10/2/02
Caricatures!!
Let's draw caricatures of people, but make 'em wacky! That's the basic premise, some of the ideas we had:
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normal, except for skull heads.
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normal, except that the angel of death is behind them, about to strike.
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ask them about their hobbies, and then just draw them playing tennis.
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just put an aggressive amount of US propaganda in the caricature
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draw it really well, and then scribble it out and hand it back to them.
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accentuate features that aren't prominent on the subject, to give them a new complex.
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give girls pencil thin moustaches
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draw people as hookers.
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draw them as cochroaches
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draw yourself drawing a caricature
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draw the guy behind them.
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just draw them doing horrible things (stabbing someone, picking their nose, punching kittens, assinating
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presidents, etc..)
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draw them old and dying, hooked up to a kidney machine
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disturb them by drawing them as the opposite sex
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put blatant product placement in the caricatures (their hobbies all center around taco bell or ford trucks)
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draw everyone as pez dispensers
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draw everyone pregnant, or shooting up heroin.
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draw them ala Calvin, pissing on whatever it is they said they liked.
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draw cubist caricatures
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draw them saying "help"
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draw their massive head weighing them down.
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draw them from the back.
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draw them getting booted out of college
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draw them getting hit by a car, and tomorrow's date on a calendar or sign.
I'm sure we did a bunch of these ideas, I don't really remember which ones. Caricatures that were done earlier were also on display as examples.
Lilana, Forrest, Chris Litt and Bob were scribbling up a storm, though I was only wielding my camera around whilst Forrest was on sketch duty. They churned out a ton of top-quality, gallery grade masterpieces throughout the day.
Most people were confused by our singular approach to art. We laughed. But they kept their treasured likeness and were proud of having been the center of attention.
Well, everyone, that is, except...
The lady in red asked for a caricature. Forrest dutifully assumed the task of rendering her likeness with due care given to accuracy and aesthetic. Also he drew her having been hit by a car.
I'm confused, but I'm happy. It's me!
Wait a minute...
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"Why do I have to be hit by a car?"
Then she quietly put the picture back on the table and walked away. Ah.
Bob and I cut out midway to go see John Stossel. That has nothing to do with the event, but this picture is priceless.
Like any other Knighthood event, it seemed like everyone and their roommate in the college of whatever-the-hell-it-is-they-do was working on some project for which they took pictures/video/interviews a gazillion times.
Then we were all frightened and intimidated when Zac performed his greatest feat of strength yet when he LIFTED THE ENTIRE EARTH OVER HIS HEAD!!
Traditionally there was much frolicking.
