Saturday evening seems to always be a booming time for Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. The tourists fill the sidewalks, stopping only for crosswalks and to group around entertainers. We blended right in with the tourists and spotted a caricature artist for $5 a face and went for it.
Try 1
Our first artist was a jokester for sure. An expert at small talk and one truly enjoyed the art of making the subjects of his artwork cringe with nervous laughs in discomfort. The topics of outsourcing, the US's viable industries for employment, and H1-B visas were all discussed. Naturally, computer jokes were also present.
So, if you went on a camping trip in the woods, do you think you'd take your laptop?
The final result? Yikes!
Try 2
Recognizing from the first portrait that taking the long way back home may be a good idea for our health, we stumbled upon another artist. His price was $7/face, 40% more.
This artist's talents were more focused on the canvas than smalltalk, and he knew it. Imitating a creator for some of the session, we were party to some Easter-eve comedy.
We'll just give him some weird, introverted skill like painting, that'll shut him up.
Although we weren't certain he wanted to be there after some comments.
This is cutting into my Miller Time
Amazed at how fast he finished, we commented on the speed as he handed us the finished artwork. His response?
Yah, about as fast as I could drink a quart of beer.
And so went the great 2012 $24 caricature experiment. A recurring thing? Perhaps.
Weird Fact If you've never gotten a caricature before (I hadn't), it's unbelievable how many people will stop to look at what's being done.
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