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[–] nul9o9 123 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't have the self confidence to have this done to me.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

Looking at the picture, I don't think she did either.

[–] sp3ctr4l 79 points 1 month ago

Well that is both terrifying and also impressive.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I don't get how caricatures have persisted: people pay and sit to have someone do Ren & Stimpy OCs of them. At best, it'll look like an insult.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

But they are all so ugly.

I haven't seen a single one that I thought was funny.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Assuming you mean, I have to take myself less seriously. I make fun of myself all the time. I am, by practice, one of the least serious people I know. I just don't like the art and every caricature I've seen is in this style.

Do people actually like caricatures or is it just a thing that sticks around because they were famous, like clowns and mimes?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe they hang it up in their bedroom to raise the difficulty settings on their sex life.

I got my caricature done once as a kid and I'm still recovering. If he'd done me up like this I'd never fuck again.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

My game is wack enough as it is. I'm not trying to get into NG++

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A well done caricature can be funny and cute. Unfortunately there are a lot of artists that, while good, can't read the room. The trick seems to be not to overly pick on characteristics that will hurt, without balancing them out.

Oh and a good group of clowns can be excellent. I saw some at a circus, and they pulled off slapstick perfectly.

A mime once trapped me in an invisible box. I was trapped for days...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You tellin me you get wifi in the mime box? I don't buy it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I managed to get out. A roaming gang of clowns drove it off.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I saw Ricky going into a vintage VG shop last year, in Waterloo. I said, "HI RICKY!!"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

that's pretty cool. I'm too weird to say hi to famous people 😆

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I think as a YouTube goblin, he probably appreciates it, or I wouldn't have.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

og “roast me”

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

My dad thinks caricatures are funny, I get it. But he had one done for my 8yo~ sister (at the time) and it's probably one of her worst memories and maybe the cause of insecurities.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I've got one of me that was fun and not actually insulting, I worked at Disney across from a caricature art booth and one of the artists world draw nearby Cast Members when it was slow. Although I'm not sure where it is at the moment because it's not actually hung on the wall.

A less bizarre one of a couple could be cute.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Hm... Would be cool if I could say some stuff is off-limits. I have a couple of prominent features, most of which I don't mind, but some I have insecurities for. I'd love a caricature focussing on the former while ignoring the latter.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 month ago

Beauty is in the eye. Just the eye.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago

They paid money for this burn.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People do these all day at fairs and piers and tourist shit.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah but how long does one "portrait" take

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

10-20 minutes, if that.
The point of saying they do it all day should indicate they make them fast.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, you said they do it daily, but didnt mention if they do 1 or 20 per day.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

I may have gotten too high for this one...

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

Holy shit this is so mean xD

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

What was it again, ATBGE? Awful Taste but Great Execution.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

This is adorable. I love it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's not just me, right?

Check that street artist's Twitter.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

My husband and I got done by this guy once, he made my nose so big you could parasail with it. He will take y shot he can with a person, and making them look like a historical Jew Trope I think would be in bounds for him. His goal is to offend, he is good at achieving his goal.