Interesting ideas when it comes to hiring a caricature artist as party entertainment.When it comes to entertainment you should hire the best quality caricature artist you can afford.Being a professional caricatuirist is a fun and enjoyable job.
I’ve been working as a caricaturist at parties since 1982. I imagine at this point my art school education has paid off ten fold.Caricatures are a unique drawing, one of a kind, and hand drawn.Some artists offer digital caricatures, which can be sent as an online caricature in the form of a pdf file or jpg file.Caricature artists’ drawings are timeless and great for any type of party idea or gift idea.Most people look at a caricature as being a bad portrait. Remember a character drawingIs not a celebrity photo. It’s a funny, exaggerated cartoon portrait. A caricture is a big head drawing with a little body.I know a great amount of party cartoonists and party caricaturists working in the entertainment business.New York City caricature artists seem to get the most work.I really enjoy doing a show or convention. Most conventions are for multiple days. The more days you sketch caricatures for, the bigger the paycheck.Artists are a popular tradeshow entertainment attraction.I draw characatures at a trade show quite often. The illustrations I do make people laugh out loud.To enjoy a party cartoonist you need to have a sense of humor.That’s why having a caricature artist working at your trade shows is a great idea.At a tradeshow the caricature should be drawn as quickly as possible.
I like tradeshows the best, I always get great response.Weddings are also a lot of fun to draw cartoons at.A prom is like a mini wedding.Many people like to make a sign up list.I find sign up lists do not work.At a dinner or banquet, listing names can get very much unorganized.At a kids birthday I give out an index card with a number.Birthdays have always been very popular for a caricature artist, but I still think for humour a clown can be more popular.The custom caracatures I draw are in color or black & white.I think color charicature is better looking, but of course black & white charicatures are faster.Caricature artists work for many different entertainment agency type companies.Most party planners hire lower tier artists.When it comes to party planning you can do a lot on your own.With a little research you can come up with your own party planning ideas.You can Google words like cartoon cartoons, cartoon artist, cartoon artist New Jersey, caricaturist tri-state area or new York party caricatures.You can also search proms, gifts, or wedding.Always check out the sample caricatures New York artist’s show on their website.Two years ago I went to Brooklyn, NY to do a post grad party; it’s similar to a post prom or after grad party. At this post graduation I drew for seven hours.The next day I did an after prom party in Long Island, NY.There are many funny characters at these post proms parties.At one of the after proms, I drew 2 sets of twins in the same cartoon picture.
They were acting like clowns.The ride home back to New Jersey is difficult after working such long hours at the after graduation. I like doing project graduations closer to home. Project grads are really long hours wise.Bar mitzvahs are great to draw at as well.Many bat mitzvahs in Manhattan have at least a hundred plus kids to draw. At a bas mitzvah I’ve done a silhouette, which is a cut out portrait on black paper.I prefer doing cartoon caricature drawings over silhouettes.I draw caricatures in NYC, about 20 times a month. Being involved in party entertainment, New York City is where most of my jobs are. These days I seem to get more jobs for caricatures New York.My caricature job today is in Westchester, NY.
