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.

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.

Recognizing the efforts of employees is something that successful businesses take the time and effort to do.

For many Employers, the challenge of finding something a bit different to recognise staff can be a bit of a challenge.

Caricature King works with several companies and educational institutions to provide an employee recognition caricature each month.

These prove very popular with all staff, not only those who receive the caricature, but their colleagues as well.

Call them “Employee of the Month”, or “Champion of the Month” - if you are looking for a way to recognise employees, a caricature is a great way to do it.

The feedback from this client says it all….

Matt,

The reaction we got from the employees was great.  Each one has enjoyed their caricature.  I especially like the detail that is put in to include aspects of their work and personal life.  My favorite so far is the one created for Dot in March!

Lots of laughs all around.  Good fun!

-Laura

Here is a chap called Randy who was presented with a caricature as a farewell gift from his organisation.

As you can see he is very happy with his gift (lucky it was not a watch I guess!)

Artist Zalo worked from supplied pictures and this description:

Randy’s passions are golf (if only he didn’t have to work!), & anything to do with the University of Texas & their team, the Longhorns.  He is a natural politician, the King of Schmooze, and was actually elected the youngest Justice of the Peace in Texas history (at the time).  He is VERY jolly & congenial & well liked by (most) everyone he meets.

At the draft stage this was the response from the client:

Oh, Matt, that is a riot!  It is SO him, especially the outstretched hand!  SUCH a politician!

And after the final printed and framed caricature was delivered:

Hi, Matt!  We had Randy’s roast last Thursday night, & it was a wonderful success.  Attached is the picture of the presentation, and one of Randy, the Board President & my boss (who’s also the CEO).  He LOVED the caricature, & everyone there said that the artist captured him absolutely.  Thanx so much for the awesome picture & fabulous service!!

I wrote recently on our other blog that giving a caricature as a gift can make you a hero in your workplace - everyone will think how clever you are and the recipient will really appreciate the thought.

So here is a caricature with a different story.

Rhonda Lou was doing a tour of company locations to roll out a new training program called “Respect”. (Top marks for the company for doing the training program!!).

To mark her involvement, her boss thought it would be a fun idea to have a special T-shirt printed with her caricature image on it - a sort of a pun on a rock tour.

As you can see the result drawn by artist George is quite fun and the customer liked it as well “Absolutely outstanding! This is going to be a big hit! Thanks much for taking care of this on such a short time frame. We really appreciate it and will think of you next time!”

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