![]() ![]() To my surprise and delight this turned out to be perhaps the best text yet on CARICATURE as the art form is applied in theme parks and private parties. I recently purchased, for a reference on cartooning, The BIG Book of Cartooning by Bruce Blitz. ![]() Good luck!July 2, 2002- As a follow up to the above review, for those seeking the very best caricature training references, I must add a third book from the many that I have reviewed. Parents might want to remove these few pages before the book is used by children. As a cautionary note, Redman's book does contain some cartoon nudity which I feel was not needed at all to make the text a valuable learning reference. If you combine this book with Jack Hamm's Cartooning: The Head & Figure to learn cartoon bodies to go along with the faces, you have a great pair of reference books. There are also examples of famous people done in caricature. Redman includes examples of how to draw the same subject using several different caricature styles. He also covers children and and a wide variety of ethnic groups. There are many such examples of photo studies and caricature results. This is one of the only instructional references that makes a special point to include at least one and often several photographic views of each subject before showing you how to construct the basic caricature drawing. Redman's book does the best job, for the complete beginner, of any text out there. The key to success in caricature is being able to produce a clean, simple sketch that has adequate likeness to the subject's face yet, in a kind way, also employs some fun with "exaggeration" - not distortion. Studying Redman's book did more for me than any other. I have no previous experience in art or drawing. ![]() ![]() Following only five weeks of practice, I recently started working part time as a caricature artist at a major theme park (mostly for the fun of it). June, 2001- I own more than twenty books on the subject of how to draw caricatures and cartoons. ![]()
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