Caricatures By James Malia

Just back to Gigmasters- Wether for Disney, Heidi Klums parties , cards, and website, Jonathan Cleese, Fergie and Josh Duhamels caricature wedding & Xmas cards , drawing Robert De Niro in 'LITTLE FOCKERS', Tom Cruise in 'Vanilla Sky', Larry David in 'Curb Your Enthusiasm', or as seen in People mag, Larry King, E!, Instyle, US Weekly, Cosmo, Billboard Music Awards, Eddie Murphy's parties, SBIFF.org, Cruise boats and Trade shows around the world, or drawing for L.A. Children's Hospital or the Grossman Burn center. Caricature artist James Malia GUARANTEES fast fun accurate flattering great drawings with a gregarious, cheerful , positive, fun, dynamic, warm personality with his fast brush pen and graphite stick technique. Great caricatures makes your event fun and memorable for a lifetime!

Sketch Artist JAMES MALIA - "Drawing the fun and into your party or illustration!"

A great caricature makes your party or event memorable for a lifetime while keeping your guests of all ages entertained. James Malia is an award-winning professional television, movie, advertising, and product caricaturist and illustrator with a gregarious, cheerful and warm personality. He usually works between L.A. and Santa Barbara but is open to travel anywhere. James' goal is so to have every image drawn bring smiles and happily hung on the person(s) wall with 100% satisfaction. James guarantees to bring dynamic positive fun energy to every event with good drawings to go with.

James' celebrity caricatures have been featured on Little Fockers' with Robert De Niro , Paramount's 'VANILLA SKY' with Tom Cruise, The new aol Heidi Klum website , NBC's Emmy-winning Will & Grace, HBO's Emmy-winning Curb Your Enthusiasm , 'Keeping up with the Steins, with Jeremy Piven and ,Taco Bell products, cups, Billboard Music Awards, People magazine, In touch magazine , InStylye magazine, National Enquirer, Fade In magazine, Oprah, Larry King, the tv shows Extra, E!, VH-1, MTV, TMZ, toy packaging, published books, many cartoon maps, gift caricatures, and movie poster work for 'SpongeBob SquarePants' the movie ,and artwork in 'Keeping Up with the Steins' with Jeremy Piven. Cartoon map of the famous Gaylord hotel/convention center in Orlando. Detailed map of Santa Barbara's annual 3 day West Beach Music Festival, Heidi Klum and Seal's wedding invitations/holiday/ birthday cards and entertainment at their annual parties, as well as Josh Duhamel and Fergie's and Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo's wedding invitations and infamous Holiday cards from many known personalities. He might not be the cheapest but you'll be happy with the quality, fun energy, and mastery of his unique style.

Since returning in 1996 from working for Club Med resorts as a SCUBA/ windsurfing instructor/entertainer in the Caribbean, James has been a prolific artist with his own uniquely developed style that has passionately grown since his first doodles as a child. His partial client list includes: Regis Philbin, Disney, Paramount, Universal, Upper Deck, Microsoft, NBC, CBS, HBO, L.A. Lakers, Nestle, Fox Television, Warner Bros., Columbia TriStar, Dreamworks , GTE, Coca Cola, PacBell, Heidi Klum and Seal, Josh Duhamel and Fergie, Jonathan Cleese, Ricky Martin, Rob Lowe, Rodney Dangerfield, Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo, Michael Chiklis, Brook Shields, Lomar Odom, the Jeopardy staff, the Amazing Race staff, Chris Rock, Ron Howard, Exxon, Panasonic, Roy Disney jr. , Pacific Bell, ICTV, American Red Cross, Celebrity Cruise Lines, Club Med, Citrix, Hawaiian Tropic, Taco Bell Corporation, Teen Magazine, Source Magazine, Pfizer, Mattel, Bruce Ryan Productions, Planet Hollywood, FCB Advertising, Grange Advertising, Sony Pictures, Unify Corp., Canadian Life Insurance, Boeing, Lehr and Black, Mindy Weiss, Amoeba music, Grammys, Taylor Kischt, Stanley Cup winner Marc-Andre Fleury, The Beach Boys, Motown founder Berry Gordy, InTouch health, Ted Rogers /Rogers Media, Nokia, Seychelles shoes, Playroom Entertainemnt, Fortune Entertainment, Amgen, Courtney Hansen, Mitch Richmond, Howie Mandel , Don Rickles, city of L.A.,city of Hollywood, Santa Barbara County, Deckers, city of Anaheim, LAPD, LAFD, FBI, Grossman Burn Center, CA State parks,Twiin Productions, City of Carpinteria, Weekly Reader, DenMat, Some of the famous faces that James has drawn in person at events include: Hugh Hefner, Kobe Bryant , Debra Messing, Brian Shaw, Mitch Richmond, Peter Falk, Amy Smart, Fabio, Mariah Carey, Kenny G, Candy Spelling, Lauryn Hill, Patrick Warburton, Elaine Hendrix, Daniel Zelman, Johnny Ullman, Frank Langella, Tom Green, Diana DeGarmo, Pixikill, Shania Twain, Debbie Davison, Magic Castle magicians Ivan Amodei, Greg Wilson, Frank Thurston and Doc Wayne, Al Kaplon, Christine Rose, and Holly Madison.

James takes great pride in each drawing he produces as well as the integrity of his character. He is very appreciative that he makes a great living with his passion.

