Daniel Craig/James Bond
This caricature of Daniel Craig as James Bond provides a pretty good example of Artstix for new caricature artists. Prismacolor Artstix are what we, and many other caricature companies all across the world, use to color our drawings quickly and simply. They’re simple, they’re fast, and they don’t make a huge mess like almost every other kind of coloring medium.
But they have one big problem: Because they’re basically colored pencils, it’s difficult to make them create dark tones. It’s not impossible… take a look at Chaka’s or Celeste’s gallery to see examples of really dense, dark colors. But it takes time. And for me, a person who thinks ten minutes is too long to spend on a caricature, it takes an unacceptable amount of time. So what you see here is an example of the darkest tones I’ll ever create with these tools. It doesn’t work that well… I was trying to make a Caravaggio, and ended up with a coloring book.
Still, what a great face Daniel Craig has, right?