Wednesday, 4 May 2016

Dream And Dare To Be A Caricature Artist

By Joseph Thompson


It is not about what you have got. It is more about what you make out of what you got. So goes the line at a third installment of a franchise film about dancing. The message says so much about skill and talent being put to good use. That it would be rendered useless, if you do not make something out of it.

Or when you would not want to stand up for it. That is what art is all about. And this is what caricature artist Sarasota should set out to do, just like any real artist would. True, these days, people would love it, if they can make a living out of something they love to do.

They say that some of the first caricatures goes as far back as the fifteenth century, drawn by Leonardo da Vinci. These days, it is becoming a popular form of art, even entertainment. What freedom it is to express yourself, and to be able to do what you love, without the worry of how much the paycheck would be.

Because that is what passion of doing something like this, entails. You scream for it, long for it, that you really become quite restless if you do not follow your heart in desiring this kind of art, or any form for that matter. It is simply not something you one just easily ignores.

Try looking at funhouse posters and books for children, even leading magazines or newspapers. Get to the page where the illustrations are. Something you see there is a stretched and squished, a representation of something much more profound. It is meant to have been drawn to create humuor while provoking opinion. That is caricature.

And that is kind of how people like you, otherwise known as caricaturist, see the world. You will be sure to feel that rare connection with an illustration you will see. You are bound to feel it, as an artist yourself. That is when you would know, that it is really indeed time to chase your passion, if you have not been there yet.

While it can be fun and also fulfilling, it is not a career where you can expect to get high salary. This is why it is not for those who wish to get rich, but rather it is a dream chased only by the few who knows what it demands. Which is your heart and soul for it. Art, you see, is something you have to be in love with, so that you can bring yourself to pursue it.

If you feel like you still need a refresher, or that you need to learn some new tricks, enroll in a session. This country offers so many, even locally. It does not have to be expensive for you to learn. It does not have to be a good one if you are really already decided.

You continue to create art because you see beauty in it. You go with it anyway, sketch and paint some more, because all that really matters, is how you love it, enough to lose yourself in it. It becomes something more profound than money or any other joy in life would ever be, just because your very being cannot survive without it, so you have found out.




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