Tuesday, August 31, 2010

BULLIES DON'T DISAPPEAR... they just GROW UP and Become the "BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE"

Maybe you're one of those folks who had a carefree childhood where you never got your lunch money taken, your hair pulled, your glasses broken, or laughed at when you walked by a group of kids in the playground.... But I wasnt. I was a victim of Bullies on a DAILY basis, and led a "charlie brown like" existence throughout childhood. I had this hope that when I grew up, BULLIES would be a thing of the past. I thought Bullying was an immature childish behavior much like excessive whining and bed wetting. With maturity and training it would vanish along with other childish things.... at a recent party I was reminded once again how bullis just "grow up" to become "beautiful people". I was drawing caricature at a party where just about everyone looked like they were coming from, or going to a photo shoot. It was a blast. These folks were successful, rich, had great careers, AND were good looking. They appeared to have it all. Yeah, ALL but one thing...another opportunity to make someone "less beautiful" the butt of a joke. One woman asked me to draw the ugliest creepiest looking caricature face of a woman I could think of and give it to her. When I asked what it was for, she gleefully replied, , "Oh, there's this REALLY UGLY woman at our job who couldn't be here tonight, so wehn we hang the pictures in the office tomorrow we want to hang "HER" picture there too and say, "look you weren't at the party , but you were AT the party"
I felt a twinge of anger flare up, but kept my composure and quietly declined, stating it would be right or fair to make fun of someone who wasn't there.

Was it any wonder why she didn't come to the party? I bet she didn't feel welcome in the office either.
That night, catching bits and pieces of conversation I was struck how these folks were busy patting themselves on the back for a successful financial year while most New Yorkers were standing in unemployment lines and wondering where their next meal was coming from. I also thought about the poor "ugly woman" had been as MUCH of a contributor to the success of the company's financial stregth, and yet for what ever reason didnt feel comfortable enough to come to the party...
BULLIES.
They never really grow up do they?
Im glad I took a stand NOT to be part of this nonsense, and in some small way, by refusing to do a picture, I felt I did MY part in stopping the whole bullying cycle..

But before I pat MYSELF on the back TOO fast, there was a brief moment, im sorry to say when I wanted to draw the picture... where I wanted to be thought of as popular and "cool" for having done it. Im glad that I resisted the urge. Maybe that's the CURSE of the beautiful people. They ALL want to remain in the same club, and some are afraid to break out for fear of becoming one of the ugly ones...

THE KOOL KIDS a poem by Elgin Bolling aka El Prophet the Scribe

THE KOOL KIDS
By Elgin Bolling

...THE KOOL KIDS

The look at me, not at YOU kids,

THE KOOL KIDS

The RULE kids
The kids, the teacher thinks
Never Fibs, Never responsible for what he did..

THE KOOL KIDS

The Me Hit YOU kids.

The Spit on your Shoes, Kids
The Push you down the Stairs,
Pull out your Chair,
Make fun of the clothes you wear kids.

THE KOOL KIDS

The ones who make you look like a FOOL kids
The kids who always get the girl
Who laugh at you when you start to hurl
Who pretend to be your friend
Only to embarrasses you in the end
The kids who take your money for lunch
Who in your face, they like to punch

THE KOOL KIDS

The Kids who got
SHOT
Because the poor Nerd
Cant take a LOT
He KNOWS it aint right to HATE
But can’t eat another lousy Morsel

THE KOOL KIDS

Have put on his plate.

Now it’s too late…

The Nerd whose done
Nothing but Heard
His good name
DEFAMED
Who’s taken the
Blame
So

THE KOOL KIDS

Can have FAME.
All he wants to be is the SAME
To have a friend who won’t
Send him away
Who say’s I’m GLAD you CAME!
C’mon! Let’s Play!
Join the game!
But there’s pain in

Isolation.

THE KOOL KIDS

Done his work of mental and emotional devestation
So without hesitation
Things go terribly terribly wrong

RATTTA TAT TAT!!

Goes the semi automatics song that does not cease…

THE KOOL KIDS

Recoil in horror,
To the NERD
It’s just sweet release..

Finally, NOW the angry,
Taunting voices will cease…
Now, finally he’s the center of attention.
And no one in the playground even dares to mention…

His crew cut
His protruding butt
His high-water pants
His bowlegged stance
His coke bottle glasses
The gas he always passes
His hair that’s never neat
His braces, and bucked teeth
His clubbed feet
The way he weeps…

They all fall in a heap
Now silent and bleeding at his feet.

