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Expertise
Can answer questions about basic sketching and drawing, caricature drawing, and cartoon character creation and techniques. I cannot answer questions concerning 3D character creation and modeling.
Experience in the area
Professional cartoonist, and caricature artist since 1990.
Organizations
Member of the National Caricaturist Network
What do you like about this subject?
I love the adrenalin rush that comes when I'm drawing party caricatures "live" My skills are constantly being tested! I have just 3-5 minutes to capture the "essence" of a person, and if I'm wrong, boy do they let me know it!!
What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?
My goals are constantly changing. At this point in time my goal is draw much faster and more accurately.
Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:
Cartooning and Caricature are highly individualized. An artist's style is a reflection of their temprament, mood, level of training and experience, and their willingness to do a lot of on the job training.
Something controversial or provocative about this subject
Most people have the misconception that caricatures "have" to be an insulting and unflattering representation of the subject. An artist's individual style and personality dictates what he or she chooses to emphasize. The most important thing is to achieve a likeness of the person you are drawing.
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Recent Answers from Elgin Bolling
2010-01-29 more about free hand drawing as hobby:
My apologies for taking a while to answer this question. I don't quite understand your term, "Free hand drawing". As far as I know, unless you're using a computer to create your art, you're doing "Free
2010-01-18 sketching:
If I told you that your sketch was "good" would you keep drawing? If I told you that your drawing was terrible, would you keep drawing? If your answer is "yes" to both questions, then by all means
2010-01-15 a question on style:
The style of art you are raving about has come to be called, "CARTOON MODERN" and a GREAT Book has been written on the subject, entitled: Cartoon Modern Style and Design in Fifties Animation By Amid
2010-01-08 Portraits:
I'm willing to bet when you first started walking, your steps weren't as "fluent and spontaneous" as You would have liked either, yet today you are able to walk, run, trot, hop, and skip without even giving
2010-01-05 Sketching Fashion Ideas?:
I wish I had an easy answer for you but the truth is this: Art is a SKILL and SKILLS TAKE YEARS TO LEARN. That is true for baseball, piano playing, gourmet cooking, and basket weaving. There is no "magic
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