Calling all potential clients; Should you wish to book an entertainer (such as a caricaturist), but decide not to complete the booking or cancel an existing booking, could I please ask one thing? Have the decency to let them know! Simply call, email or write to the artist and show some courtesy. Remember, for most [...]
Flooding The Market: See the Bigger Picture
Following the publication of my advice regarding underpricing and lowering the market value of Caricatures, I felt the need to point out the dangers of flooding the market with cheap artists. New caricaturists are currently quoting clients ridiculously low fees for their services (and even charging ‘per person’), the net result of which is to [...]
FACTS & OPINIONS
Please note; this Blog is primarily for me to vent my opinions and relay my experiences as a jobbing caricaturist, but any specific names and figures quoted are based on factual evidence and nothing is simply anecdotal. Please read carefully, enjoy and feel free to comment. Two things matter very much to me in my life; [...]
What a Let Down!
(A warm welcome to our US colleagues reading this. To explain; the UK is a very small market, 60+ artists competing in a country the size of a small State, the Carix market is divided into “Colleagues & Competitors” as we all have to fight each other for clients. Some new competitors have yet to [...]
Under-pricing: Penthouse or Pavement?
OK, I’ve officially had enough!!! In a tough economic climate, we all have to tighten our belts and be flexible with our prices, but some artists out there are guilty of under-pricing, which is ruining the market for all of us! Today I was approached by an Agency who’d been let down by another artist, [...]
SIN BIN! Beware these traders
Following a spate of awkward or non-paying agents/customers in 2007, I thought it might be nice to publish a list of (in my opinion) undesirable Entertainment Agents and Companies for all to see and heed. Not wishing to bite the hand that feeds me, I am listing only the worst offenders. Please feel free to add [...]
