Illinois Caricatures is a collective of caricature artists servicing Illinois including Chicago Cicero, Oak Park, Berwyn, Evaston and more.
We have been drawing live caricatures at events and fundraisers, digital caricatures at weddings and graduations and studio illustrations from photos for years.
We draw studio caricature illustrations from photo and are limited only by your imagination. What better way to let your loved one, colleague or friend know you are thinking about them. With only a good resolution photo, and your art direction, we produce custom works or art together. A well loved, appreciated and thoughtful gift.
We can all use a smile. Hire an Illinois Caricature artist today. Your guests will enjoy the process and walk away with a beautiful piece of hand drawn art.
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.
Live caricature artists have been a popular form of entertainment for centuries, and we know Illinois appreciates good entertainment!
Live Digital caricatures for events are drawn with specialized software 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 Illinois including Chicago, Buffalo Grove, Evanson or Naperville 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 an Illinois 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.
We draw live caricatures at events in Illinois. 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 and bar and bat mitzvah's. No group is too big or too small for our group of professional caricature artists.
Guests enjoy the process of sitting to be drawn and in just a few minutes walk away with a fun caricature of themselves and great memories of your event. We love making people smile!
Pair live caricature drawing with custom themed template designed to match the theme and feel of your event.
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.
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 Illinois. 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 Northern USA 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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