Hi Friends,
I am planning to make some caricatures this month and I am dead serious about this. I haven’t done a lot a caricatures since Romney lost to Obama (Horrible horrible stuff – but recall that this wasn’t scanned, it was photographed, and then it was photoshot (oops, I meant photoshopped) to make it look acceptable. When I was done, I understood why I am never called in to Photoshop-out Aishwarya’s double-chin or make Bips look fairer!)
Let me stop spinning a long and tangled yarn and tell you straightaway that I think it’s now time to revive the caricaturist in me, and put her to work.
The question is – whose caricatures should I create?
The answer is: I am not sure. There are so many famous people out there that I can’t decide.
Will you help?
In each of the following categories whose caricature would you like to see here. Please leave your thoughts as a comment.
Internationally Famous Personalities:
(Note: I am adding the suggestions that I’ve already taken. Additional suggestions are welcome 
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- 2 Actors (1 Male and 1 Female) (Dustin Hoffman, Billy Crystal) and “you-know-who” (even though you-know-how isn’t yet an international celeb.)
- 1 Singer/Musician (Male/Female) (Bette Midler, Willie Nelson)
- 1 Politician (Male/Female) (Burlesque-oni)
- 1 Historical Figure (Male/Female) (“You-know-who” as Akbar.)
- 1 Fictional Figure (Male/Female)
Please post your thoughts and help a caricaturist in distress.
I’ll be back soon…perhaps with the caricatures you desire
I’d like to thank you in advance for your help this important matter,
- Shafali The Caricaturist.
Well, I must say Shafali that I am not familiar with most of the younger generation of actors or singers…..one might say that I live quite a bit in the past…….an unfortunate by-product of being a baby boomer. So my suggestions will likely be other members of the baby boomers or even older. How about Dustin Hoffman, actor……you love noses and he as a good one. Or Billy Crystal….comedian, actor. For an actress……a real character who passed away in 2012 was Phyllis Diller……she was a character with features that she disguised so that she could be a comedian…..or getting a bit closer to the newer generation, Jane Lynch who as been on so many programs lately…..she has come into her own.
A singer…….now I can actually name a few here…..Jennifer Hudson, Barbra Streisand, Bette Middler, Lady Gaga who is already a caricature of a person or Taylor Swift…….for men…..I love Michael Buble or to name a real character, Willie Nelson……you wouldn’t have to exaggerate much on him.
I think I will let others suggest people in the other categories…..brain drain……
Hi Nancy,
Thanks a ton for the suggestions
Dustin Hoffman, Billy Crystal are in. And I must draw Streisand. She’s got such an interesting face, and also Bette Midler…she is super-awesome! I don’t know why I didn’t draw her until now. I’ll take up Willie Nelson in the Male Singers Category 
I hope another reader stops by to suggest a political figure. I am going to draw Burlesque-oni (if Barb permits me to,) but he belongs more in the Entertainment sphere.
Thanks again,
S
Actors – you know who, and you can draw him with Pryanka Chopra, as they are often on screen together and they both dance beautifully!
OK, I know! Emperor Akbar – because there’s an exhibition about him in Rome at this time! (AAAAAND because the aforementioned guy played him on screen, LOL!)
Singer – I’ve stopped watching MTV so I’m musically stuck in the 80s and 90s (except for Bollywood soundtracks, of course)
Politician – I’ve never followed politics. And we have elections coming, yikes. Mr B is coming back!
Historical figure – which reminds me I should go back to my historical novel and historical research… no, wait, that would mean less time to blog, read and write everything else… mmm, maybe next year!
Fictional figure – I’d suggest one of my charactes, but then you’d have to read the book…
I’ve already promised a caricature of you-know-who
You missed the “international” bit. PC is far from becoming an international celeb, and honestly, I don’t like her a lot. I’d rather draw Sonakshi or Anushka than Priyanka or Deepika, but right now I am not keen on those youngish faces. I’d like to work with the lines of age and experience.
So, Mr. Burlesque-oni is on.
Give me time to decide upon Akbar. There’s no true likeness of him existing anywhere…so perhaps, I’d draw the caricature of you-know-who as Akbar. Feed two birds at the same time! (I don’t like the “kill birds” quote, so I though up one of my own.)
Fictional figure?
I still await suggestions
I forgot to say “Don’t use you-know-who to feed two birds at the same time”! Not fair!
(I hate him with the moustache!) – there’s plenty of miniatures about the real Akbar, BTW… although they’re not real portraits.
http://barb65.deviantart.com/gallery/40617442 (and no, don’t pick Ker-ris so you’d feed two birds at the same time again and avoid drawing you-know-who!)! 
Okay, international actress… well, Ash is pretty international by now. But maybe you already did her. Michelle Pfeiffer is the model for Amazonia – and when I’m her age I want to look like her!
Fictional figure – try Kol-ian, the technological angel! You can see the drawings I did of him in my DeviantART gallery!
Aishwarya? No way. I used to like her, but that was a long time ago. I am a huge fan of Salman Khan, and that lady left Salman Khan for…believe it or not, Abhishek Bachchan! And now, she isn’t even beautiful. Coming to Kol-ian…he’s too handsome. Yet, if you are willing to swap you-know-whose caricature for Kol-ian’s, I’ll do it. IMHO, Kol-ian has a much better nose, which I’ll happily distort!
I don’t like Sallu, so I don’t care who she is with. I’m about to comment on SRK’s FB page, as he keeps comparing himself to the other 2 Khans – grow up, guys, you’re 47, all of you! (Amir is the only one older than me)
Kol-ian is not you know who, Ker-ris is. Kol-ian is my first muse when he was younger and scar-less (because Kol-ian had genetically reinforced skin – had to find pics pre-belly scar of Keanu or not draw the scar, LOL).
Unless he’s Brad Pitt, they all have nose problems, dear…
Oh…ok
Kol-ian seems to be an interesting mutant (right?) The guy doesn’t seem to have any nose problem in his portrait (btw, his portrait is very Sallu-ish. Salman Khan is known for showing off his torso.
so is Keanu. The Greg Gorman pics from the early 90s show everything, yes, the full picture from behind. And I have one signed by him where he points at his a.. as his “best part”!
And I have more of him bare-chested…
It’s getting a little hot here
I didn’t watch Ek Tha Tiger and Dabangg 2, as I’ve been quite busy, but I hope to watch them soon. Oh, and I am also writing a short story (fantasy genre) for your blog! Brace yourself!
whoot!
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(I watched Ek Tha Tiger in a cinema and wasn’t impressed… but then I don’t like Sallu!