B.F. Skinner Caricature

So, um, I am waaaaaaaay behind on actually posting any art. Oops. Anyway, for this assignment, we had t o caricature any famous person. I wanted to do someone related to psychology since that’s my major. Originally, i was going to do Freud, but he is actually very normal looking (which isn’t so great for caricaturing). So, I decided to draw B.F. Skinner instead. Skinner is a fairly famous behaviorist in the world of psychology. He did a bunch of experiments with rats and pigeons and is basically the father of operant conditioning (hence the the little lab rat with an electrode attached to it). 

Skinner was FUN to draw. He kind of reminds me of a snapping turtle with his weird little smirk and giant nose. Throw in the crazy hairstyle and droopy, wrinkly face, and, well, he had one of those mugs that just ASKS to be exaggerated.

Media are my beloved PrismaColor Colored Pencils and a flair pen. I actually really enjoyed layering the pencils to get the skin-tone you see here As you can see, there was a lot of skin to cover. Once I finished that part, the other details were really simple. I actually blended everything with a white colored pencil as suggested by our instructor. I had a little mishap with the ink smudging on his forehead but I was able to incorporate that into the final piece. My classmates seem to think it really improved the overall character of the final product, who knew?

Second image is a little digitally enhanced for the background (shoddy phone camera probs again, yay!), but I wasn’t able to get in and enhance all the white areas of the image, which is why it looks a bit off.

Stay tuned for a couple more updates! I just need to reorient/enhance the brightness a bit in GIMP before posting them, but a WIP of a comic strip we had to design and my take on a cover for the New York Times are on their way! (If I ever find my supplies, I’ll also finish the two page fairy-tale spread we were supposed to do as our latest assignment. Plus, I might have a special post of just “bonus” assignments…if I every get around to taking pictures of them.)