I want to like Ken Fallin's caricatures, but I dont- Page 3

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 12/30/17 at 2:51pm

I am DYING at that Band's Visit one. Sore. Katrina looks like an elderly Cruella De Ville with scoliosis and a slipping wig made out of a mop.

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 2/9/18 at 11:21pm

Bernadette (?) is Dolly Levi (?)

Updated On: 2/9/18 at 11:21 PM

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 2/11/18 at 5:08pm

fashionguru_23 said: "I'm not his biggest fan, but don't hate him. But all I could think looking at this was: "Who knew Brian Stokes Mitchell was currently in "Once On this Island" with Carmen Miranda"?



https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-Exclusive-Ken-Fallin-Draws-the-Stage-ONCE-ON-THIS-ISLAND-20171222"

I'm dying over how accurate this is.

I'm not sure there's money in it, but it would be nice to have another caricaturist in the mix. Does anyone know of someone in the fan art community who covers a lot of the shows and not just Hamilton?

Good lord, what did he do to Katrina Lenk?

[Broadwaywest]

Posted: 2/11/18 at 5:31pm

Besides Squigs, who is terrific..

there's Matt Hirshfeld



Glen Hanson



 

[Kad]

Posted: 2/12/18 at 11:44am

...is Fallin just editing his drawings in MS Paint?

[Stage Door Sally]

Posted: 2/12/18 at 7:12pm

MY BWW avatar is Ken Fallin's Bette as Dolly. I love it. But I hate Bernadette's and most of his other caricatures. As soon as the show closes on Broadway, and I think it will sooner rather than later, I'm going back to my previous Lucy photo. I'll keep Bette now for luck.

[thebookofwhizzer]

Posted: 2/23/18 at 11:31am

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-Exclusive-Ken-Fallin-Draws-the-Stage-JERRY-SPRINGER-THE-OPERA-20180223

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[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 2/23/18 at 6:10pm

I was at the NYPL to see the Leonard Bernstein exhibit. Looking at a couple of Hirschfelds makes you realize just how bad Squiggs and Fallin are.

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 3/16/18 at 4:22pm

Margaritaville. ...okay.

[Elegance101]

Posted: 3/16/18 at 4:36pm

BroadwayConcierge said: "Margaritaville. ...okay.

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Forget Microsoft Paint, this looks like he sketched for two minutes, took a screenshot of beach balls from Google, and put them together on Microsoft Word.

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 3/16/18 at 4:37pm

What? Is the style he used for Katrina Lenk and Alison Luff a new thing he's committing to or does he just want to insult all the Broadway leading ladies that he can? Lisa Howard is the only one who made it out of the caricature looking decent.

[upinlights]

Posted: 3/16/18 at 9:23pm

Elegance101 said: "BroadwayConcierge said: "Margaritaville. ...okay.

"

Forget Microsoft Paint, this looks like he sketched for two minutes, took a screenshot of beach balls from Google, and put them together on Microsoft Word."

I was going to say the same thing! This looks like an ironic meme instead of a caricature, oh man. 

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 3/16/18 at 11:39pm

Sweet God. I feel like he is aware of this thread and is trolling us.

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 3/17/18 at 4:58am

It's really telling that it makes it look like his universe's version of Katrina Lenk is in MARGARITAVILLE.

[antonijan]

Posted: 3/17/18 at 5:54am

I want my caricature drawn...I wonder if he does special requests

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 4/6/18 at 2:50pm

Lobby Hero. Sweet Christ.

[TheQuibbler]

Posted: 4/6/18 at 4:46pm

BroadwayConcierge said: "Lobby Hero.Sweet Christ.

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[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 4/6/18 at 4:57pm

All things considered, not the worst. I think it definitely helps that Margaritaville is on the same page of this thread. Chris Evans is the only one that's inexplicable. 3/4 ain't bad. I mean, the composition and poses are nonsense but in terms of recognizable caricatures, it's fine.

[Impeach2017]

Posted: 4/7/18 at 3:41am

This is earth-shattering: art is subjective.  Who knew?  btw can anyone give us an example of "not wanting to like something" but wound up liking it anyway?

[Charley Kringas Inc]

Posted: 4/7/18 at 1:41pm

I feel bad for anyone working in the shadow of Al Hirschfeld, but Fallin's work is pretty stiff outside of his simple one-person works. Once you move beyond the face, you don't find any of the wry fluidity and visual rhythm that made Hirschfeld's work so vibrant - there's no sense of an opinionated whole or subjective observation. What's funny is he's clearly capable of doing quite adequate work, but then he goes and throws up something so clumsy and juvenile that it's kind of shocking - I'd expect the Hello Dolly piece from a middle-schooler still getting the hang of drawing fingers, not a professional who's done decades of art.

[Kad]

Posted: 4/8/18 at 10:09am

I am just surprised that someone who has been doing this as long as Fallin thinks that drawing these caricatures separately and then assembling them on a solid color background in the most amateurish use of Photoshop looks good.

Drawing an actual scene or splash page would be so much more effective. But Fallin genuinely does not seem to want to capture a sense of movement or action.

[curel1]

Posted: 4/8/18 at 11:03am

Just have Squigs do these instead

 

[uncageg]

Posted: 4/8/18 at 12:56pm

VintageSnarker said: "I was at the NYPL to see the Leonard Bernstein exhibit. Looking at a couple of Hirschfelds makes you realize just how bad Squiggs and Fallin are."

 

That exhibit is wonderful and it was so nice to see those Hirshfield's up close and in person.

 

Updated On: 4/8/18 at 12:56 PM

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 4/8/18 at 1:00pm

curel1 said: "Just have Squigs do these instead"

Squigs is exceptional. Here are a few of his pieces compared to those on this thread already, just to show the stark contrast.

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 5/11/18 at 5:20pm

Poor Condola Rashad. She doesn't deserve this.