DOUG SHANNON caricature artist

An anonymous geek/poet from Silicon Valley hired me

to illustrate a Dr. Suess parody he wrote for the web.

Here’s a caricature of Yahoo’s Jerry Yang. See the whole

thing at Tech Crunch.

These two ladies have a radio show in Baltimore. They commissioned a caricature of themselves enacting a new venture that shall for the moment remain secret. But if you turn on Oprah someday and see two butterflies drinking tea you’ll remember you saw it here first.

This caricature was a special gift commissioned by a gentleman who was reunited with his shadow of 50 years ago.

This family loves hitting the slopes for the holidays so that made a great Christmas card theme.

This young man has a plan; surprise his GF with a marriage proposal with a caricature, framed on the wall. Boy would I love to be a fly on that wall to see her reaction! Fingers crossed!

These three ladies wanted to give their beloved boss something personal that acknowledged their essentialness as well as his golf and cigar passions.

This family of four wanted a card that told a little bit about their individual interests.

This woman was the driving force behind the installation of lights at their high school football field. The balls she is juggling symbolize the obstacles as well as motivations involved. The final print was 11X14″ with a big matte, signed by all the football players. This is a good example of how character is crucial to caricature.

This retail manager wanted to acknowlege her store managers, trainers and staff for meeting, or rather beating their quarterly goals. A team caricature like this should do the trick. She was also supplied with a digital version of each sbject’s caricature for use on coffeemugs or wherever.

This gentleman is off to the Senior Golf Tour, so in his caricature I depicted him with Arnold Palmer at a specific course and hole named by the client. Note the logos and the golf cart in particular, these paid homage to the subject’s legacy at the company. Gift caricature is such a great way to say “Thanks, you won’t be forgotten.”

This young woman, just arrived to San Francisco from Atlanta, wants to make an entrance, so she is sending out a postcard. The caricature will make a good talking point when she’s meeting her new potential clients.

This gentleman has devoted his retirement to bird photography, and his daughter wanted a personal and original gift.

This gift caricature illustration was commissioned to honor a lady whose accomplishments are only overshadowed by her personality.

This mammoth HR department throws several off sites a year where new hires are introduced to the company and each other. These caricatures are based on personal info gathered beforehand, so every picture tells a story of some kind, and it is that much easier for everybody to get to know each other.

Here’s a unique caricature illustration I did for a wedding guest sign-in. It measures 24X30″ and will be framed after the reception. Note the time ribbon with milestones of the relationship. It’s been a long journey, but this state at least, finally gets it.

Since the art is digital it was easy for this client to use it elsewhere in the wedding too.

Medtronics in Santa Rosa called upon me to make two more caricature illustrations for employees who were either transferring or leaving, These were framed as gifts but also supplied in digital form for a power point portion of a sendoff meeting.

This is self explanatory. Daniel is the sort of agent I’d enjoy buying or selling a house with.

No caricature here. A trades show client commissioned this for a poster to be given away at the show.

This cute couple wanted a kind of stamp that could serve in a variety of ways at their wedding and reception.

Eight characters on a road trip.

The two superheroic types in this caricature were recently awarded JD Powers service awards and the boss wanted to let them know they were appreciated.

This caricature was done as a tribute to a beloved gentleman golfer who passed away.

I was commissioned to turn this group of thirty team members into caricature currency, to be used as drink tix I believe. Bonus: the individual caricatures sans money template were delivered to each member for personal use.

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This creative type is heading east to Chicago from the Bay Area and we used his product as a means of transportation.

A gift caricature from student to teacher.

A rite of passage for new employees at PBWiki is getting a caricature. This company goes the extra mile and has me sketch from life rather than working from pictures. Pretty old school for a web startup huh?

This caricature was commissioned by a grad student as a gag gift for a beloved professor.

This piece was created for a Realtors associationn with a conference theme of “It’s A Jungle Out There”

This lovely lady wanted a caricature of herself as an 80’s party girl. She sent me reference pix so I got the details right.

This exec at Kraft foods is retiring and his cohorts wanted to lampoon his old fashioned ways, like hanging on to stocks forever (I bet that’s really paid off!) and driving the same car year after year. Great fun for everybody! Caricature is an incomparable tribute to character. This was printed out at 12X18″ by the way, and framed, a real memento!

This young man isn’t really retiring, but he’s being transferred down south and his HR department thought it would be a nice sendoff to commission a caricature.

California John is a brand name and a real person too. I was commissioned to do a caricature for some labels. Nice looking guy, would make a great uncle!

These two chefs at Google are opening a new cafe and HR wanted a caricature poster to commemorate. I’m not sure what’s on the menu but barbecue sauce is central to the theme I am told.

 This is a birthday present for a bocce enthusiast. The guests at the party signed the matte around the caricature. end result: a singularly unique and personal memento!