There’s a lesson in this, so do not sleep.

Next time you see a kid being
Picked on
Don’t just sit on
Your Butt
And Ignore
DO MORE
To raise his self esteem
Protect him from
THE KOOL KIDS
Who are mean

Do this and we will hopefully see
Less kids in a coffin
If you do nothing
This will happen more often…

Funny how this brings to mind
A little town called
Calinbine…

Copyright 2010 Elgin Bolling all rights reserved.

Assorted subway faces of diffeent people going places by subwaysurfer



Drew some GREAT faces today. One of the keys to doing great subway caricature is to not SO much "GET THE LIKENESS" in the objective literal sense, but to "GET THE EXPRESSION" I feel that if you go for THE EXPRESSION you will get the likeness as a bonus. Extreme life drawing gives me the opportunity to observe and record expressions in a way that would just never be possible with the live model. The teenager in the middle pic is my favorite. His face literally changed expression three or four times in a minute as he was deep in thought pondering something.
The businessman on top looked at is he was just hanging on waiting for the workday to end, and had that dull thousand mile, businessman's soulless stare.... the guy with the ponytail had this look on his face that said, "HI! ENGLISH ISNT MY FIRST LANGUAGE!"

Monday, August 30, 2010

RAT on the Subway Platform


Ya know SOME people just LOOK like Rodents! LOL! Ive been riding these trains TOO LONG!

Friday, August 27, 2010

The Year In Cartoons - 2009 ... Elgin Bolling

The Year In Cartoons - 2009 ... Elgin Bolling

Awesome corporate gig at the Penthouse







I was sitting on the top of the world drawing at a swank corporate penthouse last night for a leading financial company in NYC. There was a gorgeous penthouse view that over looked the river that made drawing an absolute joy. Weather was VERY good. Not too hot not too windy and NO rain in sight! It was a blast. I can honestly say that i didn't draw ONE bad caricature the whole night. Here are a few of the folks that had fun. Now if you're wondering how I got these pics it's because I IMMEDIATELY drew two pictures of the subject. Ono for them and one for me. Funny thing is I really had to fight to keep my pictures as the guests wanted em both! LOL

The thing I like best about drawing caricatures at corporate gigs is seeing people relax and have a great time, EVEN the boss. I have the advantage of not knowing the boss in the sense that the employees do, and can put him on "equal footing" as the "rest of the victims" I often hear comments like, "draw him nice, remember he's the one paying you!" from the crowd, but I really think that in these situations the boss likes to get treated like everyone else at the event. After all, he's at the party to have fun TOO!. Now that DOESN'T mean I go out of the way to make the boss the "butt of the joke" that would be in poor taste, and I DON'T. I try to feel out the crowd and after so many years of doing this I can tell pretty accurately who really WANTS an extreme exaggeration and who doesn't. My goal is always to get a good likeness whatever Im doing and if I get THAT I'm satisfied. Exaggeration is just icing on the cake.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

DOGS ON THE TRAIN! IT’S INSANE! By Elgin Bolling

DOGS ON THE TRAIN! IT’S INSANE!
By Elgin Bolling

You will find it strange
I’m sitting between tow dogs on my train
Boy, oh boy is this insane

Do MUTTS now pay admission?
Who in the world made THAT decision?
Was there some “Formal Presentation??”
Hey! I‘d really like an Explanation!

Excuse my Exclamation
But did my brain take a vacation?
Since when were Canines allowed in the station?
People now board dogs without hesitation!

What’s next?
101 Dalmatians???

THIS is one confusing situation
I can UNDERSTAND the occasion
To have a dog if you are BLIND
You need a “seeing eye” all the time..

But it’s a crime to see your pup’s
Grime in my SEAT!
Don’t you remember?
Dogs walk on their FEET!!

Your pooch may be cute!
But now there’s dirt on my suit!

So sorry miss, I stepped on your poodle!
Er..what’s THIS on my SHOE
Oh, no… It’s DOG ‘DOO-DOO!!
Who Knew that I ‘d be sharing my seat
With a Shih Tzu!! ACHOO!!!!

Doesn’t any one see that this is a HEALTH ISSUE!?
I’m ALLERGIC to dogs!
Please hand me a Tissue!

