Topic: Work Related

BBQ logo

One aspect that we cater for are BBQ logos.BBQ championships are big business and if you don’t have a decent logo, well….are you really cookin??

A good BBQ logo can really help set the scene - in fact there is almost as much competition in BBQ logos as there are in the BBQ cook off!

Here are just a  couple of examples to whet your appetite.

So if you need a custom BBQ logo feel free to contact us - prices start fron US$175.

Caricature artist Brian gets a good wrap

Well, all our artists get good wraps, but as Brian is fairly new on board I thought this bit of feedback from a client was worth posting, and a great opportunity to showcase his work.

Eddy Gurney has a photo business (taking pics of High School girls for their Seniors pictures - what a job!!) and wanted a funky caricature of himself to use on his website. So here is what Brian produced.

Hello Matt.

Woo-hoo!

I am very excited that my caricature is done!

I forwarded the small JPEG version to my sister with just the comment:

“So does this look like me or what?” and this is what she said:

‘Oh my gosh!  That tot rules.  Love it. And I definitely think it looks like you. Where did you get that??!’

So… please tell Brian that he did a great job!

I think this type of caricature would make a great gift for some people I know that have “everything”, so I’m definitely going to keep that in the back of my mind.

Thanks again!

Eddy

See more of Brian’s work (and Eddy’s original pic) on Brian’s sample page.

Artist Roy gets antiquated

This client wanted to have the caricature look like it was a clipping from an old wild west newspaper.

The ‘victim’ is a school teacher who held old fashioned values, and many students (and I suppose some staff) probably thought his attitudes were old - like circa 1880, so the decision was made to play on this.

The result, I think you will agree is pretty special. This is a full body with background in BW, plus a slight premium for that amazing detailing.

Teacher original retirement portrait caricature

You can see more of Roy’s work and even order your own special caricature portrait gift here

Staff caricatures

For many businesses having a picture of staff is one aspect of personalizing the profile page. You are dealing with a company and you get to see the person’s picture.

Sometimes however, staff are reluctant to have their photos taken for use on a public website.

One way around this is to use a caricature of the person. This allows enough of who the person is to be shown, but at the same time not revealing the look of the person 100%.

Some businesses like to use caricatures because they are different. This is great for a business that may want to remove some of the ’stuffiness’ that may be associated with their type of business.

Using caricatures of staff can also be used to portray that your business has an  ‘outside the box’ capability.

A while back artist George did a series of caricatures for Pyramid Educational Consultants.

I think they have shown good use of the caricatures by using them on their consultant’s profile page, plus on a map on the same page. Have a look here.

The caricatures are also used in email signatures.

I think this helps show potential and existing clients that their organization is not the same as everyone else - that they can and do think outside the square and all success to them for doing that.

An added advantage is the staff members also get a copy of their caricature to use!

Want to get caricatures of your staff? We have a number of artists who can create great staff caricatures for you.

Retiring runner caricature

running caricature
Here is just a quick bit of feedback from a client - the job spec for this full body with props job was to use the picture of the ‘victim’ running (he his also a competitive runner) but to have him holding a laptop - he is always running between meetings and always has his laptop and his favorite soda drink with him.

Matt (and George)!Thank you so much for this - It looks great and I really appreciate you being able to accommodate my request on such short notice.
I have been passing the word on about your site!
Thank you so much! ~ Kristen

Not only was it a quick turnaround, but at the last minute it was decided to color the image.

Sometimes international times zones work in our favor!