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Simon Ellinas: Caricaturist and Cartoonist Blog
Ha! (Humorous Arts) was a magazine I published in the mid-nineties. With the absence of Punch and the UK edition of Mad, it seemed like there was a gap in the market for a magazine that catered for these two tastes. It also seemed to be a good idea to [...]

New Caricatures by the London Caricaturist

I have drawn two of the presenters of K-Earth Radio in Los Angeles as part of an ongoing project which concerns their regular spoof interviews with ‘David Beckham‘! It’s Lisa Stanley’s birthday soon, so we thought it might be a nice idea to send her a caricature and to include the Morning Show’s main man, [...]

Fantastic News For Caricaturists!

Police urged to drop photofits for caricatures(Link to original article)
Ian Sample, science correspondent
Monday November 26, 2007
The Guardian
Police forces should issue comical caricatures of the criminals they are hunting instead of standard photofits, according to a team of scientists who found that cartoon-like faces are better at jolting people’s memories.
A study at the University of [...]

New Selection of Pics of Caricaturist in London!

I was alerted to the fact that my animated gif could be better quality by my good friend Roger Wilsher at contract publisher, Aspect Media. So I went through a load of pics of me, the London Caricaturist at parties and saved them for web BEFORE editing them in ImageReady. Now most of the photos [...]

The Caricaturist in London has a ploy!

You know, in my last blog, Ha! Humorous Arts, I discovered that the sure fire way of getting hits was simply to mention Liz Hurley, with the appropriate links. yes, that’s right Liz Hurley. you’d be surprised how many people are out there typing ‘Liz Hurley‘ into their search engines!

Sadly, Ha! Humorous Arts has [...]

Caricaturist in London at The Dorchester!

 Yesterday, 22nd November, I was delighted to be able to entertain members of The Savvy Club with caricatures at a lunchtime party in the Penthouse Suite at The Dorchester Hotel in London. Here’s a photo of the assembled group. That’s me, the tallest person in the back row looking like a lascivious frog!

The Photo was [...]

Caricatures of Groups

I am often asked to draw caricatures of groups of people. This ranges from a small group of four like this:

to a huge group of up to SIXTY people! Like this (there are 44 in this one):

This is a group of officers from the 2nd Princess of Wales Regiment.
And Group Caricatures are particularly satisfying (for [...]

Christmas Deadlines!

What can you do about this time of the year, eh? This is when most of us cartoonists and caricaturists, in London, the UK and abroad earn about one third of our annual income. Companies want cartoon Christmas cards, caricatures of staff as presents and, most of all, the Xmas party season is getting into [...]

The Caricaturist London needs for Christmas Parties!

EMAIL ME!

If your company is holding a Christmas (Xmas) Party this year, you might like to have a more original form of entertainment than the usual magician, string quartet or balloon modeller!
A caricaturist can draw up to 12 caricatures per hour at these events. The onlooking guests get a lot of fun out [...]

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