Caricature Likeness

I came to the realization that the best way to get a likeness is to base it off of things that you've seen. Anything from animals to food. Everyone's face can symbolize something to you. It's an amazing thing. You'll run into faces that instantly spark an idea that reminds you of something. The other day I was walking through the mall and tried to base every face I saw on one thing. I saw Disney villains, mythical creatures, to even swords or pudding. It's almost weird how these ideas where jumping out at me. And I felt like it was a great exercise for caricature. OF course we all get stumped on some faces we run across. I like to call these, " Deficient Faces" The faces where the features really don't spark your imagination. I find that when you keep sketching and practicing, you will find less and less of these "Deficient Faces". There are also the faces that have so much sparks of imagination that you lose track on which idea you want to base it off of. I think these are the most difficult. Because they really are just extremely frustrating. It's almost like you are having a conversation about a topic you know absolutely EVERYTHING about but yet you can't find the words to really explain your feelings on the topic. I find that I am running into more and more of these. But there is nothing like it when you nail a caricature on exactly everything you wanted to portray. It almost gives you a high. And it reminds me why I love doing it so much.