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Biography of Jody Brownd
    Mastering the Art of Caricature for over 25 years!!! Jody keeps very busy drawing the masses.  
    Jody and Deby have 4 awesome children who also are very talented in art.  Jody got his start in
    caricatures with a summer job at Astro World to help work his way through art school.  Jody
    graduated from the Art Institute of Houston in 1985 with a Degree in Commercial Art. In 1987 he
    joined the Army Reserves and served as an Illustrator (81E) believe it or not!  Jody was able to use
    his talents by drawing funny pictures of the Lieutenant!  Since then, he has worked at the Citizen
    Newspaper in the late 80's and at the Green Sheet as an illustrator in the early 90's, all the while
    drawing caricatures part-time. But then, Jody's dream of drawing caricatures as a career
    materialized in 1993.  With the help of veteran caricaturists Dan Dunn, Martin Tremblay, and Nick
    Polydoros,  Jody became established as one of Houston's top event caricaturist.  
    Caricatures by Jody thanks the artists and agents who have worked with Jody down through the years for their help and encouragement.

Below are a list of Professional Caricaturist
    Caricature artists in Houston, TX love to draw at parties and are available to serve you!!!  We would love to help you book any of these Houston caricature artists.  
  • Houston Caricaturist Nick Polydoros is one of the most well respected caricature artists in Houston, Texas.  
  • Artist Martin Tremblay has made his mark on the Houston, Texas party scene.  
  • Artist Mac Garcia has swept Houston, Texas by storm, drawing at parties all over the Houston area.  
  • Another all time great caricature artist in the Houston area, is the famous Dan Dunn.  Dan Dunn now performs all over the world doing his "Paint Jam Show".  
  • William Chislum is also a very talented Artist in Houston Texas.
  • And let us not forget the fabulous Cris Faye available for parties in Houston Texas.  
  • My good friend Eve Myles is the finest Houston, Texas caricature artist and portrait artist.  
  • The legendary Texas Tim is also one of Houston Texas caricature artist that has drawn more caricatures at parties in Houston Texas than you can shake a stick
    at.  
  • Tom Rye is a Houston Caricature Artist that also use to draw caricatures at Disney World
  • David Foster is also know as the British Caricaturist in Texas. One of the most charming caricature artists that I know. Just the other day after he drew a little girl,
    she curtsied to him. She must have thought that he was British Royalty!
  • Eddie Uresti has a very nice caricature style. Eddie has a history as a Caligrapher that has given him very nice line work in caricature!
    These superior caricature artists in Houston, Texas are the best in the country and I am very proud to know them and I am honored to draw caricatures all over the
    city at events with them.

Caricatures By Jody Guiding Principles
  1. To do the BEST JOB in all aspects of Caricature Entertainment, from the booking to the drawing.
  2. Treat all of our guests with respect and honor.
  3. Our goal is to in rich each person we meet and draw.
  4. To meet and surpass our clients expectation
  5. Honest in our business dealing
  6. Dependable and keep our commitments without exception
  7. Not to take ourselves to seriously and enjoy entertaining our clients with a smile.

The Goal or this Web Site
    It is intended that this Web site would be the premiere "Caricature Artist Houston Texas" site.  
    Our second intention is to assist our clients in all their Houston, Texas Party Planning by giving them a comprehensive user friendly web site that helps our visitors to
    become aware of the wide variety of family friendly entertainers available for your party.  All the entertainers that you will find on this site are the finest clowns, jugglers,
    magicians, musicians, photographers, face painters, pony rides, etc.  As well as parties and events, we also are dedicated to superb Gift Caricatures and Portraits.   
    Our Gift Caricatures in Houston, Texas, make unique gifts because of their personalized touch.Jody is also dedicated to art education, specifically the art of drawing.  
    Check out Jody's Blog, all about art.  
    Houston Texas has the top caricature artists in these United States of America.  Jody is very honored to be among these fine and talented artists.  If you would like to
    book a Houston caricature artist we would be delighted to make them a part of your event.  
    We have been doing this for a long time and we would like to make some simple suggestions that could help in making caricatures a big hit at your event.  First, place
    the artist or artists in an area where the action of the party is (not next to the loud speakers).  Second, if there are multiple artists, it is wise to place them together if at
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WALL OF FAME!
Thank-You to all my clients that have hired me for Events and Illustration Jobs over the 25 years plus that I have been drawing caricatures!

    TALENT AGENTS
    Bob, Deloras, and Courtney at Adams & Green Entertainment

    Victoria, Sein,, Ann, Scott & all the staff at BEST ENTERTAINERS

    June Laskosky at JL&Company

    Cindy & Dan Dunn at CARICATURES INK

    Dave, Al & George at  SHOWBIZ ENTERTAINMENT

    Bill at INCREDIBLE EVENTS

    Mary Morris at ALL STAR CLOWNS

    Tad Barney at THE-NOSE CARICATURE CO.

