Here is a policeman caricature by artist Brian. Uniform as per instructions – a great memento of his achieving his sergeant’s stripes! Even law enforcement officers deserve some fun!

I hope everyone had a great Christmas/New Year break. In some parts of the world it seems weather was the greatest focus, even overshadowing gifts and get-togethers.

So the New Year brings with it renewed hope and a renewed focus on many things, including gifts! At this time of year??

While the big gift giving time seems to be behind us, the early part of the year also presents many gift-giving opportunities.

Often this come from people retiring or moving jobs – caricatures provide wonderful scope for a truly personalised gift that cannot be matched by anything else. How else can you include someone’s traits, quirks, interests and life influences all in one gift?

Our caricatures are total custom. We don’t start with templates, though some customers say a scene just like the one on the artist’s sample page.

And why do people love getting caricatures? Interestingly it seems they like to see how other people see them. They like the bit of quirkiness, and the thought that has often gone into the extra elements to make a good picture great!

So think about who you can give a caricature gift to this year – the opportunities are endless…birthdays, weddings, invitations, retirement, moving job, staff profile pics…

Here is a small selection of some recent work that shows the awesome diversity of styles we can provide to suit everyone!

Using an avatar to represent your persona, which while it may be close to your real looks still provides a degree of identity protection is a great way to show yourself online.

With social media profile photos often embarrassingly poor, and therefore showing people who you are in less than a desirable light, the case for using a custom caricature as an avatar is quite strong.

Here we show the process, from photo to final art as done by artist Brian who also does other caricature work

Step 1 - Photo

Step 2 - pencil sketch

Step 3 - final avatar

More custom avatar art for social media use here

Avatars for blogs, facebook and other social media as well as websites  is an area of growing popularity.

While some people do not want their real face gracing the screens of millions around the world, then the next best option is a realistic caricature for avatar/id use.

Here is a great example from artist Brian.  See more custom created avatars here

We had a caricature order the other day that was inspired by one of the trainers on Australia’s Biggest Loser – Emazon. The customer has completed one of her training courses and wanted a graphic approach caricature that she could use as a desktop on her computer plus other uses.

Part of the instruction (thanks for the great instructions Lauren ) included showing the “unleashing of your inner goddess, allowing your inner goddess to be free and spread her wings”.

So here is the result from artist Brian.

The client’s response?

“She’s beautiful!!! Can you please pass on my thanks to Brian, I am really really really happy with it and I will be showing all the girls that did the Emazon workshop with me.

So caricatures can be used for a wide range of applications – do you have something?