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The blog of a cartoonist in London, UK, producing cartoons and caricatures
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The Group Caricature Continued - Drawing Faces!
Once all the photos have been correctly labelled and collated, the first thing I want from a client is agreement that the caricatures are accurate likenesses of each person in the group caricature. Working on A4 sheets folded in half, I draw rough pe...
The First Stage of Drawing a Group Caricature
The client contacts me and eventually sends me what seems to be hundreds of photos of all the people involved in the caricature. I like to streamline the process, so rather than print out each photo individually, I use Photoshop to crop them all down...
Recent Commission for London Caricaturist
This was another caricature commission from the wonderful Dr George Sik whom I wrote about in an earlier post. He just sends me the photos and detailed description about what he wants and I draw the caricature and post it back to him. I don’...
Daniel Craig aka James Bond 007
Here’s a man who is really difficult to draw. This is a work in progress. It’s rubbish, in fact. But I will be back with a better version when I can!...
David Beckham Site Ready to Launch!
Amongst my many studio jobs that I have been juggling recently, some of you may remember that I have been commissioned to draw cartoons and caricatures for The Unofficial Website of David Beckham. This is a humorous website based on the spoof intervi...
Sensationally Successful Corporate Event!
Last night I drew caricatures of everyone at a Price Waterhouse Coopers client party at The Café du Marché in London. This was a 1st Choice Entertainment event and it went down very well. It’s always satisfying getting a photo of a group like...
Caricature for The Vita Group
This is the latest caricature commission off the drawing board. It’s a Black and White A3 caricature which I draw from photos submitted by email. The client supplies all the additional information, hence the kilt, cigarette, Diet Cokes, Choccy ...
Caricaturist on Magazine Cover!
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Caricature from Photo Emailed Back to You! £60.00
One of my most popular services is the Emailed Caricature. You send me a photo, I draw the caricature at 150dpi, A5 size, head and shoulders only and I email it back to you! Here’s one I did today. All you need to do is send payment by Paypal ...
The London Caricaturist tackles French Politics! (or How To Draw a Political Cartoon)
Every year I try to attend the wonderful Cartoon Festival in Louviers, France. This is a very well-attended celebration of the art of cartoon and caricature. The festival atmosphere is intoxicating as is the wine, food and considerable bonhomie affor...
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....
The London Caricaturist does Poetry!
The Queue How sad to see the line of lonely people in the queue for ‘one basket only’ buying Pot Noodles and Heinz Baked Beans, Boil-In-The-Bag Rice and tinned sardines. The student full of spots and specs Cursed by the hex of solo sex ...
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 ...
The Lady with a Cello!
I’ve never drawn a lady with a cello before. She was delighted!...
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 solit...
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 Londo...
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 ...
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....
The London Caricaturist - The MOVIE!
Yes, here’s my latest promo video! This was filmed at a party for the Travel Trade Gazette after their week at The World Travel Market in the Excel Centre in London’s Docklands. Those lovely people from Conrad Advertising were there and ...
Cartoons For Salesmen!
This was one of my favourite projects of 2007. I had to produce twenty cartoons to illustrate the book, The Accidental Salesman, by Richard White. Richard White is a charismatic and inspiring sales trainer and coach. An accountant by training, he fo...
Tony and Cherie Blair
Here’s an old favourite which I have just added to the PORTFOLIO It’s simply our former Prime Minister and his wife, Tony and Cherie Blair during that period (1997-2007, I believe) when they would jet off to exotic locations, usually fre...
Cartoonist draws 952 caricatures in 24 hours for charity
Here’s an interesting blog I came across today. Conveniently, it means I don’t have to write my own! This is from Cartoon News Sunday, December 30, 2007 Cartoonist draws 952 caricatures in 24 hours for charity SINGAPORE: A Singapor...
Portfolio Piece: Recent Cricketing Caricature Commission
Here’s a caricature commission I completed shortly before Christmas. It involves the main subject bowling out Aussie cricket legend Shane Warne. This is part of my ever-growing cartoon and caricature PORTFOLIO which you can go and view at any t...
The End of Term Party
Thursday 20th December: After my last live job of the year in the afternoon, I met up with a few friends at The French House in Soho. This was a semi-official ‘End of term Party’. For me, anyway. Eager Beavers like Paul Baker were still w...
One of The Last Jobs of December
Wednesday 19th December: The penultimate corporate caricaturing job of this year was for the Brands Protection Department of Diageo Plc. These people spend all day making sure that no-one else steals their brand names such as Guinness, Smirnoff and J...
Latest Photos of The London Caricaturist in Action!
Phew! It’s been a busy week for the London Caricaturist. Tuesday was spent entertaining the wonderful bright young things of new satirical website, Eyebrow, where I duly overturned a table laden with nachos and beer, in the true tradition of sa...
The London Caricaturist goes through roof at PatSystems Party!
Yesterday’s job was at The Borough Bar in London’s London Bridge for market trading software manufacturer PatSystems. This job was brought to me by the wonderful Clyde West of comedy agency Stand and Deliver. Not only did I produce 25-od...
The London Caricaturist at Ecademy Christmas Party
That wonderful business networking organisation, Ecademy, had its Xmas party last night and, as usual, hired me to draw caricatures of as many people as possible. Other entertainment on offer was magic from Matthew Duggan, spoof networking guru, Guru...
The Latest Caricature by The London Caricaturist
This is the latest caricature I am currently working on. It is going to accompany an article I am writing about the great man. Do you know who he is?...
The London Caricaturist GETS THROUGH to BT!
Yes, folks, you heard it here first - The London Caricaturist actually MET some human beings who work at the UK’s British Telecom. For the millions of you who have wasted millions of hours waiting on an automated Customer Service helpline, in t...