    Mike & Amanda at ABOUT FACES CARICATURE COMPANY

    Mac & Stephani Garcia at SATIRICAL EFFECTS CARICATURE COMPANY

    Mark Taylor at BROCK AGENCY

    Debbie at GORDAN RANCH

    Susan at GULF COAST ENTERTAINMENT

    Joan Lebow at INVITATIONS BY JOAN

    Debbie Butler at MEETING & CONNECTIONS

    CORPORATE CLIENT LIST

    ExxonMobil        Shell      Citgo     ExxonMobil     BP     Compaq      Peoples State Bank      The-Nose
    Caricature Co.      About Faces Caricature Co.      KinderCare       Houston Greater Convention &
    Visitors Bureau      Chicago Title     Continental Airlines      SouthWest Airlines      Gordon
    Campgrounds       Hewlet Packard      Best Entertainment      Adams & Green Entertainment      
    Caricatures Ink.      Gulf Coast Entertainment      Brock Agency      Marshal Maxwell      And Many
    More...

    TESTIMONIALS

    From Brittany
    It came! Oh my gosh Jody, I'm speechless!! My picture is BEYOND wonderful.... I just can't quit staring at it... you did an
    AMAZING job! The details are just incredible.... I LOVE everything about it.... I'm so honored to have one of your pieces of art
    now.... forever! You totally captured Zoe.... and her joy... I can't thank you enough... sincerely.

    WOW, I can't wait to show it to all my clown friends....

    I had really wanted to send you a handwritten note, but couldn't wait to thank you.

    Thank you for an outstanding beautiful piece of artwork... I already cherish it. Now to get it framed and hung up in my clown
    room so I can enjoy it all the time.

    -Brittany

    From Cathy
    Just wanted you to know we all loved the bridal couples caricature w/puppies.  All the guests LOVED that you were there and
    the drawings were just great.
    Thanks for adding so much fun to the party.  Hope to work with you again.

    ~Cathy

    From Jessica
    Hey Jody-
    Thanks again for all your hard work!  You were great & such a hit.  I wish I could have seen them all, but the ones I did see were perfect.  I'll be in
    touch :)
    -Jessica  
    November 16, 2010 Wedding

    From Sue
    Wow! What a beautiful piece of art!  I didn't realize you would do so much with what I gave you.  Everyone will be sooo
    amazed.... Thank you so much for your time and effort....
    Sue                  April 2, 2008

    From Jessie
    Oh my goodness!!!!! I just received your caricature of Dana and IT IS PERFECT!!!! I can't want to see her face. You did an
    amazing job and I couldn't be more pleased with the way this came out. I'll definitely be calling you again in the future!!
    Thanks again,  
    Jessie
    Citgo
    July 2008
    From Courtney
    Hey Debbie,

    Just wanted to Thank Jody for the event on Sat. Evening!!! I received some good feedback from the client!!! A little of what the client had
    to say….

    I LOVED the artists.  They were so nice.  I couldn't believe how calm they were in the midst of all those students but they patiently worked
    the entire time and did wonderful jobs as well.

    THANKS FOR DOING A GREAT JOB!!!

    BEST,
    Courtney
    Simply Entertainment

    HISTORY OF CARICATURE!
    Caricature can be traced all the way back to Cave Drawings in the drawing of animals. The exaggerated feature of animals in there
    simplistic and identifiable forms. When ever you had art through out history, you will find
    Caricature.Here is an example of Ancient Pompeiian graffiti caricature of a politician. This particular caricature
    reminds me of what we use to draw at astroworld when I first started drawing caricatures. The basic profile
    caricature. I did these for 7 years before I learned how to draw the front view and 3 quarter view.

    One of my favorite early artists is Leonardo Da Vinci. In his studies of facial structure, he would, on occasion,
    caricature his subjects. I believe that Leonardo understood that the study of exaggeration would give
    him a well rounded education in portraiture. Diodemmar Casem one of the great early practitioners,
    was favored by the members of the papal court for his ability to depict the essence of a person in 'three or four strokes.'[citation needed]
    In fact, the word "caricature" comes from the Italian caricare, "to load", thus the caricaturist's aim is to invest his image with as much
    meaning as possible.

    Caricature, therefore, experienced its first successes in the closed aristocratic circles of France and Italy, where the such portraits could
    be passed about for mutual enjoyment.


    James Gillray's The Plumb-pudding in danger (1805), which caricatured Pitt and Napoleon, was voted the most famous of all UK political
    cartoons.[2]While the first book on caricature drawing to be published in England was Mary Darly's A Book of Caricaturas (c. 1762), the
    first known North American caricatures were drawn in 1759 during the battle for Quebec.[3] These caricatures were the work of Brig.-Gen.
    George Townshend whose caricatures of British General James Wolfe, depicted as "Deformed and crass and hideous" (Snell),[4] were
    drawn to amuse fellow officers.[3] Elsewhere, two great practitioners of the art of caricature in 18th-century Britain were Thomas
    Rowlandson (1756–1827) and James Gillray (1757–1815). Rowlandson was more of an artist and his work took its inspiration mostly from
    the public at large. Gillray was more concerned with the vicious visual satirisation of political life. They were, however, great friends and
    caroused together in the pubs of London. See the Tate Gallery's exhibit James Gillray: The Art of Caricature

