These Make Great Gifts For Retirements, Promotions,
Anniversaries, Weddings, Birthday Parties
Party Invitations, Sign-In Boards For Bar&Bat Mitzvahs, Sports Teams,
Pre-printed T-shirts, Etc.
Things to keep in mind when picking photos.
It's
best to work from photos that focus more on the persons head, full body shots
with small heads aren't that useful, since I make up the bodies.Smiling close-up
full
or three-quarter head shots are preferred. Try to get photos that are well
lit, outdoor shots
are usually good. Make sure the photos are current & look
like the person, sometimes I get
three or four picture's of the same person
and they look like three or four different people.
I
like to do pencil roughs for approval, before going to finish.
All
the below samples were "Custom", I now do them in watercolor
(the sizes are all reduced).
Pricing varies depending upon size, amount of people, lettering, etc. Sizes
start at 11" x
14".
Call
(631) 361-9425
for pricing or e-mail me
or
martyart@optonline.net
To My
Caricature Home Page: www.quicksketch.com
See
more samples and learn more about my work at Caricature Talk!
But first, above are some of my color and black & white party caricature pictures.
Doing caricatures from photos takes alot of time, about as much as doing a party, there are plenty of artists
doing
them cheaper than me out there. I'll soon be offering "cheaper" caricatures from photos (for about a third
of the price).
You pick from a selection of pre-drawn backgrounds. To keep these quicker
for me & cheaper for you, there are
no pencil sketchs for approvals, so send
current clear photos that catch the persons personality.
For more information on these,
click here! (coming soon)
This type of picture (above) is great for
when someone is leaving a company, just keep in mind the more people, the
pricier it gets.
The above picture is a combination of markers
and computer, it was sent as a hi-res jpg
to a guy from Isreal,
he
set the text into the scroll and used it as an invitation to his son's Bar
Mitzvah.
Watercolor Caricatures
The next few pictures are a new style for
me. They're done in watercolor, see the difference?
(I'm testing out doing watercolors live at parties, see my Caricature
Talk webpage (April '04) for more on this.)
Most of these are gift caricatures, usually
11" x 14". Pricing varies on these, but just to
give you an idea of the time involved click here!
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11" x 14" , from a football team to their
coach.
Here's another retirement gift, from the guys
in his department.
11" x 14" , from the wife to her
husband.
If you want the story on this, click here.
(He was also surprised with this at his
Surprise 40th Birthday party.
This was a 24" x 30" poster which includes some of his favorite things.)
(This was a large poster, for their wedding.
She wanted to be working at
her computer while he's distracting her with
his juggling
& tap dancing.)
"Awesome, awesome awesome! You captured us in an unbelievable
way!
We couldn't be happier....it's beyond our expectations."
This was scaned, used for an invitation,
then mounted and used as
a sign-in board at his 40th surprise birthday party.
To see some of the other
stuff they made from this art click here.
This was of a retiring truck salesman.
They used the above as a invitation
and the original was framed.
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These were each 20" x 30" sign-in boards (They had more white space
around them than shown, for people to write things.)
Here's a Christmas gift to 4 eye doctors,a Christmas present
from their office.
To my new caricature directory
The
one above was given as a gift from a company to their client.
"WOW... Marty, he was floored. Thanks so much again for the caricature.
I don't think that anyone could have done that but you.
Once I got the picture, I took it to a local frame shop and had it custom
matted and framed. They put a beautiful blue color mat that really
accented the picture and cherry wood (his favorite) frame on it.
It just looked so amazing when it was all put together.
OH... I wish that you could have seen the look on his face
when he saw it. Absolutely SPEECHLESS... He didn't know what to say,
he laughed, he wowed, he took in every detail!!! And, of course, I glued
your card on the back of the frame so that everyone would know who to call.
:)
I just wanted you to know how pleased I was and how special the gift was.
This man is a truly unique and special person...the kind of man
who has EVERYTHING...that no one can buy for.
This was exceptional - a one of a kind - something that he will
always remember me for...and you truly made it possible.
I am sure that we will talk again in the future. Take care."
A 30" x 40" sign-in board
This was done from photos, but the background
is one of my pre-drawn backgrounds
that
I take to parties and colored in the ay I do at parties.
This kind of picture gets pricey too.
To My
Caricature Home Page: www.quicksketch.com
See
more samples and learn more about my work at Caricature Talk!
Call (631) 361-9425