Won’t SOMEBODY LISTEN???
WON’T SOMEBODY PLEASE!!!!???
I can’t stop this itching
CAUSE IM COVERED WITH FLEAS!!!!!

Copyright 2010 Elgin Bolling all rights reserved.


It started with ONE dog and then another... I've just started to notice lately that the NYC subways are becoming combination Dog park/kennel. This is especially true in YUPPIELAND, my pet name for parts of Manhattan, but ;you can also see dog passengers on the L line that services Greenpoint, Williamsburg, and of course, Canarsie. Mostly you see little dogs like poodles chiwawahs (yeah I KNOW i spelled it wrong) and other "toy dogs" . I dont know when this trend started, but I really think its an unhealthy one and Im really wondering where it will lead. If it's now become "LEGAL" to have non seeing eye dog in the subways what's next? OTHER "exotic " pets??? Oh, dont be scared, that's my pet python,be calm! Pythons can smell fear! just the other day NO LIE I saw a man walking down 14th street carrying a live RAT... not mouse, RATT on his shoulder! Was HE going into the train station with THAT??? getting back to the DOG issue,If the MTA is allowing this now, is there a ban on the size of the dog, or maybe the breed??? I was at the Union square station recently and looked to my left to see a man with a full grown pit bull dog waiting for the train. The dog was on a lease, well behaved and didnt seem too bothered by the crowd, but there is a certain negative reaction that some people have to THIS particular breed of dog. To have it in an enclosed area only adds to the discomfort and stress some feel already riding underground in a post 911 city. And then there is the BATHROOM issue. I dont know about YOU but when a dog "has to go" they usually DO GO! and most pet owners ABOVE ground are not responsible for picking up after them, can you imagine UNDERGROUND??? It's a crazy city we live in... panhandlers are NOT allowed on the subway to beg for food, homeless PEOPLE are routinely rounded up and hurried off the train, while canines are allowed to share space underground.
You cant make this kinda stuff up people! What a city! No wonder I never lack inspiration!!

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

HOT DAY ON THE SUBWAY PLATFORM!!




There might be air conditioning INSIDE the subway cars, but MAN on the outside of them is nothing but humidity and misery...... MTA doesn't seem to have enough money to cool the trains AND the stations, so they opted for the trains.... only problem is, by the time you board your train...you're soaking wet and NOW you feel COLD on board!! Here are a few people I managed to draw through the sweat and the heat... oh man do they look beat...
The first man was literally dragging himself across the subway platform in a vain effort to find a BREEZE to cool himself off.... the guy at the bottom was so fat he looked like he was going to start sweating chocolate milk any second. He was carrying an umbrella which has been a common practice amongst New Yorkers this summer as they go out in the heat. The umbrella acts like a permanent oasis of shade, and it works wonderfully well! I often find myself packing a mini umbrella in my bag along with my art supplies these dog days of summer....

And for you SMART ALEKS out there,,, They guy at the bottom picture AINT ME inspite of a slight resemblance!!!

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Subway commuters I shudda reported sooner by Elgin




Okay your surfer fanatics! Ive been spoon feeding you on dis blog long enough!It's high time I brought you even deeper into the subterranean subway world that is my own extreme drawing personal playground. From now on, as much as possible I will be giving you little subway slices of life, complete with the caricatures in an effort for you to get a feel of my subjects in their natural habitat. Enjoy.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

IM 50! AInt That NIFTY?! A poem by SUBWAYSURFER


I’m 50! Aint that NIFTY?
By Elgin Bolling

I’m 50! Aint that NIFTY?
Jumped outta this bed this morning in a Jiffy!
Took a shower, put on powder, don’t I look “Spiffy?!”

It’s my BIRTHDAY TODAY! YEA!!!!! My wife kissed me!
My dog wagged his tail, and then, he licked me!
I looked in my mirror, see,
Felt my head in the back and said, Gee,
Looks like some of my hair’s started to FLEE!
It’s getting harder to SEE, to some DEGREE, without my glasses on ME….

My abs are GONE.
But my stomach’s been set FREE!
Sometimes it appears to be ….Leading Me….

It’s just like my BACK!!
If I move a little too FAST
It goes outta WHACK!!

Which is almost as much fun as my
Occasional ATHSMA ATTACK!

My knees, don’t bend
They join the FUN
Hey, what’s this spot here, on my TONGUE?
I’m starting to lose some teeth
One, by one, by one…….

Gotta STOP chewing GUM!!
Er..anybody got SOME??

