This was one of the dumbest guys I ever drew, and that's saying a lot. I don't even care if I sound mean.

Nice couple. I love I can even manage to take a blurry picture with the flash on...

This lady was one of the most unusual looking, yet, attractive people I've ever drawn... And she was staring right at me the entire time...

"Draw me in the city... WITH MONEY."
Okay.

"Do I really look that mean?"
Yes. Yes, you do.

Caricatures from this weekend... Wow.

2008-09-08T17:45:00.001-05:00

Very cool couple. As far as I recall, I think this is my first Mario caricature...

Yep. They loved it.

I wish this guy just got a caricature by himself...

It's fun to make kids fug.

This was a nice couple. The girl said "Surprise us." Almost every time I pick what they're doing in their caricature, I always draw something that's inspired me lately. I chose this because I've been reading this super cute Dawn of Time webcomic.

Here's Michael with his adorable fiancee, Meg. Congrats, guys.

Groups... AGAIN.

2008-09-08T17:44:00.000-05:00

Just a family. The mom wanted to be doing nothing on the couch.

These really cool Indian guys wanted to be Ninja Turtles. For some reason, they were really shocked I knew all the ninja turtles and what weapons and colors they had...

The kid wanted to have a rocket launcher. (Like I know what they look like...) The dad wanted to show off his tattoos and the mom wanted to be in the jungle... Yep.

Just some caricatures from the weekend...

2008-09-02T07:01:00.000-05:00

Well, we're only open weekends now, so, I'm just going to be posting huge weekend dumps...PUGS! PUGS! PUGS!

This looked exactly like them... and they actually liked it. They liked it so much, that they made their friends get one and paid for it...

Here's their friends. I thought this also looked exactly like them, but I don't think they liked it very much, but who cares, because the friends the actually paid for the caricature loved it.

She wanted to look silly.

Meh.

Canadians... with 6 loud, annoying, uncontrollable kids. MORE KIDS, MORE FUN!

Just some kids. Tried to make them cute, I guess.

He had weird hair... and a weird, but nice dad.

This is what happens when you want to be a rapper and you're a little white kid...

Star Wars. Yawn. I just thought his face was funny.

Just trying the make them cute. The girl on the right was a challenge.

Guy was really kind of an asshat.

Last one I did for the weekend. OMG.

TUNE IN NEXT WEEK. SAME BAT-TIME, SAME BAT-CHANNEL.

Fishman Phelps...

2008-08-28T21:05:00.002-05:00

Yep... This be my attempt at the ever so popular, record-breaking, orangutan-armed, swim guy Michael Phelps. I think I did alright. I did the rough sketch while waiting in the doctor's office today from the cover of Sports Illustrated. Then, I inked it without reference at my dad's place while half way watching Duel on his DVR. Then, I colored it at my apartment with a reference again. WTF.

I tried to drew him before a couple weeks ago, but I hated it. I blame the lack of good reference photos...

Since drawing this was so much fun, I think I'm gonna try to draw celebrity caricatures way more often.

Everybody wants to be a superhero...

2008-08-25T19:44:00.000-05:00

I wish this wasn't blurry so you could see the detail in the bodies more... God, why do I suck at taking pictures?!

Framed... and I don't know why.

Perfected likeness.

When this kid walked up, he just said he wanted the Hulk, while pointing at celebrity picture from on the wall. So I asked if he wanted a print of the celebrity picture. He said no. Then I asked he wanted me to draw him as the Hulk. He said yes. Then I went on to warn him that it won't look exactly like the one on the wall, meaning that I will not paint his face green and I won't add all the black shadows on the face. He said he was alright with it. So he sat down, and I drew him. When I was done, his reaction was TOTAL disappointment. I KNEW HE WAS GONNA BE LIKE THAT. Kids are retarded. I didn't care. His family loved it and said it looked just like him, so, whatever...

This looked EXACTLY like that kid.

Kids time.

