tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47769167529413612772012-02-03T14:57:06.072-08:00Tutorials in cartoon and caricatureRon (Sinpelo) Tocknellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15733536193124956167noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776916752941361277.post-57635417010674183932007-08-25T16:01:00.000-07:002008-08-31T15:59:53.829-07:00

What exactly is a caricature? It's not a portrait as such; in fact, the objective is to produce a drawing that looks nothing like the subject while, at the same time, being instantly recognisable. Gerald Scarf, the UK's finest caricaturist likened his approach to caricature as "stretching a piece of chewing gum as far as possible without breaking it". Once the thread of chewing gum snaps, the

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George Bush's main 'hook' is the mouth and nose. The nose is pinched similar to that of John Lennon (featured later). The mouth, however, is pure Bush. It's an interesting mouth as the upper lip appears to belong to a larger mouth than does the lower lip. Therefore it overhangs the lower lip slightly. However, there is no "slightly" in caricature so this is homed in on and exaggerated.The eyes

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OK. John Lennon is not seen in caricature quite as frequently (and never as unkindly) as Dubya so the hooks will be less familiar. I don't know if you've noticed but caricatures of politicians tend to be a little shaky when they first come to public attention. Gradually, different artists discover different hooks which are quickly taken up by other artists so that the standard of capturing the

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A driveThe process of going nowhere in particular in the carByteAn unpleasant wound usually inflicted by a Jack RusselMegabyteAs above but more generally inflicted by a crocodileKilobyteTo be avoided at all costsCThe first step in writing words such as “cat”, “cabbage” and “canary”C+A C that always gets ‘A’sC++ A C that always gets ‘A’s and still remains popularCADAn absolute bounderCGIA C that

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I’m sure you are weary of all the arguments on both sides of the on and on and ongoing debate about cannabis legislation. Lord knows, I am! Nevertheless I feel compelled to at least attempt to add my views to the immeasurable volume of material already written about it. Perhaps if, each time we encounter an impassable river, we toss in a pebble, eventually we will be able to walk across. This is

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We have all read and heard assertions that the IPCC is a fully independent police watchdog and those of us able to see through the lies and spin are aware that this is all tosh.The IPCC website assures us that:“No member of the Commission may have served as a police officer.” Oh really? So what about Peter Goode, Regional Director of the Cenral Region?Peter Goode has served in the police

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There seems to be a lot of confused feelings about atheism and it seems to mean different things to different people with only one aspect in common: the non belief in God (notice I use the capital G out of respect for those who do believe). Some atheists are fiercely anti God and / or anti religion so I think I'd better explain my position here: I do not believe in the existence of God or any

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