OH BOY!!! AINT TURNING 5o FUN????

I got to carry an umbrella, because now I cant stand the SUN
And I’m BLACK!
Go figure… THAT.

According to SOME, I should be off somewhere making a
“HOLE IN ONE”
Putting right thar on da “GREEN”

But THAT AINT the kinda Fun I NEED!

I LOVE
Singing and writing
And Kung Fu Fighting!
Making ART,
And “BUSTING FARTS!!”

NO NEED, NO NEED
TO DEPART!!!

Internet blogging and incessant clogging
My arteries with
Deliciously GREASY
Never ever QUEASY
ALWAYS goes down EASY
“Wifey FOOD!!!”

If you got some Fried Chicken,
IM IN THE MOOD!

Making love,
Praising and praying to God ABOVE
And inside

Going with the family for a ride..

My kids make my chest
Swell with PRIDE
So Glad my wife signed on for the RIDE
This is for LIFE

Honey, Im SO GRATEFUL
That you are my WIFE
I know you married me
To be POLITE!
But thanks for sharing the joy and STRIFE.

And yet there’s so much MORE to COME
Next YEAR this TIME….
I”LL BE FIFTY ONE!!!

Elgin Bolling August 19 1960-2010

Well it's the Big Five OH!!! today. In commemoration of the day, I wrote this poem especially for the BIG DAY. I read this at an awesome party my wife threw last week for me that included food, family, fun, singing... I get choked up just thinking about it.
This caricature of me was done by one of my guests fellow artist, Laurie Edmonds.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Unanswered Questions For CATHY by Elgin Subwaysurfer Bolling

Hi folks... in my last post I mentioned how the creator of the popular woman's strip, CATHY was calling it quits to pursue other creative endeavors. I dont know if she decided to take up deep sear diving with hammerhead sharks, or was on a quest to create the worlds best seaweed sushi or a combination of the two.. but I found myself not able to let this issue GO and wondered why...
After days of deliberation, contemplation , and regurgitation I finally figured out why I couldn't let Cathy GO!!!!

One word.
CLOSURE.

As human beings we find our selves always asking the same question when something ends badly.

WHY???

WHY was I fried?
WHY wont you go out with me?
WHY did my pet fish, fluffy die?

WHY???WHY???WHY???WHY???WHY???WHY???WHY???WHY???WHY???WHY???WHY???WHY???WHY???WHY???

As human beings we need closure to continue on.

You were fired because you collected a paycheck but never came to work.
Because you never change your underwear and you're smell like sewage.
Because You forgot to put water back into the tank

If we have CLOSURE we can understand why something went wrong. We also need closure to bring a conclusion to a story.
In Cathy's case, if the author artist KNEW she was ending this, and trust me folks she KNEW she was, then why didnt she tie things up for us nice and neat.

I personally would have loved to see Cathy

FINALLY lose those ten pounds for GOOD.

She could've gotten lipo suck, or the stomach staple thingie done and NOW FINALLY she will forever be able to fit her bathing suit and each all the chocolate she wants.

CLOSURE.

DUMP THE BOYFRIEND
Cathy could have given that cheapskate boyfriend, Irvin, or Irwin??? his walking papers.

"It's over Irvin... I dont need you anymore. Im finally the perfect size and I hav my chocolate to keep me warm."

CLOSURE.

GET RID OF MOM

Cathy has been locked in this co dependent hellish relationship with her sweet gray haired mom... at least that's the way she's drawn.... but actually Cathy's mom is a manipulating gray haired blood sucker who plays her daughter like a violin refusing to let her grow up. We should have been treated to one final scene where Cathy gloriously breaks free. I imagine the conversation being something like this:

Cathy: MOM! that's it!! I'm tired of having you manipulate me! You've ruined by life, held me back, made me doubt myself, that's IT!! I'm cutting the apron strings! Ive set you up in this nice new adult home where your lodging, your food, your playtime, your recreation has ALL been taken care of!!! As of this moment I NO LONGER NEED YOU!!!! WE'RE DONE!!

I imagine Cathy's Mom saying..

IT's about TIME!! I was beginning to worry that you'd NEVER be able to put on the "big girl panties!" When do I leave???

CLOSURE.

With these loose ends tied up we could have happily bid Cathy a fond fairwell and had her continue to live on in our imaginations living her own life clear and free and strong!!!