2008-08-24T14:49:00.000-05:00

Just some kids. I just like the way that this turned out. These two brothers were seemingly identical in the face at first, but I felt I did a good job making them look different, while getting a good likeness.

The dad to this kid was kind of an douche. He didn't like the first drawing I did, because he claimed the kid looked "cross-eyed", but I just drew the kid looking to the left. WTF? I explained that BOTH eyes would need to be looking inward to be cross-eyed, not just one. Even the kid liked the first one, and didn't think he looked cross-eyed, but the dad persisted. I was all like, "Whatever...". So drew the kid looking forward like the dad wanted, but I like how I gave him a dazed look. And while I was drawing this second one, the dad was saying, "I guess you don't recognize him, but you drew my son for the past two years, and ain't none of them were cross-eyed... etc." I just ignored him and fantasized about punching him the balls with my car. On a side note, it amazed me how much this kid looked like a kid version of Donald Sutherland.

I had no clue what relation the lady was to this kid. She could have maybe been the mom, or maybe the sister... Who knows?

Caricatures are for lovers... (EPIC POST)

2008-08-23T14:11:00.000-05:00

Marriage caricatures bore me, but at least the faces didn't..

They just wanted to be baseball fans. Yawn. I had like no room for the bodies.

Again. No room for bodies. Though, I didn't care, because I thought I did a great job on the faces. When they came up I wasn't sure how I was going to draw the girl. She looked weird.

Golf. Yawn.

This couple is in a band, that "A" at the top is the name of it apparently. The guy was kind of annoying, but the girl was cool. When I showed them the picture, the guy explained how he was always afraid to get a caricature, because he was afraid he would be hideous. He liked it, so I guess I didn't draw him hideous.

OMG, what a weird little man... Why he had an attractive Asian girlfriend/wife/person is beyond me. She wanted to be Mr. and Mrs. Smith... Groan.

This Asian couple also wanted to Mr. and Mrs. Smith... WTF?

Just some good likenesses.

Just an average drawing of a couple. I just liked the faces. I nailed them.

Another average drawing, but this looked just like them.

This couple didn't actually sit in front of me and get drawn. They were some some onlookers at the stand, but right after they left, I just HAD to draw them.

Whew. That was a lot.

Just some guys...

2008-08-22T12:12:00.002-05:00

Oops. Long time no post.

Just a cop. Whenever I draw cops, I always draw doughnuts.

He likes Nascar.

This was a "special" guy. Man man drew him originally, and when I saw Man man drawing him, I was all like "Luckeee...." But then after that, apparently this guy was watching me draw bunches of people and wanted to get drawn by me. I was so busy, I didn't even notice. I thought that was cool. For "special" guy, he has good taste. LOLZ!!1 This pretty much looks exactly like him. Even that puffiness on the left cheek there.

Just a middle Eastern guy. When I ask what he wanted to be doing in his drawing, he said, "Surprise me!", and this is what happens when you say that.

Another middle Eastern guy, who was friends with the guy above. Err.. He wanted to be driving an airplane. I hate that this picture's blurry.

This was just some spazzy guy who wanted to driving a blue Jeep. I pretty much nailed the likeness.

Revenge of the Groups!

2008-08-09T23:01:00.000-05:00

They wanted to be holding bibles. Spanish bibles. Exciting.

The Dad said that he wanted to be just a fat guy with a tie and a pocket protector. I made him look like the guy from Office Space. He loved it.

Hee hee...

I don't like thinking of titles for posts...

2008-07-31T21:51:00.001-05:00

Here are a couple of a couple of couples...

This guy didn't really like this caricature. He complained he looked like his dad. Whatever, this looks just like him... and the woman too. But, she loved it.

This guy was pretty nice, but also kind of conceited. He wanted to be in heaven, and was just like, "Okay..." They loved the caricature, and when I took a picture of it, he was all like, "What? Aren't you gonna take a picture of me too?" So, here they are:

Yep...

