This week's Let's Face It! (2022) Week 17 module was led by Tara Roskell. Her process involves facial distortion and exaggeration (e.g. moving elements to the edge of the face, dropping ears to near-chin level, changing the size/ratio of the elements to one another, converting the neck to a stick/pole, etc. and using added stick figures to create a sense of place/story about the central image). As a graphic designer, Tara has a particular flare for her distinctive process that results in a vey modern kind of distorted caricature.
I used one of my own photos rather than her source photo, so that I wouldn't compare my results with hers. That said, the first step was distorting the photographic image with an app. Then I basically played with her process though didn't go as extreme (except for the color). The result is a bit on the scary side...definitely overly dramatic. The face is totally misshapen with one eye off to the side--making up a part of a musical note. I added echo lines around the head to distract from the knobbiness of the forehead/crown distortion though I'm not sure making it into a musical staff works that well.
The sketch was filled in with activated Caran d'Ache Neocolor IIs (water-soluble wax pastels) with black Pentel Brush Pen and Muji pen embellishments. The words read 'my song is loud'.
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