Strangetown extras: Johnny, Ripp and Ophelia artwork

[strangetomato]

I previously mentioned that my significant other had agreed to use his artistic talents to create caricatures of some of the characters in my Strangetown story, and he just came home and presented me with the finished product. How exciting! I chose Johnny, Ripp, and Ophelia as the subjects, and I'm quite pleased by the results. 

So, what do you think?

Edited to Add:

Also, check out his comic blog, The Box Factory, if you're interested in seeing more of his work. Be warned that there is some crude humour, but don't let that scare you away. If nothing else, I recommend that you check out this illustration of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song as 3D shape poem.

 

Comments

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Yes, they are quite funny, aren't they? *grin* I'm so pleased.

Johnny is definitely the most accurate one. He's the easiest one to do, since he has the most unique features. The nose is great, but I love that space between the nose and lips too (which is very long on Johnny), and his lack of lips. And the cheekbones. Everything, really. He really nailed him.

Well, I (and numerous other characters in the story) have said that Ripp is sleazy, so here he is. *snicker* I think there is a lot of truth in this depiction, even if he is a lot rougher looking than he should be. I see him as an attractive guy who is very unkempt. No wonder the General couldn't deal with it. The hair mesh that I use on him seems a little unwashed to me too - maybe that's why he's always scratching his head. *snicker*

He might be convinced to do another drawing like this eventually, but I wouldn't even ask him again right away. He has his own work to do, and this was a big favour to me. He just got a deal with a small newspaper to publish his comic strip, so that's going to keep him pretty busy.

I would love to see him do Nervous Subject, and that would definitely be my next suggestion, even though he frequently expresses his dislike for "moon-faced" people, which is a category that Nervous definitely falls into (yes, we really do have conversations like that). When he first saw Ripp, he asked me why I made such a skeety (skeazy) guy. *snort* Then he pointed out a guy in a band we were watching at the bar a couple of weekends ago and said he looked like "that sim with the long hair". I got really excited (like you would), but he wasn't a Ripp clone. He was pretty cute, but not really the same. His hair was a lot longer too. (Okay, now I'm just rambling...)

Thanks. I'll be sure to pass those thumbs up on to him.