I remembered that Steve Curcuru was the first person I saw with a laptop in a figure drawing class. At that time I remember him experimenting with brushes. I also remember seeing Dave Creek using the lasso tool to identify/define shadows on some animation he was doing. I took that and ran and tried to innovate/experiment with the lasso tool and a low opacity paint bucket. These caricature/portraits are years later when I took to drawing back into the lassoed areas.