Definition of CARICATURE from Merriam-Webster online dictionary:
1: exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics.
Definition of PORTRAIT from same:
1: a pictorial representation of a person usually showing the face.
For my latest piece, I put on my big-boy pants and tackled the manliness incarnate that is Ron Swanson. Played by Nick Offerman on NBC's sleeper hit "Parks & Recreation," Swanson is a bacon-wrapped-turkey-leg wielding, wood-working, Libertarian, moustache-rocking purveyor of all things manly. He also has a big, heart-shaped soft-spot for his co-workers, but don't tell him I told you.