The thing about most caricature is that they all pretty much look the same in style and proportion. They accentuate facial features and have similar cartoon qualities even when drawn by different artists. I normally use a caricature of myself as a profile image (avatar) for most social websites.

Damien Weighill is an artist who is breaking the mold of non-realistic portraiture with this interesting project. Drawn from a submitted photograph and his imagination Damien illustrates people, real people. You can send your picture to him and he will create a drawing of you for his weblog titled Your Face and, if you make the cut, for a tea towel he plans to have printed (space is still available).

Real people don’t read your blog.

A fact that I wasn’t made aware of when I signed up for these things; It now seems so obvious.

If you are reading this and you do happen to be a real person then why not send me a photo (one which includes your real face) and I will draw a picture of you and post it here to serve as everlasting proof that sometimes facts are wrong.

You can view all of the faces Damien has drawn so far as well as his portfolio of other work. Maybe I’ll see if he’ll draw my portrait…