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We are a Caricature Artists Collective covering the Atlantic to the Pacific. We draw live digital caricatures and traditional paper caricatures at live events and studio illustration commissions by photo in our studio.

We have been drawing live traditional and digital caricatures across Canada since 1991. Trust our experience to make your 2024/2025 event a success! We’ve drawn for every occasion, ensuring your guests will leave smiling with a unique hand-drawn caricature.

Our Services

Book Us for Your Event

Hire a live caricature artist for your next event or corporate function! Your guests will enjoy a good laugh and take home beautiful original caricature art. Our team has been spreading joy through caricatures since 1991. With 3 options to choose - traditional paper based caricatures, digital caricatures, and virtual caricatures - we are sure to have a package to suit your needs. Simply send us an email to look@funfun.ca to book our services. You are important to us. We strive to answer emails within 15 minutes.

Studio Illustrations from Photo

Custom studio caricature illustrations, cartoons, and illustrations as gifts and appreciation and for advertisers, magazines, filmmakers, animation studios, and newspapers. Our Custom Caricature Illustrations by Photo are very popular. You can order one in minutes. Check them out! Click Here

Virtual Caricature Sessions

Looking for ways to show your employees they are appreciated? Still working or schooling remotely? Do you live rural, outside a major city and thought live caricatures were just not possible? Click here to learn more about our virtual caricature sessions and more

Contact Us

In a world of endless forms and AI - we make our process simple. Reach out at: look@funfun.ca or give us a call at 1-800-788-6781 We're here to answer your questions.

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Stay connected with us! Follow us on Instagram: @caricaturists to see hundreds of samples of our live and studio work!

Let’s make your next event unforgettable!

STUDIO CARICATURE ILLUSTRATION

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 $100 per person and $150 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 $100 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.

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LIVE EVENT CARICATURES

Live traditional caricatures are a standout choice for any occasion, from weddings and birthdays to anniversaries and corporate events. Whether you're celebrating a retirement or showing appreciation for clients and employees, hoosting a trade show booth, holiday events, our caricatures add a unique touch that your guests will love.

Expect nothing but the highest quality from our talented team, we each have an average of 15 years of experience. Our artists skillfully create unique hand-drawn caricatures in just 3 to 4 minutes per person, ensuring your guests are not only entertained but also walk away with a memorable keepsake. We love to see you smile!

Our caricatures serve as a fantastic takeaway, allowing everyone to cherish the moments from your event. Each drawing captures the spirit of the occasion, providing a fun and lasting reminder for your guests.

Enhance your experience by pairing our caricatures with custom-designed preprinted paper. This keeps your theme or marketing information top of mind while offering your guests a unique memento.

Don’t miss out on making your event unforgettable. Send us an email or give us a call to book us today look@funfun.ca

CUSTOM DESIGNED CARICATURE TEMPLATES

Custom templates and pre-printed paper add a corporate or personal touch to your event. Simply send us your design and theme ideas, logos, imagery and text. We create the image, produce the paper or digital template and bring them to the event. Each guest leaves with your branding, hashtags and contact information

Click here to see samples of custom designed caricature templates

LIVE DIGITAL CARICATURES

We have been innovating the Canadian caricature industry since our inception, introducing digital caricatures to Canada and continue to innovate.

Give us a call at 1-800-788-6781 to discuss or send us an email to look@funfun.ca

Digital Caricatures combine the newest technologies with the joy of traditional hand drawn caricature art. Bring this innovative form of caricature to your event. You and your guests will love watching a caricature being drawn live on a display or via projector.

We send the drawings to your guests electronically as part of our digital service to you. The results can instantly be shared on Instagram, Youtube Facebook or other social media platforms. These caricature drawings are high resolution and are perfectly created to be used in screen and print media. We can also print the drawings onsite.

We draw digital caricatures at corporate events, retirement parties, client and employee appreciation events, weddings, tradeshows and more across Canada regularly. With over 20 digital caricature artists on our team we would love to make your next event or corporate function fantastic!

VIRTUAL CARICATURES AT EVENTS

Want to get together with friends, family or collegues all over the world for a bit of fun? We offer many virtual event packages. Great for group sizes of all kinds, an economical way to bring a Caricature artist to you - virtually. Similar to live digital caricatures, we share our screen with you so you can join the fun in watching your virtual caricature drawing come to life. Best part of virtual caricatures - no long line ups to wait in. We send the caricature illustrations to your guests minutes after they have been drawn.

In addition to virtual caricatures for events, we offer virtual caricature tutorial sessions. A great team building activity. Learn to draw caricatures while interacting with your colleagues in a fun and light hearted way. We can all always use a smile :)

To book - simply send us an email to look@funfun.ca or give us a call at 1-800-788-6781 We're here to answer your questions

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ILLUSTRATION AND ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES

We produce quality caricature and illustration work in various forms and media: Custom Studio Caricatures From Photos or Live Subject, Live Digital Caricatures at Parties, Trade Shows, Weddings and Corporate Functions, Drawing live caricatures at your events, functions, picnics, trade shows, corporate or private parties, Illustration work for publications or advertising, Digital and Vector Comical Imagery, Animated caricatures for presentations, web sites, ecards or desktop

Custom Studio Caricatures From Photos or Live Subject

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!

Live Digital Caricatures at Parties, Trade Shows, Weddings and Corporate Functions

Digital caricature artists are great for trade show, conventions & corporate events and product promotions. We also draw live digital caricatures at weddings, birthday parties, reunions and many more kinds of personal or corporate gatherings. Everyone in all age groups enjoy digital caricatures. We draw them on the sport and send them to the guests electronically. We can also print the digital caricatures on the spot and give them to the clients in plastic sleeves. These make great avatars and social media posts.

Event Caricature Art

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 Canada. 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.

Custom Caricature Illustration, Cartooning

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.

Digital and Vector Imagery

We create digital vector caricature illustrations. These can be resized to any extend without getting jagged or pixelated. From business cards to hot air balloons, one file fits all!

Animated Caricature Art

Adding motion to a caricatures literally brings it to life. Full color digital caricatures can be used on your web site, desktop or id rom. They can be created in GIF or SWF formats. SWF files can have sound as well. We have created animated education tools using caricatures for Nortel Networks, Delta Controls and several other companies. 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.

How much is a caricature artist?

The price of a caricature artist can vary greatly across Canada. For an experienced caricature artist you can expect to spend between $100 and $160 per hour per artist for traditional paper based caricatures and between $150 and $250 per hour per artist for digital caricatures.

What is the meaning of caricature?

The Meridian-Webster Dictionary defines "caricature as exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics" We strive to draw slightly distorted but pleasing - appreciated caricatures of everyone we draw.

How long does a caricature take?

The artists in our collective each average 15 years experience in event caricature drawing. We draw 10 to 12 people per hour live - black and white, head and shoulders. This means it takes us between 4 and 5 minutes per person to draw a caricature.

What is a digital caricature?

We have been drawing digital caricatures 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.