The girl wanted something lovey and the guy wanted boxing. They just couldn't decide so, they said I could do whatever I wanted. They wanted to be surprised... And, uh, I surprised them. I don't think they liked very much, but whatever, THIS IS AWESOME. I think I've been watching too much Futurama lately...

Genericon 2008

2008-07-29T11:57:00.008-05:00

Here are what my caricatures look like when I'm just going fast and not trying to do something cool...

OH NO, IT'S GROUP DAY.

2008-07-26T23:42:00.001-05:00

I tend to go nuts with groups. We draw them on 22 x 28 so there is a lot of space to fill up. Remember, you can CLICK to ENLARGE...
I loved these face they looked exactly like the people... Especially the kid in the lower right corner. I didn't really know what gender these kids were... AT ALL.

Just a pretty typical group nothing special here... EXCEPT, the little girl on the left was CRAZY looking. I went REALLY easy on her.

Oh, and here's a close up of Michael who I was working with that day... He must not have been excited about the game...

Okay, I had to draw these three people twice and both groups were WWII themed. At first, I was not pleased, but then, as I was drawing them, I started to have fun.. Then I went completely ape shit. OMG. And these people LOVED these caricatures.

Here's a close up of the kid on the right stabbing Nazis with a flag pole. LOL.

Here's the second group, I couldn't help but change it up a bit. Still awesome, though.

Here's a close up of what the sign pointed to the hole in the ground says: "Hitler's Bunker" Cute, no?

Here's another close up showing the kid on the left is running over a couple of Nazis. I tried to make each kid eually kill Nazis in each drawing, since each one will get one... I'm so nice.

MEXICANS WITH GUNS.

Okay, I'm done for now...

Tricks are fer kidz....

2008-07-25T19:06:00.000-05:00

Here's just some caricatures of kids...
I went as easy as I could with her, while still trying to get a good likeness plus some exaggeration. Success. I love this.

This is the brother of the girl from the drawing above. I took a picture of his caricature so he wouldn't feel left out. I'm sure it didn't matter to him. It didn't have much to work with, so it's pretty generic.

This girl was made for caricatures.

Fun stuff... but not really.

2008-07-24T19:35:00.000-05:00

Just some guy and his daughter. Meh, I just like the faces. I swear the dad was cracked out. Maybe.

This looked EXACTLY like them. The whole time I was drawing the girl I kept wondering why she was smiling to strangely, like she was annoyed or something. It turned out she just had braces she was ashamed of. Anyway, I drew it like I saw it. Except, I didn't draw any lines in the guy's ear. WTF.

At first, this girl wanted to be dancing I think. Lame. So, I talked her out of it.then she decided she wanted to be riding a unicorn on a rainbow instead. Then she wanted a leprechaun and mushrooms. She told me to make it as trippy as I could. This is what happened. I like the bleeding sun. Tee hee.

Let's get this boring jamboree started...

2008-07-23T11:00:00.000-05:00

Well, here's just a blog of the live caricature I do out there at Six Flags Over Texas... I'm just copying my pals Dan and Mike. I'm gonna try to do this on a weekly basis or on my days off. So, let's see... I just want to document some of the crazy shit I actually sell to people... The photos in this post a kinda of blurry. It sucks, but I assure you these are the only one that are and will be blurry. ALSO, click the pictures to ENLARGE.

They wanted Adan & Eve, so, I gave them Adam & Eve... Funny, no?

Just a generic caricature of some girls who wanted to be at a concert. Yawn.

Oh my GOD! This girl was SO CUTE. She wanted to be drawn with a lemur stuffed toy she won. ADORABLE.

Just some Star Wars dude. I'll admit I spent way too much time on this... On purpose... So I could go on break when whoever I was working with got back, and let them do a group. I'm not going to say who it was, but I will say they take their breaks MEGA LATE. DAY-UM.

Anyway, that's all I got for now.