He reminds me a lot of Inspector Kemp from Young Frankenstein, minus the monocle and screw-on hand.
Another astute officemate pointed out that I'm making these guys less weird than they actually are. I'm subconsciously trying to "fix" them when I should be going in the exact opposite direction. For example, I could have played up his ridiculously high collar, deeply inset raccoon eyes and bushy, bushy chops-- formed more of an opinion about him before I plunged in. I think opinion is what separates lively portraiture/caricature from dead reproductions. Only so much is actually important about people, and the rest can just go away or be downplayed.
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Couldn't agree more with your input on that. It's easier to do with some faces.
Check out my latest attempt. I was trying to maintain the likeness as that has been a weak area of mine. I found the picture of the guy just floating around on the internet. He looks kind of pervy to me. What do you think? Hee Hee.
I believe thats General Ambrose Burnside..the man credited with inventing sideburns! he should be on a dollar bill or something.
Cade, you made me Stephen King!!!! Hahaha, I'll get you for this...
Yeah. I was thinking that afterward too. Sorry about that. Like I said, I'm not too good with keeping likeness.
OK, I changed the rendering a little bit. Normally wouldn't mess around with it, but it was bugging me. Look more like you now?
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