The London Caricaturist – New Website Progress

The development of my new website is all very exciting. Here’s a sneak preview of the front page below: The clean design with plenty of use of white space is going to make it a very pleasurable visitor experience. There will be a photo-upload feature so that customers can send me the pics they want [...]

Slapstick and Tickle

Writing has always been equal a passion as drawing and I have written many short stories, poems, scripts, lyrics and various comical essays. The advantage of being a cartoonist as well, is that you can combine the two to great effect. Here’s a short story which was published in More Tonto Short Stories last year. [...]

How to be Gorgeous

The wonderful Stephen Fry has the following advice which I always try to follow: Always worth watching if you’re ever feeling unsure of yourself!

The Lady with a Cello!

I’ve never drawn a lady with a cello before. She was delighted!

The London Cartoon Festival!

With my friend and colleague Terry Christien I am hoping to launch a regular Cartoon Festival in London. Not much to sat about it at the moment except that it is going to be at The British Library in July 2009, depending on whether we get sponsorship. The delightful Artfinder from Liverpool, Lydia Bates, has [...]

On-The-Spot Caricatures – What they SHOULD look like!

 The difference between caricatures drawn from photos and those drawn on-the-spot at parties is often quite stark. A caricaturist can appear to have a split personality because the styles are so far apart. When you are drawing in the quiet and solitude of your own studio, from a selection of photos, you have all the [...]

This Depressed Feeling – It’s January Gloom, isn’t it?

During the gloom-laden month of January those of us with seasonally-affected businesses often wonder why they have chosen their path. To the one person business dependent on all of his wits and imagination to pull in enough money to pay the bills, hordes of commuters streaming across Waterloo Bridge to work in other people’s businesses [...]

The Caricaturist’s Promotional Season

It’s that time of year when all of us caricaturists take stock and work on new promotional material. With less work around and other businesses slowly getting their marketing campaigns and budgets organised, this is the ideal time for The London Caricaturist to send out a new mailshot. It’s always hard to decide what to [...]

London Caricaturist Website Work Continues

My website is undergoing a complete re-design by Victor Taylor. At the moment, it looks a little scrappy, as I did it myself a little over a year ago. But as Victor is about to step in and soup it up, I have had the courage to tinker with the front page a little, safe [...]

Caricature Entertainment at Weddings!

This is the time of the year when many engaged couples are putting the finishing touches to their wedding plans for 2008. When it comes to entertainment, you always want something spectacular and memorable to make a lasting impression on your guests. Standard entertainment like bands, discos and magicians are all a very good part [...]