Inside the Artist Mind > The Jason Seiler Story
Words and Illustration by Jason Seiler
As an artist, I enjoy drawing and painting just about everything, and as a kid I explored many different topics and would fill sketchbooks full of everything—from sharks to songbirds, Ninja Turtles, and Bugs Bunny to Batman, Superman, Spider-man and more! Around the age of nine or ten I started drawing caricatures and, at the time, I didn't know what I was doing was called "caricature" drawing. I thought I had discovered something new, not realizing that artists had been drawing caricatures for hundreds of years.
My Dad who is an artist as well, bought me a book on caricature and I realized I not only hadn't invented this style or way of seeing and drawing people, but that I had so much more to learn. I became obsessed with drawing caricatures, I was determined to figure it out and wanted to be the best at it. I really wanted to push and challenge myself, and compared to drawing regular portraits, drawing good caricatures is a real challenge. It requires a great deal of skill, imagination and comprehension of what makes a person unique and different from others, and how to truly capture a person's character and essence.
This is why today, I prefer drawing and painting people over other subjects. Caricature is an art form
