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July 23rd event at Castles n Coasters

We were invited to do caricatures at Castles N Coasters with a new event agency: Music and Mischief. It seemed like it went pretty well. They had the Cardinal cheerleaders, DJs, face painters, it was a pretty good crowd – and a wide range of ages.

Add comment July 27th, 2010

9-11 July 2010 Pinetop Ren Fair

Medieval Mayhem up in Pinetop.  It was nice to get away from the 100+ temps of Phoenix even with the rain every day!

There was a bit of down time – I was able to read most of “The Name of the Wind” by Patrick Rothfuss.        

I did get to meet a local celebrity!

He is a High School music teacher (as is his wife; pictured above) – which makes him a celebrity in my mind!But, in addition to that, he also plays in a band called Three Guys and a Bunch of Drums. If you have been the the Arizona Renaissance Festival you may have seen them.

And finally, what would a Ren Fair be without:

Finish Him!

Sir Richard (of the Phoenix Zoo!) and company. …Merely a flesh wound.

Add comment July 26th, 2010

July 5th – 2010

For the 5th of July, I worked at a retirement home in Sun City.  Drawing folks with a few wrinkles is way more fun than those without. (To me anyway.)  Every face tells a story, some stories are just more interesting! This nice lady wasn’t a resident, but another worker at the party (making balloon animals).

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July 4th – Flagstaff caricatures

For the 4th of July I was invited to work at a company picnic in Flagstaff. It was a good event – who knew a bunch of lawyers would be that fun!

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Shaolin Caricature

One of the nice things about where I work is the variety of project I get to be involved in. Sometimes just answering the phones, sometimes doing a training video with a Shaolin munk. (The typical day has a lot more of the former though.)

Recently, we had a one-day “Shaolin Camp” with well over 100 kids. Before the event I did a Shaolin training/exercise DVD, and helped with a t-shirt layout. The day of the event I did a greenscreen photo shoot (and on-site print) of  the attendees.  Other than a few bugs (it’s been a while since I’ve used greenscreen…) it went pretty well. The munk has a great sense of humor – he noticed some sketches at the office, and asked for a caricature.

Original Photo

Munk Caricature

I took the photo at a “regular” class. You can kind of tell the lights are set for kids, since his face is a bit in shadow.

Add comment July 1st, 2010