And also – Thank you to the Cedar Valley Humane Society today for having me at their open house today to draw pets! I had a great time – yes, I was busy, but I do love drawing pets! – stay tuned for photos!

Kiracatures offers enthusiasts of arts and everything nice with digital caricatures, illustrations and cartoons in Iowa and the Midwest. Businesses, town festivals and party planning committees will find Kiracatures providing one unique activity that will make your special event even more memorable. And this is why Kiracatures was created, to provide Iowa and the Midwest with something different to look forward to in parties and events. Tickling both the interest of adults and kids, this dedicated cartoonist provide custom illustrations and digital caricatures that you will keep.

Not only in events and parties but also as gifts, you can have custom illustrations and digital caricatures printed on garments such as t-shirts, sweatshirts, coasters, aprons and totes. If you have any garment in mind, call me. I am eager to provide you with the best customized gifts that your receiver will love. Serving Iowa and the Midwest area, Kiracatures is for everyone who wants something new to enjoy and keep.

MORE ABOUT THE CARTOONIST AND ILLUSTRATION ARTIST
I am committed to putting smiles on your faces after handing to you my custom illustrations and digital caricatures. Through the years, this has been my fulfillment as a devoted cartoonist and full-time artist providing my service to all Iowa and the Midwest. Beyond my work, I am happy to seeing your smiles. Being a full-time artist makes me appreciate the happiness I give through my works. And this I want to share with you.

Call Kiracatures today at 319-573-6240 for all Iowa and Midwest digital caricatures and custom illustrations. To know more about the cartoonist, feel free to send a message at kiracatures@gmail.com.

One of those bottles has an application to Pixar…and I realize it’s a long shot that the message is going to wash up on shore somewhere.  Good thing it’s not the only message.  :)

If you have received a bottle, and are looking at this page right now…well, uh…I tried to clean up my webpage for you, but wordpress puts up a nasty fight.

]]> http://www.kiracatures.com/?feed=rss2&p=598 0 http://www.kiracatures.com/?p=480 http://www.kiracatures.com/?p=480#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2012 05:02:17 +0000 Kira http://www.kiracatures.com/?p=480 Never update a wordpress theme….ever.

I’m working on fixing it at this very moment.

I’ve made it through my busiest summer yet…well I’m almost there anyway.  Thanks to all the fairs and festivals that brought me to their events!

I’ve drawn 23 days at 12 different events since the beginning of June.  That’s about 1,155 to 1,540 caricatures in 2 months!  I’ve got 5 more events in the next two weeks.  Check my event schedule for my locations so you can come get a drawing!

I learned that chalk art on the street is called “Madonnari” derived from the first forms of the art which were depictions of the Madonna.  Obviously chalk art has changed a bit since then.

This is my 8 ft by 10 ft box drawn for the madonnari festival in Mount Vernon, Iowa: Chalk the Walk.  This is an original illustration designed specifically for the festival to make use of the inherent properties of chalk and pavement.  It seems to me that chalk glows on when drawn onto pavement so I made use of that and also planned for the color of the pavement for extra effect.  (besides that it saved me some work since I didn’t have to chalk in those areas)

The interesting thing about chalk art is that it’s so transient.  It is an amazing thing to walk down the street colored in bright colors and then this morning the rain came and washed it all away.  Unfortunately I couldn’t film the rain washing everything away – the street was re-opened and there was a  car parked on my drawing.

Live digital caricatures are a special thing for me.  I was able to draw them at IgniteIT Ames – a creative/technology party – because I was so generously offered the use of the fancy and very expensive digital drawing tablet: the Cintiq.  It is on my list to buy one of my very own.  (So every bit of work I can get helps me knock things off my list – never mind that my list is still growing)

So thank you VRAC, for letting me use the cintiq!  Also, it was great to see everyone there again.  For those of you who are not familiar with VRAC, it is the Virtual Reality Applications Center located at Iowa State University (of which I am a graduate).  I used to enjoy working with everyone there…and then I graduated.

btw…the two images above are Dr. Eliot Winer, Associate Director of VRAC, and Eric Foo, Post-Doc at VRAC.

If you are hosting an event and would like me to draw digital caricatures.  I can do that.  I do have the classic Wacom drawing tablet that does not have a bright and luminous screen – in fact it doesn’t have a screen at all…but it still works!

This illustration was custom made for the play Saving the Carlisle, written by Jeff Kukukistipanoglu.  The play is premiering May 20-28 in Haverhill, MA.  It is a British comedy.  If you are interested in seeing the production, you can get more information and purchase tickets www.savingthecarlisle.com Support the arts!

Also, I am now back in Iowa.  I seem to be a lot better at making updates when I am here…I will work on this inconsistency…

I seem to have a bad habit of forgetting to update my blog when I’m drawing caricatures at Universal Studios Florida…  So here I am again, back from the dead.

It’s been a good season so far.  The park was open until midnight the week between Christmas and New Years…kept me pretty busy.  Yes, New Years Eve I worked from 9:30 am to 1:00 am New Years Day.

After I drew the drawing on the left of the gentleman in the plaid shirt and the girl with black hair a woman refused to have her sons drawn by me.  When I turned around to ask if anyone was waiting for a drawing she promptly said, “We’re waiting for him”,  referring to another artist.

As you may or may not know…I have and ongoing “Celebrity of the Month” at my studio.  Each month I put an unnamed caricature outside my door.  Passersby can guess the celebrity and put their answer (with a contact number) in a box on my wall.  On the first of the new month I draw a winner and that person receives a free caricature!

Jon Heder as Napoleon Dynamite was the Celebrity of the Month for November (I accepted either Jon Heder or Napoleon Dynamite as a correct answer, regardless of spelling).

Stop by my studio to make a guess for December!