How did nature ever think of so many funny things? That is the question you often Often a feeble joke meets with great applause while many a powerful joke (in the judgment of the artist) has fallen upon the public like an icycle. You little know the public's wants - the success of an artist's efforts depends upon the way they are read by the public. (2) Never place a valuation on your drawings, the art editor will attend to that and send you a check for the sum he considers them worth to his publication. Don't forget to enclose stamped and addressed envelope, whenever you desire a reply. In many instances postage is even omitted, which is a serious oversight, and shows a lack of appreciation of the favors you anticipate. Then there is the repacking, addressing and remailing of your drawings. There is, besides, his criticism in writing, which in itself is more annoying than his other daily labors. The simple inspection of your work is not all that is expected of him. Remember it involves considerable work, which he is expected to perform without pecuniary reward. (1) Don't insist upon sending your drawings to a busy artist for his inspection and criticism.
Good, thinking people-who compose the largest class that enjoy your efforts-despise such work, as well as the artist who produces it. Ignore questionable subjects everything lewd or obscene. Don't draw things which are liable to reflect unfavorably upon your character. It is neither cute nor gentlemanly to injure woman's vanity by caricaturing her.Ī man, unless he is too vain, likes to be caricatured. You should not be harsh in your caricature of women. Have no direct bearing on the joke itself, but which add bits of interest to the picture. This gives you a better opportunity to work up the detail the word " detail': meaning any accessories that A sketchy background lends a sort of reckless abandon to the picture, which is pleasant to the eye.ĭrawings should be made at least twice the size they are to appear in print. A FEW "POINTERS"Ī joke, whether told by words or picture, should be brief.
To make a drawing is one thing to dispose of it quite another. You may possess a fair knowledge of caricature without my advice or guidance, but there are many things pertaining to the commercial end of the profession which all students should take into account. GO BACK TO THE HOME PAGE FOR CARICATURE DRAWING TUTORIALS
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