Laughter is a good medicine. A funny caricature can bring laughter and joy to our souls. So if you enjoy a good laugh try having a caricature of you and or a relative or friend drawn.

Caricatures portray a person's character and personality. A good caricature artist finds a person's character and personality by listening and by engaging in dialogue with the person they are drawing whilst they draw the caricature.

As well as drawing caricatures of people a good caricature artist can draw painting cartoons of the social and cultural environment that is the context of their drawing.

However, I believe a good caricature artist is sensitive towards the multicultural environment that is the context of their drawing. So to do this in a cartoon an artist can choose images that are sensitive towards different cultures.

Also, developing an appropriate style to draw the cartoon in can communicate the subject the caricature artist is drawing character and personality. Various materials can be used to draw a caricature e.g. pencil, pen, felt, charcoal, paint etc. painting A pencil, pen and charcoal drawing will give a sketchy look to the caricature (I think you would have gathered this already). Pencil, charcoal, felt and paint can be used to give contrast and a dramatic look to a caricature. painting These materials can be used to give further moods and effects to caricatures.

After a caricature is drawn it can be scanned using Adobe Photoshop then exported into Adobe Illustrator as an.ai file. painting The.ai file can be worked with as a vector image within Adobe Illustrator. The vector file can be enlarged without losing the crispness and clarity of the caricature. painting For example vector files can be enlarged and printed onto billboards.

As well caricatures are used in Childrens book illustration, Fine Art and Graphic Design work, etc.

So if you want a good laugh try having a caricature drawn.