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| Don Corleone, July 2010 |
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| The Great Flight, November 2007 |
Fabio Bautista is a Character Modeler/Texture Artist from Bogota, Colombia. He is an artist with wide experience in Character Creation for games, animated short films, 3D printing and advertisements. His works range from cartoony characters, caricatures, creatures such as orcs and ogres, to realistic humans (although humans are few and far in between). Going through Bautista's portfolio, I've noticed his focus is mainly on caricatures, and we'll be looking at two of those today. Obviously, to capture likeness in a caricature, one needs to know what facial features are unique to the real person being portrayed which is not an easy task by any means. Facial anatomy has to be understood as well as the canon of proportions. For example, the Jim Carrey caricature has an expression - he is smiling so it is not just the exaggeration of facial features that needs to be executed, but the expression and wrinkles that also need to be studied that are unique to Jim Carrey himself. The "Don Carleone" caricature is also very well executed and it does read like the original Don, played by Marlon Brando in the Godfather saga, and is easily identifiable. Compared to the organic Jim Carrey sculpture, this one is much more planar - we can see that in the character's hands, fingers, and facial features of the head. The stumpiness of this character gives him that much more character and believability. The composition is well executed and those old-looking, grainy, sepia tone colors tell quite a story. (word count - 251)
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| Jim Carrey, March 2009 |
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| Yoda, May 2010 |
All work shown here belongs to its original owner and creator Fabio Bautista. No copyright infringement intended.
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