Goofy Faces Caricature Blog

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

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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Pine Ridge Retirement Community Family Caricatures

Robert Bauer - Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Goofy Faces recently drew caricatures during a family event at the Pine Ridge Retirement Community in Clinton Township, MI. Senior citizens and their families enjoyed being drawn for a few hours and looked forward to having us back for their next event.

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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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Color Caricatures for a Birthday Party

Robert Bauer - Sunday, April 03, 2011


Small parties offer a great opportunity to have your artist draw everyone in color. This party, which took place at the Troy Historical Museum, needed 12 kids and adults drawn and colored in two hours which is exactly how long it took to finish them all.

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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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Rochester Chop House Caricature Memorial

Robert Bauer - Thursday, January 20, 2011


For those of you who live in or near Rochester, Michigan, you probably have dined at the Rochester Chop House at some point in your life. It's a classic steak house with top-grade chops and seafood which has been around for decades. It was recently featured in the film Another Happy Day, starring Demi Moore. One of the unique features inside the chop house is a collection of pencil-drawn caricatures hanging on every wall throughout the dining room. There are over 50 drawings decorating the walls and Robert Bauer has been providing many of them for the past 6 years. Recently, the chophouse had a special request. One of its long-time loyal customers is dying, and is only expected to survive another week or less. A friend of his contacted the Chop House about adding his caricature to the wall as a memorial. So Robert drew up this sketch in record time in order to allow the customer a chance to see it before it was too late. We hope he enjoys the caricature with him and his wife and that his friends and family will always think of him every time they visit the Rochester Chop House.





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Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau Holiday Event

Robert Bauer - Thursday, January 20, 2011


The Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau hosted a holiday gathering for its members at The Somerset Collection in Troy. Members enjoyed appetizers, gift bags from the mall and free caricatures from fellow member, Robert Bauer who has been a DMCVB member for over 4 years.


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University Event Planners' Holiday Party

Robert Bauer - Thursday, December 09, 2010


Goofy Faces was invited to draw caricatures at the UEP Holiday Party at Weber's Inn in Ann Arbor, MI. Guests enjoyed being drawn during the holiday party for over 2 hours. Thinking of adding something to your holiday gathering? It's not too late to have one of our talented caricature artists come and draw at your party. Contact us for more info.

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40th Birthday Party Goofy Faces

Robert Bauer - Friday, July 09, 2010
cartoon caricatures

Recently Goofy Faces was hired to draw a birthday gift cartoon caricature for Cindy who turned 40. In addition to the gift caricature, Phil decided to hire Goofy Faces to come and draw guests live at the party. The party was a smash with the caricature artist working an extra hour in order to draw everyone who wanted their own goofy face!

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Go Rochester Orioles!

Robert Bauer - Monday, March 29, 2010

The Rochester Orioles Federation Baseball Team held a fund-raising party with a silent auction at the Rochester Mills Beer Company on Saturday night to help raise money for the team. Robert was on hand to help raise cash for his son's team by drawing caricatures of the parents and guests. Everyone enjoyed the outing and Goofy Faces raised $100 for the team. Go Orioles!

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