"Drawing a caricature of someone is drawing that persons unique song."

When not drawing, James can be found in the waters off of the Santa Barbara and Los Angeles coastline, trying his best to communicate with the dolphins. So far they just squeak and smile.

James can draw on any size paper, however, his preferred format is 11" x 14" acid-free 70 lb. high quality drawing paper. After capturing the personality of his subject doing his or her favorite hobby or in his or her favorite setting in a fun cartoon portrait, the unique artwork is placed in a clear, flat protective plastic bag. Very large caricatures on a stand up Easel can also be done at a specific rate.

James can draw people in 1-5 minutes per person depending on detail. The face alone usually only takes around a minute then the rest of the scene is drawn. Add to that switching seats for the next person , showing and handing the drawing over once it's in a protective clear plastic flat bag, the people sitting getting adjusted/communicating with guests around =Per hour James draws at least 12-15 flattering, detailed, black and white full body people with front view and a theme an hour, or up to 18-25 people an hr with head and shoulders in black and white. James draws with his own very fast flattering style using a fade proof non toxic faber-castell pitt brush pen for aesthetically pleasing line and graphite stick for volume/form/shading, (not the typical and often unflattering often seen style), Color is also available but slows the process by half. The request of drawing live caricatures digitally can also be met at a specific rate.

Quotes on Illustration for personal use, advertisements, cards, gift caricatures etc are on a per job bases. Images can be created by specific demand whether for character design, or caricature from specifics and or photos e-mailed.

Please e-mail James for more samples , specifics, or commissioned Caricature info.

CLIENT FEEDBACK

Fergie and I LOVE the artwork you did for our wedding and want you to design our Holiday card!- Josh Duhamel and Fergie

" James you are such a talented artist and beautiful soul, Thanks again for making another one of our parties extra special, if you ever need us for a reference please do not hesitate." - Sheri and Roy Disney , Studio City

"JAMES WAS INCREDIBLE THE KIDS AND ADULTS ALL LOVED HIM...THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP.. HE ROCKED!" -MARILYN KAGAN

"Hello. I want to thank you, your company, and mostly James for being above and beyond more than i could have asked for.... I will be recommending to all i know. he is AMAZING. Great artist wonderful personality and beautiful soul. Could not have asked for a more perfect fit. I hope our guests treated him with the respect he showed us." - Cristina King, Santa Monica

"Thank YOU for doing such a wonderful job at my daughter's birthday. Everyone thought you were really great and had the nicest things to say about their time wth you. I really appreciate it." -Taryn , Santa Barbara, CA

"Thank You for a job well done! We'll happily have you at every party we have! Our friends can't stop talking about you!!!" - Brendan Turner , CEO Turner Techtronics

"Hi James, I like to thank you for the wonderful caricature you made for me several years ago. I was working in Journeys's End Resort, San Pedro, Belize. Presently, I'm a teacher and I Use that picture for My Welcome sign in my classroom. Everone love it. Thanks a million! " -Dyel J. Cal

" James, I wanted to thank you for the caricature sketch that you drew of me at the HVAC convention in Anaheim, CA 2004. I remembered your gregarious personality and how within minutes, you not only drew but developed images that really embodied my personality. I still have my artwork posted up in my living room and though I have looked at it severally times, I have just realized the subtle details that were included. I know it's been 5 years, but I just wanted you to know that you are truly a gifted artist. I pray that this holiday season will find you and your family with happiness and good cheer. " -Denise Kerr

"James you made my sons party a hit, Thanks again!" - Rob Lowe, Santa Barbara

"Hi James, It was our honor to have you to be a part of our wedding!! We got a lot of compliments for hiring you at the wedding, and everyone loves their drawings :) Thank you for being so patient & having fun with all the guests too. We can't say THANK YOU enough. I'm sure hundreds of people already told you this ….you're soo very talented & just simply amazing!! Hope to see you again sometime. Thanks again " - Nadia &Jeff

"I LOVE this so much I can't breathe, I'm putting it everywhere I love you Xox" - Mindy Weiss

"Your work is amazing and you were really fun. My husband is CNN reporter Ted Rowlands and he has your drawing in his office, even Larry King gets a kick out of it, thank You!" -Erica Rowlands

"I LOVE ALL THE ART YOU DO FOR ME, THANK YOU!!! " - HEIDI KLUM

Anniversaries, Bachelor Parties, Bachelorette Parties, Banquets, Birthday Parties, Children's Birthday Parties, Celebrations, Christenings, Christmas Parties, Church Services, Clubs, Community Events, Conventions, Corporate Functions, Dinner Dances, Festivals, Fund Raisers, Funerals, Graduation Parties, Grand Openings, Halloween Parties, Picnic, Private Parties, Proms, Restaurants, Sweet 16 Parties, Weddings, Wedding Ceremonies, Wedding Cocktail Hours, Wedding Receptions...and more.

• We are so glad we had James at our wedding. Everyone complemented his talent. He showed up on time and was so great with all the guests. I will definitely recommend him to anyone for any events. -- Nadia B, Moorpark, CA, 9/10/2011
• James was awesome. My guests loved him and it truly felt like he was one of the family while he was there. He stayed an hour and a half later than the contracted time so that he could finish drawing everyone. We enjoyed his talent and his company. -- Elisa C, Cambria, CA, 7/30/2011

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