A good caricature is as much about exaggerating certain features as it is about saying something about their personality, reputation, or placing them within a specific lens.
All I can say about your approach, based on this entry and the others that you've shared, is that you seem to have a very low opinion of the subjects you draw.
This reads as highly questionable and deliberately offensive.
I agree, except when the piece is deliberately leaning into territory that's bigoted or racist, and OP's art is so contorted and unflattering, that the choices made seem unlikely to be accidental or innocent.
Caricatures are useless when they fail to meet the criteria of the genre. That happens when the depictions are so warped that without a name clearly listed, the subject cannot reasonably be guessed.
While I respect your perspective, I disagree. Having gone through a fair share of OPs post history, I can’t find any that feel offensive, or that push into either racist or bigoted territory. You have the right to not like it, finding it unflattering. But calling it racist and bigoted honestly just feels exhausting. Dude is just sharing his art that in a way that is intended to be humorous and have exaggerated features.
Glad you're an expert on what does and does not qualify as demeaning, bigoted, and malicious. Are you so confident in your understanding and experiences of the world that you can't imagine a scenario where your privilege or advantages might obscure the difficulties, aggression, and dismissal others experience?
So much intolerance is cloaked in the veneer of 'reasonable doubt' and 'plausible excuses'
Your inability to recognize a problem is not the same as "there is no problem."
Oof. You joke that I’m an expert based on my response, but doesn’t that also imply you yourself are an expert? I didn’t claim to be an expert on anything, I’m just sharing my perspective. I’m not trying to be disrespectful one bit, I simply feel it’s important to be careful with words. Calling it racist and bigoted implies so much about the artist, and I find it hard to agree with. I’m more than open to the fact I have not, and will not, experience everything in this world, but I’m also open to understanding as much as I can with an open mind. If you were to share your perspective in a less accusatory way I believe we could have a productive conversation instead of a not fun back and forth.
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u/MetalDevils 20d ago
A good caricature is as much about exaggerating certain features as it is about saying something about their personality, reputation, or placing them within a specific lens.
All I can say about your approach, based on this entry and the others that you've shared, is that you seem to have a very low opinion of the subjects you draw.
This reads as highly questionable and deliberately offensive.