Thursday, April 21, 2016

See The World As 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.

That does not include something you have earned a degree for, if that is not what you want to do in the first place. Everything learned in school is pretty much necessary for passing and graduating. So no. That does not count. Unless a caricature artist Sarasota is practicing his art, like any artist would, he would not be happy.

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.

People only have so much time. Do not get stuck in a box, just because the pay is more than right. It is not about the pay. It is about the freedom you would get, out of doing what you love. Treating it as a job would be second nature. Getting paid for it, would be a bonus.

Do not be afraid to get your pencil, the sketchpad, and draw, if that is what you love to do. It is actually possible to make a decent job out of being an artist that makes caricature. Do not be afraid of your art, if you know you have been drawn to it for a long time.

That is something not easy to do for the ordinary folk. You have to be born for it, and love it, so that you will have the heart to practice for it and because it takes practice too. Someone who wants to pursue this path must be keen to detail and quick for action in looking for the best traits or personality of their desired subject. It cannot just be anything.

Caricatures are pretty fun, admit it. They make a breathe of fresh air, as you see a drawing of people or someone prominent, squished and made to appear funny, without the artist coming across as insulting. If you want to get money out of that, you have options. Being able to display your recent o previous work will be one of them.

When you thirst for it, know that you will not be rewarded with plenty of money, but you will survive. Know that you will have an even better reward in a sense of self fulfillment. That it would be something which can fill so many voids you thought existed. Sure, you may be misunderstood, often underrated. But that is not why you are doing it in the first place.

Be serious about what you want and what you want it. You may not know that you are ready to become the person you have longed to be for so long. Every waking day would never again be an excuse for you to just be present at work because you are being paid for it. This time, it will be something much more meaningful.




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