Wool caricatures

[Kitiza]

Putous is a Finnish sketch comedy TV show that broadcasted first time on January 2010 and since then it has been a big hit here in Finland. The biggest part of the show is the character contest where the actors and actresses play a sketch character that they have created and people vote which of the characters is the funniest and most interesting.

Since I really enjoyed the show this year I wanted to make "wool caricatures" of the two finalists, Leena Hefner and Usko Luttinen. Here's what I made:






Here is the original Leena Hefner (actress Armi Toivanen), picture by MTV3:
http://img.mtv3.fi/mn_kuvat/mtv3/ohjelmat/putous/2012/1304242.jpg

Leena Hefner won the contest this year. Here is my version of the other finalist, pastor Usko Luttinen:




And here's the original Usko Luttinen (actor Aku Hirviniemi), picture by MTV3:
http://img.mtv3.fi/mn_kuvat/mtv3/ohjelmat/putous/2012/1304164.jpg

I sent these yesterday for the actors and I hope they will like the dolls as much as I enjoyed their show.

C&C are welcome, just be gentle - these are my first wool caricatures ever.   Before I have only made "dolls" if you know what I mean.

[craftylittlemonkey]

Whoa... wow. Just amazing. And you say you sent these on to the actors? Goodness, can you imagine receiving something like this in the mail? Mind Blown is the reaction I predict. Wow.

[GraceOblivious]

astounding, what enjoyable caricatures

[Kitiza]

Whoa... wow. Just amazing. And you say you sent these on to the actors? Goodness, can you imagine receiving something like this in the mail? Mind Blown is the reaction I predict. Wow.

Thank you!
I really hope the actors will like these dolls also. I wanted to show them my appreciation because they gave many laughters to my Saturday evenings. 

astounding, what enjoyable caricatures

Thank you so much, I'm glad you like them!

[jillybeans]

omg, kitiza!  Those are AMAZING!  You really brought those characters to life!

[Belladune]

these are fabulous!   Great work!

[Kitiza]

Thanks, jillybeans and Belladune! 

[Muahahahaha]

Those are amazing! So much character!

[ecstatic_spider]

those are so cool!

[Kitiza]

Thank you very much! ^__^ I'm so happy to hear that you like them!