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The blog of a cartoonist in London, UK, producing cartoons and caricatures
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Wonderful Party Last Night
The merry folks of 2tenfm a radio station in Reading, thoroughly enjoyed my company last night in the Island Bar on Caversham Island in Reading. They insisted I stay an hour longer (extra pay!) and I actually stayed half an hour longer than that suc...
Caricature Entertainment LIVE at Parties and Events - Watch this VIDEO!
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 ...
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!...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
Caricaturing at The Not Forgotten Association
Every year I am delighted to be able to entertain the troops, literally, by caricaturing at The Not Forgotten Association’s Annual Christmas Lunch. This is held in the splendour of St James’ Palace, London and hosts lunch for a few hundre...
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...
Me and Doctor Karl Kennedy!
The concert was impressive - Dr Karl has the energy of a teenager. Unfortunately, due to a long line of well-wishers meeting ‘Fletch’ as he is known to his friends, the party was just not getting started. And as I have two live jobs to do...
The London Caricaturist to meet Neighbours’ Star!
Watch this space for news of my meeting with Neighbours‘ star, Alan Fletcher who plays Dr Karl Kennedy. I am booked to be drawing caricatures at the the after show party for his band Waiting Room who are playing at The London School of Economi...
The London Caricaturist wows them in Newbury Park!
Just back from drawing caricatures at a 50th birthday in Newbury Park, East London. This was a job commissioned by Magical Memories, who supply Magicians and Caricaturists for all sorts of events around the country. Here’s a trio of happy custo...
