Frances's First Book!

Passing by MPH bookshop and came across Frances New book about her real ghosts stories ant the "New Age" session. I just quickly grab one for my personal reading, collection of friend's work and show my support as well.I knew Frances many years and she is a real expert in Poker Card Fortune Telling, which had been doing full time for at least 20 years long! You may like to contact her for a reading session, I would say her reading was very accurate. You might contact her at her website: www.francescardreading.8m.com

Palm Reading for Private Event

Completed a palm reading booking for a private event at Sentosa yesterday.I had been arranged by the organizer as "Roving Palmist" which do my reading in an impromptu to the guests. Hmm...I don't asked to do roving but seems most of the event i do was having high chances being arranged to do in a roving way, please do not blame me to made the rest of the specialists or caricaturists being asked to work in roving way! haahaa! I don't have such power to change the world. Heehee!
Chuan and Pat doing palm reading in the event as well ;p

Peacock at Sentosa

Passing by Sentosa and luckily saw this Peacock showing its beautiful feathers.This Peacock and the baby posing for me to take photo ;p

Roving Job in Shopping Central

Just andother doing roving caricature for Chinese New Year related event in a shopping central ;pOne of my favorite: Curry Chicken Noodle as my dinner for the day.Calvin was doing his balloonist twisting while I doing my roving caricature.Seems everyone was doing roving. I got an idea in my mind suddenly: May be we should have airbrush tattoo artist work in roving style, wire craft artist artist work in roving style and airbrush Mini T-shirt work in roving style? Haahaa!

Roving Caricaturist

Studio caricaturist which work in studio or art workshop or gallery, it totally different from an event caricaturist. Because in the studio, the caricaturist only serving individual customer in live drawing or draw from photos. They can use whatever tools like easel or table and sit in a comfortable way as they like while working on the drawing.

Event caricaturist, which work as an artist who need to entertain immediate and unpredictable crowd in the event like family day, dinner and dance, product launch and etc.

As an event caricaturist, sometime we unable to know whether the event we are doing surely having proper setting like providing table and chairs for us or not; I had experience many times that the event venue totally do not have any proper setting, it forcing us do our caricature drawing in a roving way.

Sometime you have to start to do your caricature drawing in the indicated time frame to meet the schedule of the event or it could be because you have to finished your drawing session on the dot which allow you to rush to another event booking, it made you having no choice to start your drawing in a roving way as well.

Some venue, like some pub do not have suitable table and chairs for you to set your drawing corner, or the organizer want all artists entertain the guests in a dynamic way, that also part of the reason that caused us do our caricature in a roving way. As a experienced and professional event caricaturist, you have to know how to handle such unpredictable situation, thus, you must be able to be flexible and having proper tools to handle it.

Am I right to say : A professional event caricaturist, should be able to handle any or many difference kind of situation to make the event or our program run smoothly?

Hence, can I say: "A Professional Caricaturist" is totally different from "A Professional Event Caricaturist"?

Because "A Professional Caricaturist" or a caricaturist who work in studio or gallery, never ever need to handle or facing such problem at all.

Roving Caricature Drawing

One of the common request for roving caricature drawing was during special event like Valentine day. We usually been arranged roving around the restaurant or the dining area, After the violin musician or guitarist play the music or song to the guests table, that will be our turn to entertain the guests.

Hence, as long as you are doing live caricature or portrait drawing for event, you are belonging to entertainer, you are required to serve the guests.

Sometimes,we roam around with stilt walkers, close magicians, roving balloonist at the same time, we work as group performing artists or entertainers; meanwhile we are here to create the fun atmosphere for the event, you definitely no longer made the crowd only comes to you because we are sharing the pride as group entertainers.

Charcoal Portrait Drawing For Event

Did charcoal portrait drawing for a dinner and dance in Mandarin Hotel last week.There are not much portrait artist doing live drawing for event because portrat drawing need a strong fine art base and live drawing for event really need to be done in a limited time frame.
Ivan was doing wire craft in this event.Nice door prob design.

Bangkok Trip III

Just keep eating in Bangkok ;p
Great food arranged by friend's Thailand friend Kelly at her stall.
All of us love this Spicy Salad with Mixed Meat "Yam Ruam Mit" (ยำรวมมิตร) very much!Big size prawn!Fried Fish with sea salt and the shells was real delicious as well.Some snacks: fish balls, small fried fish ans fried fish skin.This KFC rice set was very delicious, but it was super spicy for me.Nich food at Hui Khwang Terrace!

Roving Caricature Drawing for Event

Did roving caricature in a shopping center today. Talking about roving caricature drawing, it seems to be a trend nowadays.Thought many event organizers tried to make caricature drawing in a dynamic way, make this item as a lively fringe art as roving close up magician, roving balloonists, still walkers and so ford.Thought due to globalization reason and roving caricaturists was very common in oversea, it caused roving caricature drawing getting highly demand and popular in many Singapore's event as well.

Bangkok Trip II

We went to Chinatown at Chakkrawat, Samphanthawong, Bangkok, that was a very interesting place.Chinese New Year is coming, you can see some Chinese decorations and some shops selling Chinese New Year deco stuffs as well.There are a Chinese temple inside the street.Some food stalls and interesting stuffs.

Bangkok Trip

Just back from Thailand, Bangkok trip yesterday, and I was really enjoy this trip because it was my really first proper tour in Bangkok with friends.We just met the "Red Shirt" people seized some main road while we on the way to our hotel. We were quite scared but it is actually a peaceful new year party gathering for them and only happeded on last Sunday 9th Jan, one only, phew..!.There are some stalls selling red shirt, photos and food as well during this big gathering, we did not ever think about we are passing between them during this holiday occasion ;pMy first time taking "Tuk Tuk" Taxi,they can drive very fast and squeeze between the gabs of 2 vehicles to keep driving to the destination, you will feel a bit dangerous if you are first time taking it, but you will found it quite interesting after a while. Thought it was safer than taking "Motorcite" which is mean Motorcycle Taxi.

Caricature at Shangri La Hotel Singapore

Did a dinner and dance at Shangri-La La Hotel Singapore. The Theme is Shanghai night, so i was trying my best to draw the guests in their Shanghai theme dress.Nice trishaw decorationReal high class stuffs ;p

Crocodile Dish!

According Chinese food curing method, crocodile meat can help on curing the coughing, so I just bought some frozen crocodile meat and cook as my lunch and dinner as well for today.
The traditional way usually using the crocodile meat to cook the soup with Chinese herbs. But I just fried it with ginger and onion, and added with Chinese "Hua Diao" cooking wine, sesame oil, soy sauce and Teriyaki sauce.

Happy 2011 New Year!

Happy New Year to Everybody! Time flies as arrow, this is my going to number 21 year work as event artist! Haahaa! I start to draw caricature from many hair until all my hair dropped! Haa haahaa!I would like to said Thank You for all the people and event companies who giving me many job in the past, and whoever supported and appreciated my art ;p and whoever to given me comments to help me to improving my events handling and drawing skill levels. I will keep do in my best whenever I at work ;p
Just found that my very 1st show is not doing caricature, but is start for a company's stage performance.
Of course, I started to draw during event at the same year after that show ;p
Thought the pioneer caricaturists during that period was including Einstien, Syed and Eric Ng who always wear a red artist hat during the event.