Goofy Faces Caricature Blog

This year I was offered an amazing opportunity to speak at the TTI/Vanguard: NextGens Technologies Conference in Miami, Florida at the Marriott Marquis Hotel. TTI/Vanguard is a unique forum for senior-level executives that links strategic technology planning to business success. Their conferences are about discovering technological possibilities for the 21st century. Five times annually, corporate and government leaders, entrepreneurs, researchers, and academicians come together to envision the future's future technologically. In highly interactive sessions, led by a world-class Advisory Board—John Perry Barlow, Maria Bezaitis, Gordon Bell, Peter Cochrane, Deborah Estrin, Eric Haseltine, Michael Hawley, Alan Kay, Leonard Kleinrock, Douglas Lenat, Robert Lucky, Nicholas Negroponte, and David Reed—and today's most influential thought leaders, debate is stimulated, and breakthrough ideas flourish.

Being around such innovative individuals was intimidating, to say the least. Having to give a presentation on the art of caricature to a group like this was even more nerve-racking. However, the presentation went off without a hitch and many attendees complimented me on my performance. In addition to speaking and networking, I also drew at one of their events on the last evening of the conference. Guests lined up to be drawn by one of the speakers which was a unique opportunity for them as well as myself!

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It's officially time to get excited for this year's annual ISCA caricature convention in St. Pete Beach, November 13th to the 18th! This marks the 20th anniversary of the one and only official caricature convention in the world.

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Networking is so important for small businesses. It gives them an opportunity to spread the word about their services and products and exposes them to new ideas. They can also be a lot of fun. Network After Work is a group that hosts events across the country. They get a great turn out and attendees get color-coded tags to tell you what industry they are from. Robert Bauer recently attended an after work party held at Barrios Mexican Cantina in Birmingham, MI. He delighted guests with quick sketches he drew on small cards that included all his contact info for Goofy Faces. Just another great marketing idea to help people remember who you are. Photos curtesy of Fantasy on Film

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One of the newer venues at which Goofy Faces has been offering its services is for wedding receptions. Guests enjoy watching the artists draw their friends and family and several people get to take home a great keepsake at the end of the evening. The idea is getting more and more popular. Since June, Goofy Faces has entertained at over a dozen weddings with many already booked for 2012. If you are planning your wedding soon, don't forget to contact us. Weekends book up fast and brides like to book early. We guarantee it will be a huge hit!

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On September 30th, 2011, Oak Pointe Church held its annual Rockfest for kids and families while Goofy Faces was hired to draw the crowd. Robert & Bil kept busy drawing kids for 2 hours. Afterwhich, everyone made their way into the auditorium for live music.

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Les and Seth Gold from Hardcore Pawn admire their caricature by artist Glenn Ferguson.



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It's Autumn once again and that means it's time for the annual Art & Apples Festival in Rochester, Michigan. This marked the 8th year in a row that Goofy Faces was there to draw attendees and promote our services. For the 2nd straight year, guest artist Glenn Ferguson was there to help draw faces for 3 days. Kids and families enjoyed their caricatures. Even Hardcore Pawn star, Les Gold stopped by to see us at work.

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Once again, Ben B. Schwartz & Sons hired Goofy Faces to drew guests at the annual Spartan Foods Trade Show at the DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, MI. 3 artists brought smiles to attendees for 5 hours during the show. Their booth was the busiest during the entire show.

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Recently Jack Morton Worldwide hired Goofy Faces to provide caricature artists to help Chevrolet celebrate its 100th birthday at the GM Heritage Center in Sterling Heights. 3 artists drew guests of the event for 4 hours using 4 different pre-printed templates of some of Chevy's favorite car's. Guests got to choose which car they wished to be drawn in and the artists did the rest.

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