DIGITAL CARICATURE ARTIST - ILLUSTRATOR - TRADITIONAL CARICATURIST - FACE PAINTER - AIRBRUSH TATTOOS - BALLOON TWISTER

Jennifer is a self-taught Canadian caricature and portrait artist. Her line work is precise as she captures likenesses producing high quality caricatures. She is ambidextrous and uses either hand freely while drawing. She has had a passion for art since she was young and is gladly dedicating her life in pursuit of mastering the craft. She also does illustration work for various different organizations both digital and traditional caricature art. Jennifer captures the likenesses of guests at every event making a unique and beautiful work of art that your guests will keep forever in memory of your event. Jennifer is a talented multi-discipline artist and is also available for balloon art and face painting

Tools and devices that I use:

● For Digital Caricatures: Tablet, Monitor, Printer

● For Traditional Caricatures: Jet Black Prismacolour Markers are my favourite brand. I’ve gone through: Tombo, Pental pocket brush, Copic, Crayola and Windser-Newton. Nothing beats Prisma jet black brush tip in my experience. Although Prisma is technically not refillable, I also use the copic ink jug to replenish the ink when it runs low. I used standard 11x14 paper Canson size to draw on and I use a steel portable easel.

More about me:

My favourite artists are:

Louis Wain, RJ Palmer, Darrel Tank (5 pencil method), Salvador Dali

My favourite places are:

Tobermory (Ontario Canada), Destin (Florida USA), Lawrencetown (Halifax Nova Scotia)

My favourite movies are:

Pay it Forward , Mononoke , Irreplaceable You, and Save the Last Dance

My favourite songs are:

Who Will Save Your Soul - Jewel, Thank you and Ironic - Alanis Morrisette, Load Me Up and Time Bomb - Matthew Good Band, Land Down Under - Men at Work,

My favourite desserts are:

I’m not really a fan of desserts, favourite food is avocados in any other foods

My favourite quote is:

"The way you find out what life’s about is simply living" Eve Jihan Jeffers-Cooper

"It is what is is" Unknown

"Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying. It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value" Arthur C. Clark

"When something within you is disowned, that which is disowned wreaks havoc" Ralph H Blum and Susan Coughan

Personal Interests:

Drawing, art, painting, singing, swimming, physical and mental well being, ecstatic dancing, discussing topics in a small to large group, documentaries, astronomy, spoken words, video games and board games

Testimonials

"LOVED IT! From start to finish, Toronto Caricatures has been a professional and accommodating service. Karen was extremely helpful throughout the booking process. And Jennifer is very talented and amazing artist. Our guests loved her drawings and communicated their intentions of actually framing them. Highly recommended!!" N Swaby

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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.