caricatures Ireland

Capoeira Wedding Invites – Irish/Brazilian Wedding

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This caricature was for a wedding invitation and incorporated some themes of Brazil and Ireland. In the background, there’s an image of the Farol da Barra light house in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. There’s also Baiana de Acaraje (ladies dressing in typical traditional Baiana de Acaraje dress). My favourite detail this couple decided on was a … Read more

Corporate Entertainment Galway: Live Caricatures for Staff Parties

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As well as drawing caricatures at weddings I also entertain at corporate events and staff parties such as this night for the staff of Medtronic in the Galmont Hotel here in Galway! Great to see the corporate nights back in a big way, I’ve had several this year and I’ll have several more in the … Read more

Friday Cartoon: “This Pasta is Excellent”

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Pasta Chef Cartoon

Haven’t done one of these in a while and I also don’t think the gag will travel outside Ireland, but if you know you know! Enjoy your weekend! I’m Allan Cavanagh and I have been professionally producing caricatures and cartoon art for over 20 years. Want to order a caricature? Click here. Want to make … Read more

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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jingle bells batman smells robin laid an egg GOTHAM ORPHANS concert

Thanks a million to all my customers in 2021. It was another tough year but I know I brought a smile to several hundred people between live caricatures at weddings, and the various caricature commissions I completed this year. I almost caught up on my pre-pandemic number of weddings once things opened again! Slots for … Read more

Engagement Gift Ideas Ireland

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My digital caricatures introduced last year are proving very popular as an engagement present from friends! I started doing them as a pivot (as they say) in response to the pandemic effectively closing me down for months and they’re going down very well! They’re drawn in Procreate and delivered straight into your inbox where you can have it printed yourself or gift it virtually as a jpeg. Through email they can go anywhere in the world so you don’t have to worry about sluggish international post or container ships getting stuck in the Suez Canal! The couple above are pictured on their favourite beach with their pet dog. They’re wearing Carlow and Waterford GAA jerseys and there’s musical references with a guitar and Beyonce!

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Retirement Gift Caricature!

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Retirement Gift Caricature Ireland

This is one of my personalised retirement caricatures available for delivery all over Ireland. He worked in cement manufacture hence the cement mixer and welding. He’s a massive GAA fan and is wearing a Cavan GAA jersey and there’s an O’Neill’s Gaelic Football in there too. He’s also a Manchester United fan and is wearing a Man Utd scarf. He’s very into gardening so that interest was included too. I’ve also included his pet Labrador and the produce of his garden ends up on the table so I’ve included some soup in there too! Lastly I’ve made some references to his hobbies of reading and fishing.

I got some really wonderful feedback from the customer too:

“Allan done a caricature of my dad as a gift for his retirement. The whole process from ordering to delivery of the was very simple and straight forward. The caricature he created really captured everythig about dads personality and resembled a real likeness of him too. We were all very impressed with it. Id highly recommend Allan, hes very talented at what he does. It was a very quick turnaround from order to delivery if the image. Thanks Allan.”

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