Category Archives: caricatures

How to win friends and influence people

Mention the word 'caricatures' as entertainment to some people and watch their face screw up. Their experience is mostly based around being forced by their parents to sit for a caricature on a promenade somewhere and have their teenage phobias recorded on paper for the whole world to laugh at for the rest of their…
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Exhibition stand magnet

The question is, 'How do you get that competitive edge in market place full of companies offering virtually identical products?' Even the freebies are identical apart from the branding which no body notices. My studio is full freebies that I've collected over the years, mugs, mouse-mats, dongles, umbrellas, literally hundreds of biros all branded. Ask me…
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Retirement Caricatures

Not many people like to see themselves in a photograph, especially those who are at retirement age. However a caricature painting given as a retirement gift is an 'interpretation' and any unwelcome aspects can be laughed away as 'artistic licence'.  They are light hearted but offer an opportunity to celebrate a career and personality. They don't have…
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Wedding caricatures

[caption id="attachment_3502" align="alignleft" width="298"] Wedding Couple iPad caricature[/caption] The beauty of digital artwork is it's versatility. As anyone who's ever been involved in promotions will know you can get an image printed on to pretty much anything these days. Signing boards are quite popular at weddings. This image was printed onto foamex with plenty of…
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