Hot Day for Caricaturists in Peak Period

As per every year in December which is the peak period for caricaturists’ demand due to many companies having their dinner and dance. This year’s hot day for caricaturist was 5th December, 12th, 13th December and 19th December.

As an event artist, you need to be super duple careful about your booking schedule, if you realized you are having double booking, that was no chance for you to find and replacement because all of your caricature friends also taken in these hot date! That will be a serious problem.

Nothing to envy, not because you are that highly demand but it just happened so many dinner and dance running at the same day, almost same timing which either from 6.00pm to 7.00pm or 6.30pm to 7.30pm.

I think as an event caricaturist, we only can pay extra attention to ensure do not have and double booking that’s all we can do, because the whole Singapore was having dinner and dance in many places at the same time! Meanwhile, no matter how hard we are trying to grab the job, we only able to do ONE show on that day, haahaa! That is part of our event artist live.

I would say, during the peak period, the jobs was looking for artists; during the down period, all the artist was seeking for jobs.

May Toh’s Chinese Dough Figurine

When I tidy up my cupboard, found this little piggy dough figurine done by May Toh which is Singaporean who learn from China true dough figurine master many years ago.

This piggy doll which made by flour which was given by May in January 2007 during an event still in very good condition! (see my post in jan 2007)
I strongly recomment her dough figurine for those who looking quality artworks for your coming Chinese New Years events! May Toh’s website at http://www.talentsdata.8m.com/maytoh.htm

I would like to highlight this is because during past 2 years, I heard more and more guests (not the event companies or staffs) keep complaining about the bad quality of the flour doll which get mould and spoil fast which done by the current most active event artists from China (the parents and the daughter). Unfortunately I did not see thouse spoilt dough figurine at all, so got no comment about it. I just like to recomment some local Singaporean great artist down here.

Beside May Toh, another Singaporean who also provide quality dough figurine making, can see her works at: http://www.talentsdata.8m.com/02_003.htm

Roving Caricature at Clarke Quay

I had been hired by an event company to do roving caricature in Clarke Quay, the client is AutoDesk Group Users’ guests came from a conference organized by them, which came from many countries.Great to meet magician Bob Chua doing close up magic in the event!Nice bar counter decorated by ice carving!

Roving Caricaturist at Christmas Party

Did caricature at Chijmes Singapore for a Christmas Party, the drawing was mainly emphasizing to the children guests. It was an outdoor roving job. In thought today’s morning and noon’s weather was warm and expected that should be a tough job to work in such warm environment this evening, but fortunately it have a rain and stopped before the show start!I did a side view caricature! Heehee!

High Floor View

Took these photos while I waiting for my event start. To me that is a dramatic scene because I do not work in high floor office.According Chinese geomancy, that is not a good thing to see such ‘gab’ between 2 buildings, it represents a bad energy like a big knife cutting towards you; it will cause the unsmoothness of the luck. To solve this problem, through Chinese geomancy way: you could cover the window with curtain, or you can put a big round stone near the window or if is having big space, you can also put a water fountain to remove the bad energy of the ‘big knife cutting’.

Just a Sunday

Did a birthday party at HardRock Café Singapore, just took some photos. Saw this busking artist playing chinese instrument outside Orchard Mrt.ION Orchard shopping centre still in progress.Some beautiful promoters giving leaflets on the road.Nice cute ‘teddy bear’ Christmas tree.Everyone was very busy choosing their stuffs, are you in the pictures?

Caricature at Hilton Hotel Singapore

That was great to do caricature for nice guests dinner and dance at Hilton Hotel Singapore.Met my old ‘colleagues’ the musician Michael, Ahmad Sahab and Leonardo in the event.Their jazz music was very nice! That was “The Girl from Ipanema” and the rest of the song.There are some events going on at the Orchard Road.