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I Am A Professional Caricature Artist. I'll be drawing Redditors For the next few hours. Submit a pic of yourself!!!
Hi! I'd like to have a virtual caricature gig by drawing redditors today! It's all free of coarse, the only thing I need is a picture of yourself. The better the quity of the pic, the better. Just imagine you're sitting a few feet across from me where I could see your entire face. Please try to avoid cropping portions of your head so you have a higher chance of getting drawn (I'm looking at you... ladies who take close-up pics of your eyes). Also, I prefer the picture you submit is actually of YOU (sorry redditors with privacy concerns).
Any other artists out there who'd like to join, please do so! That'll be awesome
Proof: http://instagram.com/hecklopez
deviantart: http://heckthor.deviantart.com
...or check my reddit history
Edit: wow! It's blowing up in here. I'm on it!! Check out /r/redditgetsdrawn while you're waiting :)
Edit: further proof http://i.imgur.com/guMJkkS.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/jrv2TIZ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/KnroSVc.jpg
Edit 2: I'm jumping all over the thread picking the ones that catch my eye right away. Please don't be offended if I haven't drawn you. I'll be sporadically drawing through out the day while doing other "everyday" thing such as eating and running errands.
Edit 3: that was fun! I know I missed a lot of you guys but I think I drew close to 40 drawings. Not bad for a few hours. I might do another one of these in a few weeks. I noticed I would submit a drawing and it would disappear for no reason. I left a comment to each person that I drew where this seemed to happen. I was using "alien blue" for my phone the whole time so maybe it was that. Thanks again and hopefully you guys enjoyed it :)
rootyb52 karma
Hope you don't mind, but I took a little time and colored your great drawing:
http://i.imgur.com/u3LekUI.png
Thanks, again!
WulfSpyder15 karma
Not sure if this will work but worth a shot. Thanks for this btw
Wakaranyo12 karma
Great idea - hopefully you get some good material.
achilleshightops11 karma
http://i.imgur.com/JLKFahu.jpg I will replace my LinkedIn photo with your caricature!
curtispbell917 karma
http://i.imgur.com/qhnmG7v.jpg
One of your more sexy/seductive/pretty subjects. Thanks for doing this BTW! How did you get into this line of work? Did you go to school for it?
Emmalouwho26 karma
This is so neat. Do you like your job?
http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l571/ZeezZeez/DSCN1352_zpsdb9835a5.jpg Here's mine, haha. Your art is so cool.
Khedwat5 karma
I'll a question. What kind of living do you make from this? I mean, are you able to support yourself doing this alone? Are you one of those people that set up shops at different venues like fairs and concerts? Have a nice day.
Artector22 karma
The OKC Thunder pretty much is my biggest client and I'm able to support myself thanks to them. During off season I work only events such as weddings and corporate picnics. By no means am I rich, but most bills are covered :)
inserttitlehere5 karma
jolls4 karma
Ahaha how delightful! Here is me! http://i.imgur.com/wraV1Hv.jpg
Also, for a question part... I've recently started doing caricatures for parties and whatnot, after a lot of friends expressed interest in some of the fast & loose ones I do for them on Facebook. My first time doing it at a party was kinda nerve-wracking. Have any tips for doing better caricatures in party type settings? Thanks!!
Artector9 karma
http://i.imgur.com/TlQBo38.jpg get a shot and it'll make things much enjoyable :)
JustForTheCaricature4 karma
Probably a bad pic for a caricature but I didn't really have any better ones.
motsu353 karma
wow, thats so cool... since this is an ama...
have you ever worked at an amusement park? that's the main place i see caricature artists.
have you ever had someone get offended at what you drew
do you do any other non stylized art?
zhandragon3 karma
I'm a breakdancer and I'd love to get a caricature of this elbow tip freeze! Should be interesting to draw xD http://i.imgur.com/FsigCJH.jpg EDIT: here's a shot of my face http://i.imgur.com/ftAD1Ns.jpg
Artector2 karma
I drew you but it doesn't appear on the thread. I think you replied with a thank you so you might've seen it :)
fluffsta0073 karma
Some great caricatures you have done! Could you do me and a friend in NY looking sad? Many thanks.
Nangle_2 karma
http://i.imgur.com/IhXaSnX.jpg Please give it a go. It'll be my profile pic.
officialpoypoy2 karma
how much $ do u make per event? How do you get gigs from normal average ppl? How long does each caricature take?
I am a caricature artist too :D its fun and all I am slower though it takes me 10 minutes each caricature full color.
Artector7 karma
I charge around $100 an hour. The kind of caricatures I do are just head and shoulders so I can draw as many people I can. I did start at theme parks but it's not as profitable. Craigslist ads and also doing weddings for free (with tip jar) is how I started when I left the theme parks
ThisistobeDeleted2 karma
Can you do this one of my boyfriend and myself? It's his birthday soon and I think he'd love it. http://imgur.com/Zt0NBMw
If you would prefer, here are two more which I'd also really love :) http://imgur.com/D7nXfjk http://imgur.com/fxrslRa
DrowningFish1012 karma
These are fantastic... I hope you choose to do this one of me, but if not thanks anyway and keep up the good work! http://i.imgur.com/eJSNkMU.jpg
CountToofu1 karma
One asymetrical face for Count Toofu please! :D http://imgur.com/sf5j26b
szagud36 karma
http://imgur.com/X3RrR3u
Have fun :)
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