YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!!

I'm always harping on about the fact, that in life and especially when it comes to caricatures, "you get what you pay for". No matter how much I warn people, sometimes they think, well it's half the price how bad can it be! Here's a perfect example of a recent caricature a very disgruntled bride sent me. Don't get me wrong I don't get the likeness perfect every time and often I have to make minor corrections, but normally if the photo's are good enough I'll get it right 1st time. In this particular case neither of them saw any resemblance whatsoever! the main thing is in the end both bride and groom were happy and their cards where done on time and to a high standard.Yes maybe I do charge more than other artist's but I feel my work speaks for itself and if your going to do something, do it right.

"Thank you"

Here's a lovely card I got in the post this morning.

Caricature for a 21st Birthday

Here's a recent gift caricature I did for a 21st birthday gift..
What makes this different, is that when I first gave to the client, although she was happy the mother wasn't, and thought it didn't look like him(often the case with mammy's). Anyhow they agreed to give it to him and let him decide, here's the emails I just got.



Hi Niall
Dervlla here. We Gave Cathal his drawing on sat night went down a treat. To the extent he's still laughing today. He loves it.
So thank you for hard work. You'll be getting more business from my family and friends as they were all amazed.

kindest regards


Just a quick note to say thank you. I got a caricture as gift from my family for my 21st birthday present. It was an excellent gift & summed me up in a nut shell. The night was a great laugh & fun was had by all. The caricature went down very well with everyone at the party. It now hangs proudly at home & brings a smile to everyones face when they see it.

Thanks again,
Cathal Rice

wedding caricature guest board

Here's a recent guest board I did, and below is the email I just received from the bride.
Thanks again Elaine and Barry, glad everyone enjoyed it, and I really appreciate your nice email.

Niall,
Just wanted to say thank you for the brilliant caricature guestboard. It
was a real talking point, everybody at our wedding thought it was brilliant
& in turn signed it so we now have a fantastic keepsake of our day.
Thanks again,
Elaine & Barry
Slieve Russell 4th Sept 09

Guinness 250 years!

Saturday night I was in the the Guinness store-house Dublin along with 3 of my fellow artists, Jon Donohue, Mark Heng and Ken Coogan, a big thanks to all the guys for their help. Didn't have much time to take pictures, but here's a few I did manage to squeeze in.








Mark about to work his magic.




Who are those gorgeous fellas?

Wedding fair in the RDS

I had a hugely successful show in the RDS over the 5th and 6th of September.
I took more bookings over the weekend than ever before, and considering people don't normally book at the fair this was a real bonus. Here's a couple of pictures of my stand, I know it doesn't look busy but believe me it was insane, we had less than 5 mins break on both days and then I had to go off do weddings during the night, but that's a another story.BTW a huge thanks to my Sis in law Fiona who helped me out all weekend.

Live work from various weddings.

Here's some pictures I've managed to compile which were taken over the last month or so, from venues as far apart as Innishowen in Donegal to Adare in Limerick. Most if not all of these drawings were done in 3 minutes or less, so it's often a case of speed over substance, however I think the likness is good in most of them, and the main thing is the bride and groom were delighted and the guests who wanted to get drawn were not disappointed.