Chinese Lunar New Year Caricatures

This is one of the orders we had received from a company for their festive greetings. This year is the year of Rat and we are celebrating the festive season from 7th Feb till 21st Feb (15 days in total). Kamal penciled the concept and I did the watercolouring for this illustration for a department of AIG - a multinational financial institution.

A caricature card is always very well-received for any festive occasions because it is highly personalised and light hearted. This gives the receiver a good laugh as they try to recall the likeness.

Here’s wishing all of you: “Gong Xi Fa Cai” , “Happy lunar New Year” !!!

A caricature of a Japanese hunk

Someone called and request for a black and white caricature to be done of a Japanese guy who stays in Hawaii. He is a doctor and very active in sports especially in windsurfing. So, i drew him windsurfing near an island. And because he has a good physique, i also add a bit of fun by drawing a little crab pinching on his tight hot butt (ouch!). The customer likes the drawing very much.

Caricature assignment for Central Police Division

 It’s a gift requested by the subordinates of Cental Police Division for one of their bosses. They wanted a fun and sporty approach soI give them a soccer game theme. They love the outcome. I was also one of the two carciaturists for their annual Dinner and Dance. The response is overwhelming. Generally, they are very happy with my services.

Caricatures for CWT logistics Dinner and Dance

Kamal and I were at the dinner and dance event for CWT, a big transportation company and their staff are mostly truck drivers and container movers. The event was held in the loading bay of a massive warehouse complex at the far end of Singapore (Tanjong Penjuru). The queue was long for our caricature services and we were drawing non-stop for 2 hours. Later, due to over-whelming response, the event organiser extended an hour more. I never imagined we’d be such a hit!

Raffles Town Club Dinner and Dance

Corporate Caricature for Parkway Parade

Placing thirty-two people in one composition is not an easy task. I won’t encourage it but since this is for a group of happy people from a close-knit organisation bidding farewell to their beloved boss, well I guess I’ll give it a shot. To my surprise the A2 size black and white caricatures turned out well, reflecting the warmth of their working environment and an endearing gratitude to their boss.

NEW YEAR GREETINGS

From Kamal, Ruoshi, Mahsuri and Budiman: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Spider man spinning his web. piss!

Mama with milk in her breasts and guts in her pens (no pun intended)!

The wide-eyed charmer

The artist and his usual stuck-up look (oops!)

Caricature event for OCBC Premier Banking at Reflections@Keppel

It was a posh but relaxing experience for me to be doing caricatures at a Christmas party for the highly-valued customers of Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC premier banking clients). The party was held at the showroom of Reflections@Keppel, the upcoming prestigious waterfront condominium designed by famous architect, Daniel Libeskind. There were LIVE jazz band, singer crooning softly, free-flowing of premium red and white French wines, and the service of three caricaturists (Wilson, Kamal and myself) who each wore a colourful beret provided by the event planners. The guests were having a good time and so did we. Overall, it was a great assignment for all of us.

The artist in her nice red beret.

Caricature event for Techno Associe (S) Pte Ltd 30th Anniversary Dinner and Dance

For this company dinner, I did 60 caricature faces in an hour! The caricatures done here are on smaller and simpler format because they are done for making into keychains. My speed is about 1 min for each person. The bosses of the company are Japanese. They are very friendly and candid to the drawings. It was fun drawing them.

Corporate caricature for Huntsman Pte Ltd

One night, as I was busy helping Kamal with colouring for the ABN-Amro caricatures, I received a call from my dear friend Siow Peng who whilst taking the MRT home, overheard a girl’s conversation on the phone with a colleague about her problems looking for a caricaturist to do a drawing for her boss. Out of goodwill, Siow Peng candidly approached the stranger and told her about this great caricaturist friend of hers. The next day, that girl called me and we are on. It was an A2 size black and white caricature drawing of 28 persons in her department including the boss who is leaving the company. She needed it rather urgently so I rushed the drawing in 2 days. It depicted the two other bosses trying to prevent the parting boss from poaching all the staff. When she received it, she was full of praises. Here’s the photos of the finished artwork and the process sketch. Studio work requires some planning through rough sketches unlike live work where I draw very fast, directly with a marker. Some word-of-mouth marketing indeed – Thank you Siow Peng.

Completed artwork

Process work