Tuesday, 13 September 2016

The Role Of Caricature Houston

By Henry Richardson


Caricatures are used to describe people by exaggerating some of their features and by oversimplification of other features. This may be done using pencil strokes, sketching or other types of artistic drawings. Caricatures are intended to perform various tasks. In politics, they are used for entertainment reasons. Caricature Houston can be insulting or even complimentary depending on the context it has been drawn.

In entertainment magazines, caricatures are used to entertain readers. Some are drawn using free hands. Drawing is done by artists while using pencils and other normal drawing commodities. Nowadays, caricatures are being produced semi-automatically or automatically with the help of computers. Some programs are designed in such a way that they have warping tools used for drawing caricatures. Programs capable of designing caricatures automatically are very few.

Process of creating these cartoons on a piece of paper is quite different from doing it on a computer graphic system. To use a computer you need to comprehend functionality of program being used. In other words, special skills are required to come up with caricatures using computer, otherwise you may not make it. Computers ought to make work easy however, in case you lack required expertise you end up making work complex rather than simplifying it.

Caricatures tend to pass a given message much quicker than written words. This is because you do not need to read so as to comprehend the content. You only need to look and understand. Owing to this feature, caricatures convey information to wide public. This is because both the illiterate and non-native can understand the meaning just by looking at them. At times, cartoons are used with a written message. Cartoons benefit those who may not have enough time to read information in the writing form. Cartoons are at times used to emphasize information for proper understanding.

Caricatures are highly used in advertisement industry. This is possible because they are capable of capturing attention and imaginations of many people at once. Through this way, cartoons are able to convey essential message without making noise or causing other kinds of disturbances. They are most efficient for of advertisements in places where noise is not required.

Caricatures are associated with happiness, fun and humor. Owing to this special characteristic, they are very helpful in relaxing minds of audience, especially in intense or dull occasions. In such cases, cartoons are used as icebreakers especially when audience is comprised of people who do not know each other.

Most honored speakers use caricatures as motivational tools during presentation. They help audience to warm up and relief themselves for their own good. Some speakers use cartoons to pass messages that they think it is a bit sensitive to speak about. When talking to employees, some employees may not be happy when you attack them directly concerning an area, which they are misbehaving. However, you can correct them by simply drawing a cartoon in order to mock a negative behavior they are engaging in.

Different artists use different styles when coming up with caricatures. Different artists have different capabilities. Those who come up with pictures that are both eye catching and able to pass message in an easy way are considered to be the best ones. Best artists use few or no words at all when drawing cartoons.




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