Caricature and photography both influence Myers’ paintings. Caricature is used to emphasize features that make people unique, even when those features are often considered ugly. The work aims to avoid poking fun by maintaining balance between grotesque elements and beauty. Myers approaches each piece with balance so the subject stays centered and does not become distorted. Photography supports the reference-building process through found online photos and personal photos. Digital collages in Photoshop help ensure lighting and form consistency. The process is treated like a photo shoot of something that does not exist. Early work in the series used intentional resemblance between a teenager and a pet, including matching hair styles.
"I love the art of caricature, where you're trying to highlight somebody's features that make them unique. A lot of those times, those are usually considered ugly. It's fun to mess around with the idea of what that is, but also to be able to represent it in a way that isn't really poking fun at it."
"I really love the idea of balance. In everything that I do, I try to approach it in a balanced way. This might be grotesque, but how can I feature it in a beautiful way so that it still stays in the center, so that it doesn't go off kilter. I think that's a very helpful way of approaching it."
"I use a multitude of different references when it comes to drawings. Found photos online. I'll take my own photos. I do collages of everything, digitally, on Photoshop to make sure that everything makes total sense lighting-wise and form-wise and everything. I try to treat it like it is somewhat like a photo shoot, but it's like a photo shoot of something that doesn't exist."
"Originally, when I started working on the show, I was thinking that it would be fun to have a majority of them be portraits with animals where the hair resembles each other. Where there's basica"
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