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July 23rd event at Castles n Coasters

Administrator — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:13:37 +0000

We were invited to do caricatures at Castles N Coasters with a new event agency: Music and Mischief. It seemed like it went pretty well. They had the Cardinal cheerleaders, DJs, face painters, it was a pretty good crowd – and a wide range of ages.

9-11 July 2010 Pinetop Ren Fair

Administrator — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:49:39 +0000

Medieval Mayhem up in Pinetop. It was nice to get away from the 100+ temps of Phoenix even with the rain every day!

There was a bit of down time – I was able to read most of “The Name of the Wind” by Patrick Rothfuss.

I did get to meet a local celebrity!

He is a High School music teacher (as is his wife; pictured above) – which makes him a celebrity in my mind!But, in addition to that, he also plays in a band called Three Guys and a Bunch of Drums. If you have been the the Arizona Renaissance Festival you may have seen them.

And finally, what would a Ren Fair be without:

Finish Him!

Sir Richard (of the Phoenix Zoo!) and company. …Merely a flesh wound.

July 5th – 2010

Administrator — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:15:03 +0000

For the 5th of July, I worked at a retirement home in Sun City. Drawing folks with a few wrinkles is way more fun than those without. (To me anyway.) Every face tells a story, some stories are just more interesting! This nice lady wasn’t a resident, but another worker at the party (making balloon animals).

July 4th – Flagstaff caricatures

Administrator — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:07:11 +0000

For the 4th of July I was invited to work at a company picnic in Flagstaff. It was a good event – who knew a bunch of lawyers would be that fun!

Shaolin Caricature

Administrator — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 06:21:10 +0000

One of the nice things about where I work is the variety of project I get to be involved in. Sometimes just answering the phones, sometimes doing a training video with a Shaolin munk. (The typical day has a lot more of the former though.)

Recently, we had a one-day “Shaolin Camp” with well over 100 kids. Before the event I did a Shaolin training/exercise DVD, and helped with a t-shirt layout. The day of the event I did a greenscreen photo shoot (and on-site print) of the attendees. Other than a few bugs (it’s been a while since I’ve used greenscreen…) it went pretty well. The munk has a great sense of humor – he noticed some sketches at the office, and asked for a caricature.

Original Photo

Munk Caricature

I took the photo at a “regular” class. You can kind of tell the lights are set for kids, since his face is a bit in shadow.

Caricature Wedding Invitation

Administrator — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 02:59:31 +0000

Every now and then I get asked to do a wedding invitation caricature. The original idea was to do a western theme – but the bride-to-be decided against it, and went with a more “traditional” look.

Wedding Reception

Administrator — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 05:07:38 +0000

I did a caricature gig in Sedona recently. I have the habit of showing up early – esp if it is someplace far… so I had some time to kill. I did a quick study of the view from from where I worked, and took a few pics.

The gig was great! It was a wedding reception with a pretty fun crowd. Had I not gotten ticket on the way home for a bad headlight, it would have been perfect!

Corporate Commission

Administrator — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:38:29 +0000

I have been working with a company that has wanted caricatures of clients. – Usually I do caricatures of employees, (like for an employee of the month), but this is nice for a change! (And more frequent.)

They all have the same bodies, I just draw a new head from a photo, and attach it in Photoshop. (If only being a surgeon was so easy…)

Anniversary Commision

Administrator — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:18:54 +0000

Commissioned work for a 1 year anniversary. She is a teacher, he is a DJ.

This was a tricky caricature since they took the “kitchen sink” approach. Here is an excerpt from the email:

“The way I see it in my head is the mountain as the back drop and the st.louis arch going across the paper like a rainbow. We are both jumping in to a car with are swimsuits on and I have the headphones around my neck and you can have her kind of tossing the book aside. Make it look like we are driving to a camping site, And the car could have stickers on the cars with all the places we went to on our honeymoon and St.louis and Chicago and a Thanksgiving Vegas.”

Then they added a tidal wave, Dr Seus, etc. etc.

All in all, I think it turned out ok!

YCOA Spring 2010 Karate Tournament art

Administrator — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:14:07 +0000

We are gearing up for our big Karate tournament in a few months.
We had a few designs, but settled on this one.

Design for the Spring 2010 tournament

I had to change it to vector for printing. I got it down to 6 colors, so hopefully it comes out ok! (The patch should have the same.)
We are trying a new approach. Instead of having each shirt printed before the event, we get the design on transfer sheets. (They are easier to store.)
We use ProWorld they can make custom transfers at their PWcustom site.
In order to keep costs down we are getting over 500 prints (on 250 sheets) it will go to two other states. The only real downside, is we have to have a heat press at our events to make them when people order them.