Thread: My Caricature Attempts

She looks like a cross between E.T and an elf.

Well, that's basically Uma Thurman, isn't it?

Wow, disturbing lack of response, and no likes for either of these. Am I really that crappy at caricatures? Should I just give up and work on my general drawing skills?

The other ones were good. This one isn't. There's always a lack of responses in the Artists' Corner threads. Keep practicing.

Originally Posted by tommo

The other ones were good. This one isn't.

Wow. That's a harsh response. Is it the likeness or just the drawing in general that sucks? I have a problem with girls I'm sure, because I tried doing Jodie Foster before Christopher Walken, and she didn't turn out so good either. I'd love to keep practicing, but unfortunately I'm too humiliated, burned, angry and disappointed to even attempt to fail again at drawing, yet I'm too restless and enraged to think about anything else. I'm really losing my fucking mind over this, because I NEED the approval that I'm a talented artist, and that my drawings are at least good, especially at this point. Otherwise I feel worthless and ridiculed. Really, it can't fucking be THAT bad. Like some 5th grader drew it.

Trust me, I'm not always this bad at handling criticism, but lately I've been accused of being stupid as well as apparently a bad artist, and I just. Cannot. Fucking. Handle this. I feel like if I'm not at least smart or talented, then I have no worth and no reason to live and should just shoot myself in the head.

No one gets good by being told they're good when they're not.

Not that you aren't, your other ones were good. Simple and crazy, but retained great likeness.

Can you do normal portraits? Every REALLY good caricature artist starts off being able to draw people realistically. And that's not bullshit. And it goes for everyone who paints anything other than realism and is actually really good at it.

Guess who painted this






















Picasso.

Yeah, I don't want to be lied to... I was just a mess last night and wanted some positive reinforcement (and to rant and rave). I've done realistic portraits before, and I'll probably keep practicing realism before going back to this.