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#1 Bay Area CaricaturistDoug Shannon is THE San Francisco caricature artist. Doug takes live caricature to a new level, creating lightning quick cartoons that manage to be funny and flattering at the same time. Drawing with a bold yet nuanced brush, Doug captures the character and spirit of a person like no other Bay Area caricaturist can—and he does it in as little as two minutes each!
Doug’s innovations include state-of-the-art packaging, full color templates, and now, live digital caricature. Whether you are planning a corporate offsite, a company picnic or holiday party, a trade show, a wedding reception or mitzvah —from San Jose to Oakland right on up to wine country, Doug Shannon is your best Bay Area choice for live caricature entertainment.
Upcoming Events
Grad night is only a few months away and popular dates get booked fast. If your grad comittee is looking for a great Bay Area grad night caricature artist, look no further! Doug draws fantastic caricatures for grad nites in Sonoma county and Marin county, San Franciso and more. Doug draws fast and accurate and isn’t afraid of creative modeling. It’s entertainment your grads will cherish for years to come.
Corporate Events
Google This!»
Corporate planners are always looking for something new, so when Maratz Travel was planning how to entertain 2000 of Google’s guests and employees they hired Doug to draw live digital caricatures at their Mountainview campus. If the length of the queue was any indicator, it was a big success—the line literally stretched around the cornner and out of sight. Google staff wound up helping organize things (hard to do when you’re drawing). Check out Doug’s Live Digital Caricature site. to learn more.
What's New
This is caricature like you’ve never seen it done before, using cutting edge technology that is guaranteed to impress your guests. As Doug draws on a digital tablet, you watch every stroke in real time on the screen of our choice— LCD on a stand, projector and screen, or even a 50″ plasma display! Averaging about six minutes each, Doug’s caricatures are deadly accurate and vividly colorful. Your clients will love the convenient 4 X 6″ print—just like a photo! You can learn more at Doug’s Live Digital Caricature site.
Commission Caricature
Commission Doug to create an illustration, and watch him bring your vision to life. Using the photos you send as well as any personal details and character traits you provide of your subject, Doug creates compelling and uniquely personal tributes to the real-life characters you love. Whether you are looking for an individual retirement gift or a cartoon corporate team scene, a web avatar or a giclee canvas print, Doug will make it happen! See and learn more here.
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When your good friend is leaving for a far away country, what sort of gift could possibly say what you are feeling? How about a custom caricature created from a photo of the subject, complete with his favorite shirt and patented deadpan expression? A caricature can be as fanciful and whimsical as you like, with room for details that only the gifter and receiver could know.This is one gift that won’t wind up in the round file after the plane lands.