Start by analyzing the obvious contrasts.1: small cranium compared to jaw
2: Big chest compared to butt
3: Small legs compared to body
don't forget construction and perspective
Then go to secondary contrasts
upper muzzle a lot smaller than lower jaw-make that obvious as shit
Lower lip sticks out - stick it out farther
long floppy jowls-I made them longer
Head is slightly cocked to the left
Right eye is bigger than left eye - more open
mouth is tilted on an "s" curve - higher on right
tiny ears, tail, details
BIG NOTE: Use your taste to make the result appealing
it's not enough to just know the theories and apply them mechanically
as a final step you have to judge the drawing overall
is it fun?
More fun than the original?
Less fun? - shame
CARTOONY?? It has to feel like a cartoon
Alive? Does it look like a living character? Or just a constructed pile of balls?
This was a hard character to caricature because the orginal, while well constructed
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it's hard to caricature blandness
Tom and Jerry characters are blandly designed
they don't have much contrast in them and they use the simplest shapes, spheres and pears with not much variation in the shapes
but it's a good exercise to take something that doesn't have much contrast and give it contrast anyway
This was a good exercise. More, please.
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