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It's common for Charlotte professional artists to experiment with caricatures. However, only less than 1000 artists in the world draw caricatures as their full-time job. A caricature artist is a specialist, also referred to as a caricaturist. Each artist uses their personal and professional experience and training to develop their own unique caricature style.

There are similarities between caricature artists and cartoon artists, yet, they are not the same. Some aspects of the art forms are interchangeable, still, there are differences between the two types of drawing. A cartoon is a simplified and whimsical illustration of a person, animal, or scenery. A caricature is specifically an illustration of a real person. It's drawn in an exaggerated style to play up the subject's unique features. Some may suggest that an artist can create a caricature of a car or animal. This is true for a cartoon, however, for it to be true for a caricature there needs to be a real-life point of reference for the caricature to work.

Artists use different mediums to create a caricature such as a pencil, marker, paint, and digital technology over zoom, for example. The word caricature certainly has morphed into a new meaning within the English language. People use it to mean a likeness or exaggerated version of a real or familiar person. Sometimes the word is used to mean over the top or a grotesque exaggeration.