Today's session was 7pm - 9pm, at Vivocity.
Customers who spent $22 are entitled a free caricature
Members need to spend $18 will get similar offer.
It was a promotion for Valentine's Day by The Cocoa Trees.
First customer.
While I was sketching, the shoppers sstarted to crowd around.
After she collected her caricature, the crowd disappeared.
Thus, one of the staff volunteered to have his caricature drawn to draw the crowd back.
The setup around me. Only realised it when I have time to walk around.
Hmmm.... The client told me that she would need some caricatures from my website for their display.
Thought they would take the celebrity caricatures.
Didn't know they used one of my clients' caricatures.
Hope the latter won't mind.
To my surprise, this Japanese-like lady is an Indonesian Chinese.
Since the start of drawing this couple, the queue literally didn't stop.
Thought response will not be too good during this recession.
On second thought, Valentine's Day only comes once a year.
$22/$44 was not much to those loving couples.
This caricature marked a milestone in my live caricatue sketching career.
I used the brush which I used for the XL Insurance event, for the entire caricature, without the usual fountain pen which I used.
Looking at his features, I think I will have an easy start with this tool.
True enough, everything turned out smoothly, without any hiccup.
My only worry on the fine lines can't be easily done with the brush, but I didn't really encounter that. Now the bold stroke turned out to be the thickness I want, which th efountain pen can't do.
The fine lines can be so fine that the fountain pen cannot achieve.
Now, the strokes looked much more alive, and the wonderful part was that I can get the caricature in an even shorter time.
I have been using brush + G pen for my caricature artworks, drawing from photos, but I have never tried it for live caricature sketching. This demands a lot of concentration and control of the brush strength. I wanted to use in the event for Marina Square (I bought this brush on that day!), but didn't have the chance and confidence at that time.
Getting more confidence in using this brush, as I moved on with more caricatures.
Sisters. Look alike, right?
Shy girl, who didn't want to appeared in photo.
Of course, I managed to take a snapshot, as you can see.:)))
For record purposes and portfolio seak.
As I moved on, now my worry was - can I still use the brush for couples?
Same paper size of A4, but got to squeeze in 2 people, the difficulty could be 2 times more.
Had a break, as the queue ended.
Took a snapshot of this outlet in Vivocity.
The photographer snapped and printed out the photos of the customers with their caricatures.
Good record and display of what has been done for potential customers.
The brush was especially good in curvy lines.
No weak lines, and you can see the caricature even when you viewed it from far.
Think I should use it for my future events, until I want a change in the tools I used, or when I have new inspirations.
Job done for the day, and I will be coming back tomorrow for another session in the afternoon.
Happy day, as I found something new for my live caricature sketching career.
Fast and I don't feel so much stress with the brush (vs teh fountain pen) when I draw for long hours.
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