So here I was. In the car. Warming up before going in to the Party. And good thing at that. Because I determined my approach for using the Hamburger Predraws that my Client ordered. The first one ~ where I would just have top of head popping out over top of burger ~ easy. Just use it when top of head works well for that particular guest.

But the 2nd one.... Oh ~ here's what I had to work through before I figured out what was going to work at the Event ~ where I saw a lot of Children running around on the lawn Playing.

First I tried a direct simple Caricature. So bland.

Decided to exaggerate. Too timid.

Bigger exaggeration here. This one isn't good yet, but now I know to Just Go for It without feeling boxed in or affected by typical Face.

I'll be Fine at the Party. I'm going in.

After the Party, I'll post some of the Caricatures that I draw there. On the Predrawn Body/Hobby's that my Client ordered. I feel confident

Woulda Coulda Shoulda ~ I just felt glad if I got a second to actually See the Girl's Face while I was drawing her Caricature at this Party. But I was drawing the Boy several times throughout the Celebration, and I felt like I should be doing more with his Horizontal Face. I just couldn't get a handle on it quickly enough during the Event ~ especially because I was trying to fit his Horizontal Face with other faces in his 2-person Caricatures. (I drew the Colored Caricature At the Event.)

So I revisited the Composition again. The Black/White Caricature that I drew here in my Studio ~ No need to Color it because I was just studying the composition of the Design. I like the first design I came up here. Yes!

And I have some other ideas too. Like this Totem Pole Design ~ decent, but I'm not sure about what's going on in the middle. Maybe I'll work on it again someday, but probably not. More likely that the question will come up again someday, and I'll have a eureka moment.

Repeat Client for tomorrow's Event ~ Hey! That's today already.

I wanted to get some sleep, so I was just going to do a quick linework Caricature with this Event in mind, but..... this is what happens.

The Event is for drawing the Guests as Mermen and Mermaids. For a Beer Company. Not sure, but I think they will be providing the background bodies/scenes this time (they're providing the paper). But just in case, I felt like it wouldn't be a big deal to draw my own while practicing with a random face I found online. But messing around, not Really Doing it, just a waste of time. I finally had to focus.

And it is good that I do Something before an event. Honing my approach now, I'll do better and feel more confident when I'm actually At the Event. First, my Sizing was way wrong. Better now, but I still want to play around with sizes a little more. Then I had trouble turning my front-view body. I really must Look at sideview bodies to figure out how to turn a front-post that I might like. Then, well..... I couldn't get away with 'I'm not really going to give effort to the drawing because it's time to get some sleep' idea. If I want to draw a Caricature, I really have to Do it. The 3rd pass is finally usable. Now I know how to do it.

I'm baaaack. Woke up and I'm able to draw Caricatures again. I attached a small paper to last night's _________________. And as I predicted, I'm super ready to handle tonight's #Event. Only forgot the 'crown' ~ easy ~ but just fussing and complicating my Zone. I can do it when that's what I'm hired for, but I'm supposed to be a CARICATURE Artist. Based on what I actually See.

Oh no. I hope I don't lose my edge. I quickly drew a few warm up Caricatures to get ready for drawing at a Wedding tonight. I picked up the marker, and I just 'went for it'. Nice. Happy. for the First 2 pictures here. Great Party Entertainment.

But then I decided to tone myself down. In case tonight's crowd is.... um.... tight? Is that the word? I mean in case they won't loosen up. So I redrew them both ~ the 2nd ones here. Labeled with a #2 on the pictures. I don't feel like they're better, or even more 'acceptable' for a tight crowd. I HOPE I DIDN'T LOSE MY EDGE. I did not feel happy while drawing the 2nd pictures. And I'm hoping I'll have time to practice duller pictures even more before the performance. Which might get me out of the real Caricature style that I started off with today. (I didn't even have time to finish the 2nd picture.)