Category «Gift»

Caricature art of lovers

As you can see from this image, caricature does not have to be about distortion – it can be more like art capturing a moment in a way not possible with a camera. The original photo of this moment was poor quality, the exposure was bad and small. But by using a couple more photos …

Caricature gift

Artist John recently completed this caricature for a client who was giving it as a gift for a friend who is opening a new fitness centre. They said: Hi Matt, Thank-you so much for all your help in organising this caricature for me. John did an amazing job & my girlfriend just loved it. Such …

Retirement caricature

Retirement gift are a great time to think about caricatures because caricature make such great gifts for people who are retiring. The reason is you can include elements that personalize the image – in fact every image is custom created from scratch. In this example the man retiring was involved in ship engineering. So he …

Graduation caricature

Here is a fun Graduation Gift Caricature. What better way to celebrate graduating after years of hard study that with a highly memorable piece of custom art! Background to this Graduation Gift art: It’s a gift for his graduation ceremony (completed PhD in Biomedical Science). I would like to make it funny. As a kid …

When is a caricature not a piece of art?

This is a bit of a conundrum question because first we need to establish that a caricature is in fact a piece of art. It is interesting that people will often depreciate a caricature, not comparing it to say a portrait or other artwork. In fact many caricatures take just as long and in some …

Why two (or more) heads are better than one

There are times in life when two heads are better than one. Sometime it is when there is a problem to be solved and the interaction can raise a soloution far better than trying to figure things out on your own. Other times it can mean a reduction in prices. This is the case of …