DOUG SHANNON caricature artist

Event Entertainment and Gift Illustration for San Francisco Bay Area and Beyond.

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Archives for the ‘CARICATURE ILLUSTRATIONS’ Category

Holiday Card / San Francisco

By dougshannon • Nov 16th, 2008 • Category: BLOGPOST, CARICATURE ILLUSTRATIONS

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



Gift Caricature / Santa Rosa

By dougshannon • Nov 14th, 2008 • Category: BLOGPOST, CARICATURE ILLUSTRATIONS, Latest Post

Here is a good example of how character is crucial to caricature. This woman was the driving force behind the installation of lights…



Team Caricature / Bay Area

By dougshannon • Nov 13th, 2008 • Category: BLOGPOST, CARICATURE ILLUSTRATIONS

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.



Retirement Gift Caricature / Bay Area

By dougshannon • Nov 6th, 2008 • Category: BLOGPOST, CARICATURE ILLUSTRATIONS, Latest Post

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…



Commission Caricature / San Francisco

By dougshannon • Oct 2nd, 2008 • Category: BLOGPOST, CARICATURE ILLUSTRATIONS

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.



Gift Caricature / New York

By dougshannon • Sep 25th, 2008 • Category: BLOGPOST, CARICATURE ILLUSTRATIONS

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



Human Resource Gift / Burlingame

By dougshannon • Sep 19th, 2008 • Category: BLOGPOST, CARICATURE ILLUSTRATIONS

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



Human Resource Caricature / Silicon Valley

By dougshannon • Sep 9th, 2008 • Category: BLOGPOST, CARICATURE ILLUSTRATIONS

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Private Commission

By dougshannon • Aug 18th, 2008 • Category: BLOGPOST, CARICATURE ILLUSTRATIONS

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.
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Retirement Caricature

By dougshannon • Aug 10th, 2008 • Category: BLOGPOST, CARICATURE ILLUSTRATIONS

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.