I'm working on several digital caricatures for comedian Frank Caliendo. Frank does amazing and hilarious impressions of celebrities and political figures, based on his own comedy and writing. You've seen him on Comedy Central, Letterman and MADtv, but sure enough Frank has gone further! He's got his own TV show "the FRANK show" on TBS this fall, as well as several other projects and tours along the way. Be sure to catch his act- it's great.
In doing caricatures for his website, I've learned a lot about digital painting and how simple or complex it can be. There's a lot to decide when you're painting. Either way, I've found that my favorite part of doing these ones, in particular, is the roughing stage. I do a pencil sketch first. Once that is approved, I throw some color underneath the pencil (in Photoshop) then rough lots of colors on top of it, painting in an impressionistic way. I look for light splashing across the face, and consider only hue and contrast at this point, with heavy use of the reference. Smoothing and sharpening edges comes later, as well as fixing up details and other 'finishing' work. Here are a couple details of the two I'm currently working on:
In doing caricatures for his website, I've learned a lot about digital painting and how simple or complex it can be. There's a lot to decide when you're painting. Either way, I've found that my favorite part of doing these ones, in particular, is the roughing stage. I do a pencil sketch first. Once that is approved, I throw some color underneath the pencil (in Photoshop) then rough lots of colors on top of it, painting in an impressionistic way. I look for light splashing across the face, and consider only hue and contrast at this point, with heavy use of the reference. Smoothing and sharpening edges comes later, as well as fixing up details and other 'finishing' work. Here are a couple details of the two I'm currently working on:
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