by Alison Gelbman
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He thought it was FunnyOctober 13th, 2011This guy was hilarious - . I thought I had drawn a rather tame picture of him, but he just laughed happy wow when he saw it. I could barely get a straight photo of him: To Hire this Artist: MoreMarch 18th, 20112 a.m. - I’m emailing pictures to my Power-Point client. client: “fantastic job. listen, because of snowdates, I have another day before the presentation. Can you do another picture?” me, thinking that I have a 1:30 appointment at the spa, and a 3:30 appointment with my trainer, and I’m on to cook dinner for company tonight….: “Sure. What do you have in mind?” client: “one face leaning forward on muscular arms……” We hang up, I go to wake up, morning routine….. Ring, ring - “Hi! What’s up?” client: “Could we make that a 2-person Caricature? The first guy leaning over a brick wall. He’s in the U.S. - talking to our associate in the U.K - You’d have the Atlantic Ocean in there, and a phone in his hand then later, middle of the night - I draw the picture first in pencil, then in marker. Crazy day, Wild night, and I’m just sitting here alone.
Update: Aaaahhh, it’s all worth it. Here’s the email that I woke up to today: “Alison, I want to thank you for an extraordinary job. My presentation went brilliantly and your slides were gut busters. That you so much for your professionalism and talent.” Me: Smiling To Hire this Artist: I’m a ProfessionalSeptember 3rd, 2010I have been drawing Caricatures at Parties since the last century! You’d think that people would respect that I know what I’m doing. But there I was - a Corporate event in NYC - and the manager of the venue wouldn’t give me enough chairs, preferred if I used His stick-on halogen lights instead of plugging in the ones I brought….. as though I hadn’t tried to come up with a simpler, easier-to-carry solution myself. So there I was, papers on the couch behind me, trying his lighting ideas. I liked that he suggested putting one of the lights near the subject, and the other light near me. I was hopeful - like, maybe I’d learn something new, something better. But no. I’ve tried to come up with something easier to carry. I’ve tried the halogens which has light that doesn’t travel. And there I was, trying to entertain with my drawing while I couldn’t see much at all. And his stick-on lights kept falling off the wall and getting lost. Like, it’s entertaining to watch me look around for the light??? Why would he try to change my show just before I’m to go on??? I had done my homework already. I had carried the right supplies through the 90-degree weather through NYC. But I try to accommodate people - but sometimes they think that they can do my job better than I can - even though they’ve never even done it once. Finally, when a dark-skinned person sat down, I said this is ridiculous. I took out my own lights and continued the event. Apparently, the manger didn’t mind anymore. Because I had already proven myself to be a central part of the entertainment. Here’s a picture of the pivotal point - the man who couldn’t really be seen. As well as some of the pictures that I drew After setting up my own lights: To Hire this Artist: they liked itJuly 19th, 2010These people were encouraging me to be silly - they were so funny….. To Hire this Artist: FlexibleDecember 22nd, 2009Upscale Corporate Holiday Party. I was glad I brought my lights. (It was very dark in there). Good set-up. Yes. But I was needed to walk the floor - roaming Caricatures for some of the time. Roaming Caricatures in the Dark. Now, Roaming Caricatures are a little different than seated Caricatures - because I draw them while standing up and holding all my supplies. So they’re usually simpler black/white pictures. Since this party needed constant ‘adjustment’, I sure am glad that I’ve had a lot of experience. So I was able to To Hire this Artist: December - Party Party and Party. Everybody wants to be invited. |
