DOUG SHANNON caricature artist

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

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Archives for the ‘Company Parties & Picnics’ Category

Club event / Menlo Park

By • Sep 7th, 2009 • Category: BLOGPOST, Club Functions, Company Parties & Picnics, Recent Post

This is the fifth year the artist has been invited to help this country club celebrate their community and swim team, so I get to draw regular caricature updates of some pretty cute faces year after year. Here’s one of my favorites!



Charity event entertainment / Sonoma County

By • Aug 24th, 2009 • Category: BLOGPOST, Club Functions, Company Parties & Picnics, EVENT

Food for Thought is a terrific organization that runs an organic grocery as well as  delivering food to Sonoma County AIDs patients. It takes a lot of volunteers, the type of folks that like to help and like to smile—great subjects for caricature artists! The artist was invited back for the second year now, along [...]



Company Picnic Entertainment / Mountainview

By • Aug 24th, 2009 • Category: BLOGPOST, Company Parties & Picnics

“You definitely have some amazing skills.” Danny McNiven, Production Design Team Tiny Prints is a successful custom greeting card company and they invited the artist to draw caricatures as entertainment for their annual company picnic. It was a good sized crowd with yummy eats and lots of happy faces. Here are a few especially good [...]



Company Picnic /San Rafael

By • Aug 16th, 2009 • Category: BLOGPOST, Company Event, Company Parties & Picnics, EVENT

Ray’s Catering hired this artist to entertain The Wine Exchange, a company that deals in a variety of alcoholic beverages, with caricatures at their company picnic. I drank water only, but had a blast drawing the lineup of happy faces. Pix on the way!



Company Picnic Caricature / San Jose

By • Aug 6th, 2009 • Category: BLOGPOST, Company Event, Company Parties & Picnics, Corporate Events, EVENT

The artist was asked by TIVO to provide entertainment for a company picnic, held under tents, for employees and their families. Anticipating big demand, The artist brought along two other caricaturists, Zach Trenholm and Marc Schmid, to help out. A great time was had by all, especially I hope, by the lady who waited in [...]



Gift Caricature / Bay Area

By • May 14th, 2009 • Category: BLOGPOST, CARICATURE ILLUSTRATIONS, Company Parties & Picnics, Uncategorized

This college organization wanted to recognize their team leaders so they commissioned this artist to make a gift caricature that highlights the personalities of both the leaders and the troops. The illustration was done from e-mailed photos, along with descriptions of the characters involved. When the caricature was finished, it was posted online at a [...]



Company Picnic / Menlo Park

By • Jun 22nd, 2008 • Category: Company Parties & Picnics, Uncategorized

Big Al and I do this event every year. They really go all out, with roving fairy tale characters, face painters, a magician, a Dixieland jazz quartet, and most important, great food.



Corporate Event / Mountainview

By • May 24th, 2008 • Category: Company Parties & Picnics, Corporate Events, Live Digital, teen, Uncategorized

Google had a contest for kids and teens to do their logo art, you know, the one that changes every day. I drew the kids but also a bunch of Googlers. A lot of fun things to do there including face painting by my pal Jodi Carr, who you can see in the background. My [...]



Mixer / San Carlos

By • May 8th, 2008 • Category: Club Functions, Company Parties & Picnics, Corporate Events

About 300 women entrepreneurs in one room—imagine the energy! Here’s one of the caricatures I made.



Group Picnic / Santa Rosa

By • Apr 28th, 2008 • Category: Club Functions, Company Parties & Picnics, Kids

Here I drew caricatures of few dozen kids for a local organization picnic—lots of smiles!