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Caricatures
car·i·ca·ture (k r  -k -ch r , -chr)
A. A representation, especially pictorial or literary, in which the subject's distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic or grotesque effect.
B. The art of creating such representations. Source: www.dictionary.com
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Samples are below:
Computer Wizard, a small business just north of Toronto, needed a little life brought to their logo. The owner was presented the logo above on business cards and brochures for his 60th birthday!
Rob and Don had their heads funnied up for a Canada Day poster.
Al is playing golf when he should be cutting hair (we told his boss).
The Brothers Three, Mount Rushmore Style!
A great Happy Birthday sketch for the Lovely Eda!
Ray Charles - Made with consruction paper and 8pt. card stock
Family Caricatures - Children
These beautiful children below came to our booth at the 2006 Toronto Sportsmen's Show eager to be immortalized by Marco Bucci, our newest team member.
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Dictionary.com had this to say about the word CARICATURE and CARICATURIST
cari·ca·turist n. Synonyms: caricature, burlesque, parody, travesty, satire, lampoon
These nouns denote artistic forms in which someone or something is imitated in an amusing and generally critical manner. A caricature grossly exaggerates a distinctive or striking feature with intent to ridicule: drew a caricature of the politician. Burlesque, which usually denotes a dramatic work, suggests outlandish mimicry and broad comedy to provoke laughter: a burlesque playing at the theater.Parody, travesty, and satire generally apply to written works. Parody employs the manner and style of a well-known work or writer for a ludicrous effect: wrote a parody of the famous novel. A travesty is a harshly distorted imitation: a travesty of morality. Satire usually involves ridiculing follies and vices: employs satire in her poetry. A lampoon is a malicious but broadly humorous satire: a lampoon authored by a standup comic. Word History: The history of the word caricature takes us back through the centuries to a time when the Romans occupied Gaul, offering the blessings of civilization to the Gauls but also borrowing from them as well. One such borrowing, the Gaulish word *karros, meaning “a wagon or cart,” became Latin carrus, “a Gallic type of wagon.” This Latin word has continued to roll through the English language, giving us car, career, cargo, carry, and charge,Caricature, another offspring of carrus,caricatura, the source of the French word, was derived from Italian caricare, “to load, burden, or exaggerate.” Caricare in turn came from Late Latin carric re, “to load,” derived from the Romans' Gaulish borrowing carrus. among others. came to us via French from Italian, in which
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