Caricaturist asking your advice

[tec0]

Thats not art, that is plagiarism. I can therefore copy a novel written by any writer and say that I've mastered their art just as long as I put my name to it...

You know as well as I do, that art in the form of writing is something completely different to painting. Some collectors will have something drawn in the style of the old masters and still pay good money for it knowing that it is a not the real thing.

As for copyright protection on books, it is killing the novel, music and poetry industry. Now I am not saying that is good to copy another writer word for word. But honestly, there are only so many sentence structures available. Now, being original is almost impossible especially in modern times.

[Dave A]

I enjoyed the caricature of Rafael

Which probably leads me to my only comment that may have any worth whatsoever - for caricatures overall it might not be quirky enough.

A doe-eyed Beethoven? He was no Bambi. Where's the anger and frustration?

[Frederico Rogeiro]

Hi, Dave. And hi again to all in this discussion.

I accept naturally that peolpe like it or not, think they express something or failed to do it. But to call this plagerism is surreal. It is to be totally unaware of the mental process this work implies.
adrianh, want it or not it I take that personally, because it puts my honesty at stake.

[daveob]

Well, that's the world of technology that we live in today - if someone thinks that a caricature has been created with photoshop ( or similar ) it shows how common the use of photoshop is, and how used to these types of images we are.

I think that looking at an artwork on a PC screen, and seeing the original with your own eyes are two different things - 12 years in the print industry taught me that.

Frederico - your art style is 'your' style - no-one says anyone else has to like it ( personally I do ).

If others think that your art looks photoshop'd, then I would take that as a compliment of your artistic ability.

[Frederico Rogeiro]

Daveob, you're absolutely right, I guess I can see it as a compliment.
But at the same time I can't let people convince everyone of their suspicious beliefs.
Thanks!

[adrianh]

I really like these

See if you can figure out who they are

[Inprogress]

Maybe highlight it

Hey Frederico.

Your drawings at first looked photoshopped to me, then I read some of the info on the website, found it was hand drawn......and I was amazed. Guess I'm old school (I like 35mm film photography) so when a person can do something with pen and paper and not photoshop effects I take my hat off to them. I like photoshop (actually Inkscape cause its free) because with photoshop I can get close to some of the things artists are capable of doing with pencils and paper and paint etc etc etc. Its very much like that artist who wrote that song "A million fire flies" (or is it ten million fire flies) where he used software to create the various sounds. He said he did that cause he wasn't able to play instruments like many other artists, or play numerous instruments either, hence the computer software was his course to find expression.

Anyhow all the best with your venture. I think you should maybe subtlety highlight the fact that your caricatures are hand drawn originals (not hand copied from photo-shopped pictures), maybe show the drawing process with each caricature.