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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Harry Hamernik has spent eight years teaching caricature drawing
to artists for theme parks such as SeaWorld, LEGOLAND, Knott’s
Berry Farm and Paramount’s Kings Island. Currently, he is a full-time
faculty member at the Art Institute of California in San Diego, where
he teaches drawing courses in the animation program. Additionally,
he has taught at the Art Academy of Los Angeles and Orange County
Art Studios. Harry holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in graphic design
with an emphasis in commercial illustration. He and his wife, Kate, also
own a freelance art business. Harry is available for hire as a caricature
or freelance artist for any event or project. For more information, go to
Face Off.
Copyright © 2006 by Harry Hamernik.
Manufactured in China.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or
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Impact Books, an imprint of F+W Publications, Inc., 4700 East Galbraith
Road, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45236. (800) 289-0963. First edition.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to recognize and acknowledge all the individuals who
helped me in the creation of this book. Thank you to my wife, Kate,
who kept me motivated through the entire process. Thank you to
Pamela Wissman, acquisitions editor at F+W Publications, Inc.,
who gave me the chance to create this book. Thank you to my editor,
Christina Xenos, who worked with me patiently through the deadlines.
Thank you to all my friends who modeled for this book. Thanks to
Kaman’s Art Shoppes and Steve Fishwick, who employed me as a
caricature artist all those years where I practiced this craft. “Sorry it
took so long” goes out to all my past students who have been waiting
for this book for many years. Lastly, thank you to my parents, who let
me pursue art as a career.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hamernik, Harry
Face off : how to draw amazing caricatures & comic portraits / Harry
Hamernik.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-58180-759-2 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN-13: 978-1-60061-378-4 (EPUB)
ISBN-10: 1-58180-759-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Portraits--Caricatures and cartoons. 2. Cartooning--Technique. I. Title.
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Drawing comic portraits or caricatures is a whole lot of
fun. How else can you get paid to poke fun at people? Of
course, it’s all in good taste and for everyone’s entertain-
ment. Caricature artists are entertainers, not comedians; if
you learn this right away, it will save you a lot of trouble.
Having trained many artists for theme parks, I finally fig-
ured out that it was easier on everyone if I could distribute
handouts of the points I was making during my demonstra-
tions. Those handouts piled up until I put them together for this
book. Explore this book, following all the instructions so you
can make your own fun caricatures and maybe even teach
those theme park artists a thing or two.
First, a few suggestions:
1
Proceed page by page, and don’t skip around the book.
It will all make more sense this way.
2
Learn the techniques first. Then you can try drawing people
in person.
3
Don’t be afraid of mistakes. With quick caricatures drawn
live, there will always be some mistakes on the page. A
good caricature artist can draw the sketch quickly, create a
likeness and make few mistakes. Most mistakes are so subtle
that no one will notice them.
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