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Caricatures & Caricature artists at events & what Goofy Faces has been up to lately.

ISCA Caricature Convention 2011

Robert Bauer - Tuesday, December 20, 2011

This year's annual caricature convention was a very special one. The International Society of Caricature Artists celebrated it's 20 anniversary at the Tradewinds Resort on St. Pete Beach, Florida. Over 125 artists attended and competed for the top awards in the caricature business. This was my first convention in 6 years in which I was simply an attendee after serving on the board since 2005. It was nice to have time to draw for a change as well as get drawn by many other talented artists. My theme for my gallery this year was "If I were Batman...". The samples shown here are some funny versions of a few artist friends of mine who have also worked for Goofy Faces in the past.


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Speaking on Art of Caricature at TTI/Vanguard: NextGens Technology Conference

Robert Bauer - Tuesday, December 20, 2011



This year I was offered an amazing opportunity to speak at the TTI/Vanguard: NextGens Technologies Conference in Miami, Florida at the Marriott Marquis Hotel. TTI/Vanguard is a unique forum for senior-level executives that links strategic technology planning to business success. Their conferences are about discovering technological possibilities for the 21st century. Five times annually, corporate and government leaders, entrepreneurs, researchers, and academicians come together to envision the future's future technologically. In highly interactive sessions, led by a world-class Advisory Board—John Perry Barlow, Maria Bezaitis, Gordon Bell, Peter Cochrane, Deborah Estrin, Eric Haseltine, Michael Hawley, Alan Kay, Leonard Kleinrock, Douglas Lenat, Robert Lucky, Nicholas Negroponte, and David Reed—and today's most influential thought leaders, debate is stimulated, and breakthrough ideas flourish.


Being around such innovative individuals was intimidating, to say the least. Having to give a presentation on the art of caricature to a group like this was even more nerve-racking. However, the presentation went off without a hitch and many attendees complimented me on my performance. In addition to speaking and networking, I also drew at one of their events on the last evening of the conference. Guests lined up to be drawn by one of the speakers which was a unique opportunity for them as well as myself!



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ISCA Caricature Convention 2011

Robert Bauer - Thursday, November 03, 2011

It's officially time to get excited for this year's annual ISCA caricature convention in St. Pete Beach, November 13th to the 18th! This marks the 20th anniversary of the one and only official caricature convention in the world.



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More Trade Show Caricatures

Robert Bauer - Thursday, August 25, 2011


Once again, Ben B. Schwartz & Sons hired Goofy Faces to drew guests at the annual Spartan Foods Trade Show at the DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, MI. 3 artists brought smiles to attendees for 5 hours during the show. Their booth was the busiest during the entire show.

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Live Caricatures for Chevy turns 100!

Robert Bauer - Thursday, August 25, 2011


Recently Jack Morton Worldwide hired Goofy Faces to provide caricature artists to help Chevrolet celebrate its 100th birthday at the GM Heritage Center in Sterling Heights. 3 artists drew guests of the event for 4 hours using 4 different pre-printed templates of some of Chevy's favorite car's. Guests got to choose which car they wished to be drawn in and the artists did the rest.

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OIAA Trade Show Caricatures at Caesar's Palace

Robert Bauer - Tuesday, May 31, 2011


VPI, Inc. hired Goofy Faces to draw caricatures at their trade show booth at the OIAA Trade Show at Caesar's Palace in Windsor, Ontario. To go with the Roman theme of the event, 2 templates were designed to use for the guests, one for male and one for female. 

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Trade Show Caricatures for NAMA 2011

Robert Bauer - Thursday, May 05, 2011


Once again Goofy Faces was on-hand at the National Automatic Merchandising Association's annual trade show held at McCormick Place in downtown Chicago drawing m&m caricatures for Mars Chocolate, North America. For 2 consecutive days, both artists kept busy drawing m&m caricatures of attendees from all over the world. Goofy Faces even got a chance to have some fun while  Messin' with Sasquatch!




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Goofy Faces Caricatures at the Fairlane Club

Robert Bauer - Sunday, April 03, 2011


Detroit East, Inc. hired Goofy Faces to entertain their guests at their annual fund-raiser held at the Fairlane Club. Guests enjoyed having their caricatures drawn for 4 hours while others enjoyed music or bid on silent auction items to help raise money for a worthy organization. 

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Hyatt Place Summer's End Celebration

Robert Bauer - Friday, October 22, 2010
caricature yourself

Thursday morning, guests of the Hyatt Place's Open House Celebration enjoyed being drawn by Goofy Faces during their visit. Several attendees enjoyed a delicious catered lunch and tours of the rooms before returning to their jobs and businesses. Their co-workers must have been jealous once they saw their caricatures from our caricature artist!

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WESCO Tradeshow

Robert Bauer - Friday, October 15, 2010
cartoon caricatures

For 3 hours, Goofy Faces entertained vendors and attendees of WESCO's annual trade show event co-sponsored by Communications Supply Corporation. Guests of the event enjoyed having their caricatures drawn by one of two caricature artists available at the event. Goofy Faces artists make an unbeatable attraction for trade shows, especially if you want the busiest booth at the show!

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