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Last call for Christmas gift caricatures

Christmas is not far away and our artists are busy creating amazing caricature gifts for customers. If you have been putting off ordering a caricature as a Christmas gift, now is the time to be placing your order, otherwise your position in the job queue may mean your job will not be delivered before Christmas. …

Superfast turnaround – Yes We Can!

I know I am always asking customers and potential customers to give the caricature artists plenty of lead time – but sometimes, things just ‘happen’, like perfect synchronicity…. Like at 10pm my time, I was finishing a few things off when on the live chat someone asked if we could do a black and white …

Magician caricature, performers caricature

If you are an actor, singer, magician or other type of performer, using caricatures to help brand your performance is an ideal way to extend your connection with art and can be an important part of your branding. Why a caricature? Simply because a caricature can portray you any way you want. It can act …

A warning on caricatures

I was in the USA recently and one thing struck me about California – warnings….. Everything seemed to have a warning notice posted to it. I guess in the most litigious state in the most litigious nation it is the be expected. So I thought it only fair to post a warning about our caricatures. …

Catching the character in caricatures

Caricatures are all about characters. The artist seeks to capture his interpretation of the person, (in our case using just the photo/s supplied). Here is a recent job from artist George who was asked to capture an Australian ‘bushie’ – that is, someone who lives not only in a rural area, but perhaps even in …

Putting the fun back into weddings

Weddings can be such stiff and formal affairs. Often they are strangled by tradition and routine. The path to wedding formality starts with the wedding invitations. There is that word again that is used to describe them – ‘formal’. Often featuring gilding, embossing, script style lettering on while linen paper….. In today’s contemporary society there …