Caricature artist
Quick, funny portraits guests take home as a favor — and watching the artist draw is half the entertainment.
Also called: caricature artist, caricaturist, live portraits.
When couples book this
Usually booked about 3 months out. It moves with your date.
Your wishlist, before you talk to anyone
Questions you can answer early — they become the yardstick you compare candidates against.
What style do you like?
What to ask each candidate
Facts that differ from one vendor to the next — worth writing down while you shop.
About how many faces an hour?
Ten to fifteen is typical for one artist — the fact that decides whether one artist covers your guest count.
What settles once booked
The working details you and your vendor pin down together.
Hours booked
Where does the station sit?
Good light and a short line — near cocktail hour first, moving inside for the reception.
What time do they arrive?
The time you agreed together, not an estimate worked back from the ceremony.
What time do they finish?
Who do you call on the day?
The name and cell number of whoever is on site — not the office line.
Where do they come in, and where do they park?
The load-in door or dock, where the vehicles go, and who opens up.
Do they need a meal?
Counts toward your caterer's vendor-meal number.
What balance is due on the day?
Your own figure, from your contract — what is still owed when they arrive.
What gratuity are you planning?
Your own figure. It rides beside the balance on the day-of money sheet.
How it lands on your day
Caricature station
Cocktail hour through dinner catches guests while they're mingling.
How it’s usually priced
Usually priced by the hour.
Lines that sometimes ride along: Second artist.
What your vendor reads from your plan
Book on or off Beetrothed — either way the plan assembles a brief your vendor can work from: the station, the event, contacts.
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Plan your caricature artist — and everything around it
These questions live as one cell of a connected plan: your budget, guest list, checklist and timeline all read from the same answers. See the whole board work, or join the waitlist and we’ll write when it’s your turn.
We will write when there is something worth telling you.