Although Kids’ Days events are a popular place for caricatures, there is no age limit on being a kid.  Here are some kids that I drew during Janesville Days, in Janesville, Iowa.

My busiest month has arrived.  July:  The month of summer festivals and county fairs.  Kids and adults alike love to get drawn. These drawings take less than 5 minutes each.  Let me know if you want me to draw at your event!

I take my little portable drawing table, grab a couple of folding chairs and set up camp.  Along come the people and I’m busy for hours.

I now have walk-in caricatures available at my new studio at the First Street Community Center (second floor) in Mount Vernon, Iowa.  I don’t have a regular schedule at this point, but please feel free to come poke your head in,  and of course you can always set up an appointment.  It takes about 15 minutes per person.  I do pets as well!

$20 for a single color (does not apply to custom drawings and custom gift caricatures).

Tell me you saw my website for $5 off a walk-in caricature!

“Ignite” events are like geek parties, (the good kind of geek, the kind I would like to be).  My steady employer VRAC (Virtual Reality Applications Center) invited me to draw digital caricatures at the Ignite Ames event. (http://www.igniteames.org/2010/)  Which concluded the WinVR conference, an IT conference.  It was awesome, I had a great time!  I didn’t get to participate but I could listen to great entertainment like powerpoint karaoke.  That, my friend, is when there are random powerpoint slides and the speaker has to link them together as if he knows what he’s talking about.

These are some of the digital caricatures.

The weekend of May 1, 2010 was Chalk the Walk in Mount Vernon, Iowa.  I participated by chalking one of the 8×10 ft squares with a little Parraffino scene.  I think there were over 40 boxes colored this year.  It was my first year, a new experience.  I’ve never had to sit on my drawing while working on it before…It’s an interesting perspective.  Chalk is also a new medium for me…very messy.  The whole process took from 8:30-4 on Saturday and from 9:30-3 on Sunday.   (Also, I drew at a Post-Prom party at a high school from 12:00-2:30 AM Sunday morning.)

Here are some drawings out of a dog breed book.  Some are more caricatured than others.  I’m still experimenting while having a little fun.

Also, for those of you who don’t know.  I’m back in Iowa!!

This is what you get when you combine a parrot, giraffe, and rhino into a powerful, dangerous and colorful animal without wings…otherwise known as the Parraffino.

This was created by playing a fun artist game.  In down time at the park we entertain each other by writing a list of key words and then handing it off to another artist to illustrate.  As listed above, the key words for this were: parrot, giraffe, rhino, must look powerful, dangerous and colorful, no wings.  Then we hand the finished drawing to the writer of the words for a grade.  I got an A+ on this one.  The only problem with this game is those pesky costumers keep coming up to the stand and wanting to get drawn…

I only have a few weeks left in Orlando.  I’m trying to get the most out of my time here and stretch my brain.  I give you some of the fruits of my labors.

I really haven’t disappeared from the face of the Earth…just the face of Iowa.  For those of you who do not know, I am spending a few months drawing with the artists at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.  It’s been a great experience so far.  I’m having a great time.  I especially like the 70 degree days in January.  It’s the slow season currently, so I am also enjoying all the rides and attractions that Universal has to offer.  Here are a few examples of my work.  They are graphite and airbrush.

I’ve updated my “live caricature” tab.  I have new examples of my quick caricatures done at parties and events.  For a set fee I will come draw your guests with no charge to them.