These two friends were really nice. The one in the hat was an exchange student from Oxford, England. I was talking to her about bands from Oxford, like Radiohead and Supergrass (dang, I forgot to mention Ride!). She was going home again after the semester so they asked if I could draw TWO copies, so she could take one back to the UK. I usually don't do that, but it was early in the night and there wasn't a line, so what the heck. They really loved it.
Here's a couple I thought turned out well, but I could've pushed the guy's face a LOT more. He had MUCH bigger lips and teeth, and look at that straight-line, prominent brow! Something I didn't notice until afterward. Some friends were watching and kept cracking jokes at him, so both of them were all smiles the whole time (makes it much easier!).
Now this couple - easily my favorite out of the whole evening! Seriously, who WOULDN'T wanna take a crack at this dude? As soon as they sat down, I learned they were engaged. They said they wanted to use this in their wedding, so "no pressure" or anything! O-K! They were easy to draw - she had deep, dark eyes and his hairdo was the size of Spaceship Earth at Epcot! My biggest concern was to make sure I fit his hair on the paper - had the paper been larger I would've kept going! It's too bad I wasn't airbrushing last night - this one would've been so AWESOME in color!I'm glad I took some photos - I usually forget to bring a camera with me when I'm drawing caricatures live. I need to keep one on me ALL the time. It really helps - I can now go back and figure out what I missed, where I can improve, and just keep a record of my progress.
