Hey all! On July 29 we will be expecting our first newborn! Which means we may be unresponsive for the month of August. I, the caricature artist, definitely will not be available for gigs in the month of July and August. I am going to attempt to draw at this years Oak Fest but who knows how tired I will get and leave early each day. (will most likely happen).  Ruben, the face painter, will be on paternity leave but will try to be available for face painting as much as possible. The first half of August however I think we will both be sleep deprived from the baby and probably can't do any parties during that time. This is our first time parenting so wish us luck!!


Below are images we both drew announcing our pregnancy to our family and friends. 

Here are some caricatures done at this years art fair in Art in the Park at Elmhurst! I loved that this year people actually wanted a caricature done with their dogs! Those were fun to do. Doggos are definitely part of the family. 

I am the only one who responds to emails and I am sorry if I am really slow at getting back to you. I work full time animating at a studio Monday through Friday, and sometimes overtime hours, so it is hard to focus on emails when there is a lot going on with life. I tend to make time for emails on weekends so it’s possible I would respond once a week. If the event is short notice, I will try my best to respond fast. You can also messsge me through my Facebook page to alert me for a faster response. Rule of thumb is to book a month ahead of time and be patient. I will get back to you as soon as I can. 

Now I leave you with a picture of my adorable puppy! 

Two more artists are joining Party Doodle! Abel and Yvonne have been Ruben and I friends for years! We have worked together before, selling caricatures and face paint at Lincoln Park Zoo. Yvonne is a professional face painter and is an assistant manager at Lincoln Park Zoo. Her rates range from $130 to $150 per hour. Abel was once the manager at the zoo and taught me most of what I know about caricatures. Now he travels the midwest drawing at fairs and is available for private events. His rates are $125 per hour. 

I know I said earlier that we are discountinuing face paint but now that there are two new members like Mary and Yvonne to help out Ruben when he is not available, we can now offer it again! Yay! And you will surely enjoy all of Abel’s caricatures! Just be curtious to allow wheel chair accessible entry or very few stairs. 

Below are samples of Abel and Yvonne’s work. 

This year we decided to participate in Oak Fest in Oak Forest. To my surprise, people still remembered me even though I wasn’t there last year. Some couples had newborns and came to get another drawing with their new addition to their family. It was a pleasure seeing all of you this year! I am glad I am making a postive and memorable impact on people. We had fun selling this year and survived the heat wave and strong storms. I also invited my caricature artist friend Abel to come draw with us. We will surely be there again next year. 

Hey all!

Gonna be making some changes to our services. We will have to discontinue face painting for private events and only do them for festivals. Usually my fiance Ruben is the one to do face painting while I draw caricatures at the same time at birthday parties. Lately his day time work schedule has been so unpredictable that it has been difficult to schedule him for any face paint parties. Sometimes I would even try asking one of my friends to fill in on face painting but everyone is so busy with their usual jobs and having kids. Ruben has done face painting with me at art festivals and carnivals and those seems to be the only time it's really worth it, because it's hard to do those on my own. I would always need another artist with me to help set up or cover me when ever I have to leave the booth, and it's more fun to be at a festival with someone else because those days could go really long up to 10 hours of drawing a day. I will let you all know when I have a festival coming up.

So now I am just going to focus on myself and caricatures. I could do both face painting and caricatures but I figured it would be best for me to focus on one craft and get really good at that one thing. I have been practicing caricatures in all kinds of forms and drawing in my sketchbook, phone, and tablet all the time. I will be drawing people I see in public, pet caricatures, celebrities, web comics, and maybe even painting? Who knows the possibilities are endless and one of my passions has always been caricatures and I really want to excel on that. 

If you really want to hire a face painting through me, it still doesn't hurt to ask. I could ask one of my friends or Ruben if they can face paint with me. Ruben really does enjoy face painting when ever he is actually available. I know some really great professional face painters and their rates are on the higher end, I also know some beginners level face painters.  The only way I could let you know for sure if someone is available is about a week ahead of time- because most job schedules are created every two weeks. I know that is an inconvenient time for most party planners but I am sorry, it's just the way things are. I can only speak for myself now and I will try to be available most weekends. Sometimes life gets busy and people need to have more than one job, take care of their kids, or just make time for themselves. ​Times are rough, everyone is busy and there is so little time for everything. :/ 

On a positive note, I adopted a new Boston terrier puppy! I held him when he was a week old. He was the chunkiest from the litter and the only brown one, so I called him a coco puff. He's growing so fast and still likes to sleep on his back! He has also been an inspiration for my drawings and keeps me warm for daily cuddles. 

I have a new page where that you can like and follow my posts. It’s called Comicliz because it’s not only limited to posts about drawing at special events but everything I tend to doodle and create such as comics, crocheting, painting, and sketchbook. Basically similar stuff you would see on this blog but now also on Facebook! 
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I been having fun drawing people on my sketch book and practicing the art of cartooning. :)