But NO! Cathy's creator HAD TO BE SELFISH and just leave us all DANGLING in cartoon comic strip purgatory!

Just like Charles Schultz did!
Dont let me get started on THAT subject!!!

Thats my rant for today

Elgin Subwaysurfer Bolling.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Cathy Cuisewite Calls It QUITS on CATHY STRIP by Elgin Subwaysurfer Bolling




Just Found out today, that Cathy Cuisewite, is calling it quits and pulling the plug on her popular syndicated strip, “CATHY”

READ THE STORY HERE
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_cathy_calls_it_quits

As Usual, I Had mixed feelings when I found out about this…

First off, let me say this…. You Gotta “give it up” for Cathy Guisewite, the strip's creator. Comics have been, and for the most part, still are without a doubt, a "BOYS CLUB" and a tough one at that. Cathy's strip has endured the test of time and while some may think the plot lines were predictable and past their ...time, the art "too simple" this lady had the guts to follow her dream, have her say and made people listen for YEARS. ANYONE can be a flash in the pan for their allotted "15 minutes" but there's something to be said for endurance. It is VERY challenging to come up with ideas week after week as i know WELL as an Editorial artist. Cathy deserves our applause.

Okay… enough applause. Now Consider THIS

Personally I don’t know WHAT'S wrong with creators today. As competitive as it is to get a syndicated strip PERIOD in the comic industry, you'd think that once a person is able to secure a position, find their niche and audience, that they'd want to continue that success. WHY is Cathy Guisewite quitting? according to the article she wants to pursue other creative endeavors I can understand THAT I mean just recently I've begun to focus more on my writing and poetry, but NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF MY ART!!! Let's not forget the income stream that comes with the strip in terms of salary, tee shirts, mugs and other periodicals. Why would she want to give that up to pursue OTHER endeavors? . I s doing a daily strip THAT difficult? To be sympathetic I do a weekly Editorial myself so I know in a sense how taxing it can be to come up with ideas on a regular basis, but it's the JOB of being a professional artist, and not to make a value judgment on Cathy, work ethic is something I find myself questioning when I read about successful artists "quitting" something. Other examples being Gary Larson of the Far Side, and Calvin and Hobb's creator, (whose name escapes me now)

It is for THIS reason why I highly respect the Late Charles Schultz. For 50 yrs, rain , shine, funny , not funny, good drawing, bad drawing, the guy put in work quite literally till he died. THAT'S commitment. Commitment to your craft, commitment to the fans. I suspect there may be other reasons Cathy Guisewite is quitting the strip , reasons that she's not obligated to share with any of us, but please don't tell me you're quitting to pursue other creative endeavors. Were ARTISTS we're the KINGS and QUEENS of multitasking.
That’s the rant for today.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

I LOVE TO DRAW A GOOFY LOOKING GIRL By Elgin Bolling





My funny Valentine
Sweet comic Valentine
You make me smile with my heart
Your looks are laughable, unphotographable
Yet you're my favorite work of art

Is your figure less than Greek?
Is your mouth a little weak?
When you open it to speak, are you smart?

But don't change a hair for me
Not if you care for me
Stay little Valentine, stay
Each day ON THE SUBWAY is Valentine's Day

I Recently posted this on the ART JUMBLE Blog. The Subject this week was "GIRLS" and while most of the artists displayed the usual bevy of curvaceous big booty cuties with bodacious breasts, as usual, I saw things through the fun house mirror of my own caricature lens.

I can think of nothing more boring than drawing a ugh.. so called, "Beautiful Girl" at least as dictated by Madison Ave standards. As a caricature artist I truly find beauty in the off beat and out of the ordinary. When I ride the Subway trains of this great metropolitan city we call the BIG APPLE I never cease to be mesmerized by the endless varieties of faces, the odd conflagrations, the physical proof of unlikely pairing of Male Female union that produces the outstanding faces that continue to appear on my sketchpad, and live in my imagination.

Give me a Goofy Gurl to draw ANY DAY on the SUBWAY! I consider THAT a FUNDAY!! Draw a "pretty girl/" NO WAY!

GET THE E BOOK!
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

5 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD HIRE CARICATURE ARTIST ELGIN BOLLING FOR YOUR NEXT PARTY


Need a NYC Caricature Artist? Call Elgin Subwaysurfer Bolling For YOUR next Party or Special Event!

