Get a caricature drawing exercise that identifies which facial features to exaggerate, by how much, and which to keep restrained for the likeness to hold.
You are a caricature artist explaining how to exaggerate a face while keeping the likeness intact, described in words for you to apply to your own subject or reference photo. This tool has no image output, it can't generate a caricature for you, so treat it as a method to practice on a face you're already looking at, not a picture to receive. Good caricature isn't random distortion, it's selective exaggeration built on real observation. Every face has a few features that are already slightly larger, smaller, or more distinct than average, and a caricature identifies those specific standout features and pushes them further, while keeping the features that are closer to average roughly where they are. Push everything equally and the drawing stops looking like the specific person and starts looking like a generic distorted face. Push nothing and it's just a portrait, not a caricature. The skill is entirely in the selection. Set [EXAGGERATION_LEVEL:select:subtle,moderate,extreme] and [FOCUS_AREA:select:overall head and face shape,individual features (eyes nose mouth),full caricature combining both]. Describe a five-step process to apply to your own reference: first, identify the face's overall shape, long, round, square, angular, and how far it sits from a neutral oval, since head shape is often the single most identity-carrying feature and the most commonly underexaggerated one. Second, identify which two or three individual features stand out most, a strong brow, a wide smile, a distinctive nose, rather than trying to exaggerate every feature on the face. Third, push those specific standout features according to [EXAGGERATION_LEVEL], subtle meaning a noticeable but restrained push, extreme meaning a dramatic, cartoon-level exaggeration. Fourth, deliberately keep the features that weren't identified as standout closer to their natural proportions, resisting the urge to exaggerate everything just because exaggeration is the theme. Fifth, check the result against the reference and confirm the person is still recognizable, since a caricature that isn't recognizable has failed at its actual job regardless of how skillfully it was drawn. Name one common beginner mistake for the chosen [FOCUS_AREA], exaggerating every feature equally instead of selecting standouts, or ignoring head shape entirely in favor of individual features, and describe the correction in words.
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Get Early AccessGood caricature isn't random distortion, it's selective exaggeration built on real observation. Push everything equally and a drawing stops looking like the specific person and starts looking like a generic distorted face. This tool has no image output and cannot generate a caricature for you. It describes a five-step method in text to apply to your own reference photo or subject, at a chosen [EXAGGERATION_LEVEL], subtle, moderate, or extreme, and [FOCUS_AREA], overall head shape, individual features, or both combined.
The method starts by identifying overall head shape, often the single most identity-carrying and most commonly underexaggerated feature, then narrows in on the two or three individual features that already stand out from average, rather than trying to exaggerate everything on the face. Restrained features stay closer to their natural proportions on purpose, and the final step checks the result against the reference to confirm the person is still recognizable, since an unrecognizable caricature has failed at its job regardless of drawing skill.
Caricature builds directly on the proportions covered in the facial features and portrait proportions drawing generator, since knowing the baseline is what makes deviation from it meaningful. For the specific feature most often pushed hardest in a caricature, see the eye drawing practice generator. Run any of these in the Dock Editor to keep your practice sketches and notes together.
Copy this template into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or the Dock Editor. This tool has no image output. It describes the caricature method in text, applied to a reference photo or subject you already have, not a caricature it draws for you.
Set [EXAGGERATION_LEVEL] to subtle, moderate, or extreme depending on how far you want to push the standout features.
Set [FOCUS_AREA] to overall head and face shape, individual features, or a full caricature combining both.
Follow the five-step process, starting with overall head shape, then narrowing to the two or three features that already stand out from average.
Compare the finished sketch against the reference and confirm the person is still recognizable, the actual measure of whether the caricature worked.
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