Caricatures at Weddings – A Great Entertainment!

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 of the mix. But what do they leave you with? Wonderful memories, of course, and perhaps they feature in one or two photos but what do your guests take away with them? Nothing!

If you have a cartoonist at your wedding drawing caricatures, your guests are not only highly entertained, ‘victim’ and spectators alike, but they take away a unique memento of your special day! An original piece of artwork.

The caricaturist at a wedding can entertain during the quiet of the Reception before you all sit down to eat, or they can circulate amongst the tables during the early part of the meal (but BEFORE the lights go down and the dancing begins!)

Each sheet of paper can be pre-printed with the names of the happy couple, the date and the venue, so each recipient always remembers your wonderful day.

And, of course, with happy, comic banter accompanying my every move, the whole experience is akin to a multi-media comedy show!

The pics shown here include other parties as well as weddings, but the process of entertainment is the same! Click to enlarge!

The Lady with a Cello!

I’ve never drawn a lady with a cello before.

She was delighted!

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 put in and what to leave out when designing a mailshot. There are so many pictures I would like people to see, yet I don’t want the page to look crowded and I don’t want go to the expense of a four-pager. You always get the superstition that, yes, this one example of my work is the one which will trigger the multi-million pound cartoon advertising campaign. But in the end, you put up something that proves your ability and shows your style and make damn sure the telephone numbers and email addresses are visible.

I’m quite happy with the mailshot (above) as it encompasses all of my activities that would be of interest to Marketing Directors and Entertainment Agents.

And that’s another story. How do you get the addresses of prospective clients? maybe I’ll reveal my methods in a future post! (And maybe I won’t!)

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 in the knowledge that it will all soon be perfect!

I’ve added THE FILM, which is very exciting as anyone visiting the site can immediately watch me at work in a live party.

By the end of January, the big re-launch will include all-new portfolio pictures, a new load of photos from events and a constantly updated News Page.

Also, on the Caricatures from Photos page, customers will be able to instantly upload their photos for caricatures and all payments will be payable through PayPal.

I can’t wait!

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 of the mix. But what do they leave you with? Wonderful memories, of course, and perhaps they feature in one or two photos but what do your guests take away with them? Nothing!

 

If you have a cartoonist at your wedding drawing caricatures, your guests are not only highly entertained, ‘victim’ and spectators alike, but they take away a unique memento of your special day! An original piece of artwork.

The caricaturist at a wedding can entertain during the quiet of the Reception before you all sit down to eat, or they can circulate amongst the tables during the early part of the meal (but BEFORE the lights go down and the dancing begins!)

Each sheet of paper can be pre-printed with the names of the happy couple, the date and the venue, so each recipient always remembers your wonderful day.

And, of course, with happy, comic banter accompanying my every move, the whole experience is akin to a multi-media comedy show!

The pics shown here include other parties as well as weddings, but the process of entertainment is the same! Click to enlarge!