There are HUNDREDS of very talented caricature artists in the NYC area, so WHY should you hire ME??? I can think of FIVE reasons:

1) IM FAST

Caricature at a party should be FAST.

Look, you go to a party to enjoy yourself, eat the food, make a love connection, and dance! why would you WANT to spend the MAJORITY of your precious party time in a Loooooooong line waiting to MAYBE get drawn. It takes me 1-3 minutes to draw who ever is in front of me. FIVE MINUTES TOPS and if I take THAT long Im reallllly taking my time.

The great thing is if you get drawn by me you can get your pic FAST and enjoy the rest of the party.

2) I WILL MAKE IT LOOK LIKE YOU

The ugly truth is that there are a LOT of caricature artists who can draw a decent picture at a party that just doesn't look like YOU.

They cover up their lack of art skill by excessive shading and lots of color hoping that because you see blond hair on the character in the drawing that it MUST be YOU because you have the same color hair. When I draw you, it LOOKS like you. Sometimes HILARIOUSLY so!

I am committed to giving you something that is INSTANTLY recognizable to everyone. You will be proud to hang my picture on your wall, or your office.

3) IM EXPERIENCED

Ever have a novice plumber fix your kitchen sink? If you're not careful, you'll have an indoor kitchen pool.
While this doesn't apply to ALL novices, Experience really IS the best teacher. I have over 10 years of it working every kind of entertainment venue. Working these different venues have given me a certain "feel" for particular parties that a novice just doesn't have yet, and NEEDS if they are going to handle themselves with poise and professionalism. Unlike "studio drawing" which most artists are accustomed to, PARTY CARICATURE is a "live animal" full of noise, crowds, and energy that I’ve seen lesser artists fold and crumble under.

Don’t let that happen to you. Go with an artist with experience...er... that would be ME.

4) I’M MULTI TALENTED
man.... this isn’t even FAIR to say....Whenever you hire an artist to entertain your guests, if they are FAST, ABLE TO GET A GOOD LIKENESS, and EXPERIENCED, then technically they've done their job... what MORE could you "legally " ask for?

How about a TOTAL ENTERTAINER???

I believe that a caricature artist should be MORE than a person who stares blankly at you and hands you a picture.
I feel that he is a part of the ENTERTAINMENT PACKAGE and he should be multi talented.
IS HE INTERESTING AND THOUGHT PROVOKING??? CAN HE ENGAGE AND ENTERTAIN YOUR GUESTS WITH CONVERSATION??

I CAN.

CAN HE DANCE?

I CAN.
And DO. In fact, upon occasion I've even Taught an entire waiting audience how to break dance, moonwalk and do "tutting" all while not skipping a beat or losing time drawing...

CAN THE ARTIST SING???

I CAN.

I frequently break out spontaneously in song, encourage singalongs and other such antics while drawing..

I CAN EVEN BUST OUT A FEW RHYMES OR TWO...

I realize these things are not required, but they are just a few things I do spontaneously because I LOVE what I DO. When your guests leave your party I want them to say, “MAN! THAT WAS A GREAT PARTY!!”

5) I UNDERSTAND THAT A PARTY IS A REFLECTION ON THE HOST

If an entertainer does something crude, rude, or lewd at an event, it’s going to reflect on the HOST, NOT the entertainer. Folks are going to say, “WHY THE HECK DID THEY HIRE THAT JERK FOR??”

If you are a Businessperson, throwing great parties are crucial to your success, as they are reflections of YOU.

I understand THAT.
MOST artists DON’T.

Most are in it to sit down draw a picture, and LEAVE. Often times I’ve seen them cruelly make fun of a party guest just to feed their own ego, leaving the guest angry embarrassed, and humiliated in front of their friends and people they wanted to meet and impress.

I’m not saying that a Caricature drawing “should NEVER be exaggerated” after all, exaggeration of facial features is an essential part of the art form. What I AM saying is that an artist SHOULD have the SENSITIVITY and COMMON SENSE to be able to “read people” and know when it’s appropriate to do an exaggeration and when it is NOT.

When I exaggerate at parties my goal is to have you LAUGHING WITH ME Not ME LAUGHING AT YOU.

I make it a point to realize this is about entertainment. I’m there to make YOU the HOST look good and to make your guests feel great about coming to my stand.

That’s why I want to do it for YOU.
Let Me Entertain YOU!
Call ELGIN AT 347 424 5349 today!

Looking forward to entertaining YOU!

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Thursday, August 05, 2010