Serving Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Duluth and more
We are a collective of experienced caricature artists offering Traditional paper based caricatures and Digital caricatures at celebrations, events, festivals and fairs in Minnesota and Studio Illustration Commissions from photo. From tailgate party for one of our many professional sports teams to the Minnesota State Fair - caricatures are a great form of enterainment for all ages and group sizes.
Minneanapolis / Minnesota is all about art! Breathtaking murals, world class museums, incredible theatre, inspiring art fairs and sculpture gardens are a few of the things that make Minnesota and Minneapolis art scene vibrant.
Traditional and Digital Event Caricatures are a popular way to entertain guests at weddings, student engagement events and graduations, retirement parties, birthday parties, corporate meetings and more. Drawn in around 4 minutes - we know your guests will be impressed! For digital caricatures, we share our screen so everyone can see the caricatures take form. Contact Minnesota Caricature Artists for more information. look@minnesotacaricatureartists.com
Studio Caricature Illustrations are personal, custom works of art. We take your photos and ideas and combine them into the caricature of your imagination. Studio caricature illustrations make great gifts. Our studio caricatures have also been used on websites, signs, business cards, tattoos etc. They make great social media avatars and business logos.
Our collective of Minnesota Caricature Artists can't wait to be part of your next event or celebration. Let the smiles begin!
Studio caricature illustrations are a great way to celebrate special occasions such as graduations, anniversaries, retirement and birthdays to name a few. Hand drawn with your creative input, the only limit is your imagination.
Our prices are based on both the number of people and additional design ideas. The price for a black and white head and shoulder caricature illustration starts at $50 per person and $100 in color. Additional design items and background are charged based on the scope of each addition.
Upon receiving your photos and ideas, we will firmly quote you on your drawing based on the information you have provided us with.
Simply review the quote, ask any questions you might have and let us know when you are ready to go :)
We prepare and send you an invoice for a non refundable deposit of 25% or $50 whichever greater to start the work.
We start with a sketch of the people or subject matter and send you a draft of the caricature illustration for approval and feedback.
Once we receive your feedback, we incorporate your changes and draw the additional details. This second draft is drawn with high priority.
Further changes can be requested which may take longer to apply and may result in additional charges if the changes are beyond/different than the original request.
A high resolution digital file is supplied in your preferred format (excluding vectorization) and color scheme. Vectorization
If you are printing using a commercial print shop we would gladly work with their preferred format.
We draw live caricatures at events in Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Duluth, the rest of Minnesota and Midwestern USA. Live caricature drawing provides great entertainment value at large corporate events, festivals, fundraisers, trade show booths. Live caricature's are a fun addition to family events including birthday parties, baby showers, weddings, graduations and anniversary parties.
Guests get excited to be drawn and in just a few minutes walk away with a fun caricature of themselves and great memories of your event.
Pair live caricature drawing with custom themed template designed to match the theme and feel of your event. Great branding oportunities for our corporate clients. See below for more information.
Custom themed templates are a great addition for paper based traditional caricatures, digital caricatures and virtual caricatures.
We design the templates based on your events theme, marketing ideas, hashtags logos and messages.
Value added - not only are your guests walking away with a custom hand drawn piece of art, they can also have your business or event information along with the caricature drawing.
Live digital caricature artists is a popular form.
Live Digital caricatures for events are drawn on a tablet or laptop and displayed on monitor or projector for all to see. Digital and virtual caricatures can be drawn socially distanced. We send the drawings to your guests electronically to ensure a touch free experience.
Book us for your next celebration or corporate event in Minnesota today. We know you will not be disappointing.
We offer many live virtual caricature group packages. Great for group sizes of all kinds, an economical way to bring a Minnesota Caricature artist to your home or office - virtually. Similar to digital caricatures, we share our screen with you so you can join the fun in watching your virtual caricature drawing come to life.
Pet related events have become popular through the years from fundraisers, walk-a-thons and employee appreciation bring your pet to work events. We love drawing your pets at live events. We can draw pets live or by photo in just a few minutes.
We start from your photos and theme. A pencil draft is produced which you critique and comment on. Upon receiving your changes we redraw the image according to your feedback. You critique the new draft and approve or request new changes. We repeat these steps in two rounds of changes. Additional changes after the two rounds are billed on an hourly basis.
Once you are happy with the rough draft we produce the complete artwork in ink and paint using quality paints and permanent inks. The artwork is produced on acid free cotton base museum quality art boards. Voila. Your first experience as an art director was a success!
Other than being a solid form of entertainment for all age groups, the attendees take an original piece of art with them. Our live party caricatures are often framed and remain in offices and homes for years. Impress your guests by hiring us to draw them at your function, event or party.
We draw live caricatures in all major cities and smaller towns across Minnesota. Hundreds of companies and organizations have hired us to draw live caricature sketches at their corporate functions, picnics or galas. Our traditional caricature clients have been using our services since 1991.
Caricatures are great to be used as gifts, avatars, mascots, or as logos for a businesses or as imagery for websites and apps. They make great corporate gifts or employee awards that impresses them in a personal way. Caricatures are attention grabbers and a unique and memorable style of gift-giving.
We create the initial artwork for you and will customize it to be used for any medium and any environment. They can be used for murals, embroidered, ironed on, silk screened, carved or printed in many different ways. We come up with innovative ways to make it work for you. You can have the same image used on clothing, mouse pads, coffee cups, online and printed publications, bumper stickers etc.
Adding motion to a caricatures literally brings it to life. Full color digital caricatures can be used on your web site, desktop or for social media. They can be created in GIF or SWF formats. SWF files can have sound as well. We have created animated education tools using caricatures.
Electronic greeting tools can also be created this way. We match the electronic files with the printed and hand drawn art. Having the same fun-filled style of cartoon imagery on your company web site, Christmas cards, party collateral corporate gifts, signage and t-shirts shows you are aware of the value of brand. We can do it all for you.
We have been drawing digital caricatures across Midwestern US for the past 20 years. Digital caricatures are hand drawn caricatures, similar to traditional paper based caricatures. Digital caricatures are drawn on a laptop or tablet with the drawings being displayed on monitor or projected for all the guests to see the caricatures take shape.
Digital caricatures are a versatile and can be used as custom framed art, t-shirts, coffee cups, social media avatars and marketing.
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