    In a lecture titled The History and Art of Caricature (September 2007, Queen Mary 2 Lecture theatre), the British caricaturist Ted Harrison
    said that the caricaturist can choose to either mock or wound the subject with an effective caricature. Drawing caricatures can simply be
    a form of entertainment and amusement – in which case gentle mockery is in order – or the art can be employed to make a serious social
    or political point. A caricaturist draws on (1) the natural characteristics of the subject (the big ears, long nose, etc.); (2) the acquired
    characteristics (stoop, scars, facial lines etc.); and (3) the vanities (choice of hair style, spectacles, clothes, expressions and mannerisms).

    List of Caricaturist throughout the ages

    Une discussion littéraire à la deuxième Galerie by Honoré Daumier
    Lithograph published in Le Charivari newspaper, February 27, 1864
    A Group of Vultures Waiting for the Storm to "Blow Over"--"Let Us Prey." by Thomas Nast
    Wood engraving published in Harper's Weekly newspaper, September 23, 1871George Cruikshank (1792–1878, British) created political
    prints that attacked the royal family and leading politicians (in 1820 he received a royal bribe of £100 for a pledge "not to caricature His
    Majesty (George III of the United Kingdom) in any immoral situation."[citation needed] He went on to create social caricatures of British
    life for popular publications such as The Comic Almanack (1835–1853) and Omnibus (1842). He also earned fame as a book illustrator for
    Charles Dickens and many other authors.

    Honoré Daumier (1808–1879, French) is considered by some[who?] to be the father of caricature.[citation needed] During his life, he
    created over 4,000 lithographs, most of them caricatures on political, social and everyday themes. They were published in the daily
    French newspapers (Le Charivari, La Caricature etc.)

    Thomas Nast (1840–1902, American) was a famous caricaturist and editorial cartoonist in the 19th century and is considered by some
    [who?] to be the father of American political cartooning.[citation needed] He is often credited with creating the definitive caricatures of
    the Democratic Donkey, the Republican Elephant and Santa Claus.[citation needed]

    Sir Max Beerbohm (1872–1956, British), created and published caricatures of the famous men of his own time and earlier. His style of
    single-figure caricatures in formalized groupings was established by 1896 and flourished until about 1930. His published works include
    Caricatures of Twenty-five Gentlemen (1896), The Poets' Corner (1904) and Rossetti and His Circle (1922). He published widely in
    fashionable magazines of the time, and his works were exhibited regularly in London at the Carfax Gallery (1901–18) and Leicester
    Galleries (1911–57).

    Alex Gard (1900–1948, Russian) created more than 700 caricatures of show business celebrities and other notables for the walls of Sardi's
    Restaurant in the theater district of New York City: the first artist to do so. Today the images are part of the Billy Rose Theatre Collection
    of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.[5]

    Al Hirschfeld (1903–2003, American) was best known for his simple black and white renditions of celebrities and Broadway stars which
    used flowing contour lines over heavy rendering. He was also known for depicting a variety of other famous people, from politicians,
    musicians, singers and even television stars like the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation. He was even commissioned by the United
    States Postal Service to provide art for U.S. stamps. Permanent collections of Hirschfeld's work appear at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
    and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and he boasts a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame.

    Mort Drucker (1929, American) joined Mad in 1957 and became well known for his parodies of movie satires. He combined a comic strip
    style with caricature likenesses of film actors for Md, and he also contributed covers to Time. He has been recognized for his work with
    the National Cartoonists Society Special Features Award for 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988, and their Reuben Award for 1987.

    Vitaliy Peskov (1944–2002, Russian Виталий Песков) was a famous Russian caricaturist.

    Robert Risko (1946, American) is known for his retro airbrush style. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Playboy, Vanity Fair, Esquire,
    and Interview.

    David Levine (1926–2009, American) is noted for his caricatures in The New York Review of Books and Playboy magazine. His first
    cartoons appeared in 1963. Since then he has drawn hundreds of pen-and-ink caricatures of famous writers and politicians for the
    newspaper.

    Sam Viviano (1953, American) has done much work for corporations and in advertising, having contributed to Rolling Stone, Family
    Weekly, Reader's Digest, Consumer Reports, and Mad, of which he is currently the art director. Viviano’s caricatures are known for their
    wide jaws, which Viviano has explained is a result of his incorporation of side views as well as front views into his distortions of the
    human face. He has also developed a reputation for his ability to do crowd scenes. Explaining his twice-yearly covers for Institutional
    Investor magazine, Viviano has said that his upper limit is sixty caricatures in nine days.

    Sebastian Krüger (1963, German) is known for his grotesque, yet hyper-realistic distortions of the facial features of celebrities, which he
    renders primarily in acrylic paint, and for which he has won praise from The Times. He is well known for his lifelike depictions of The
    Rolling Stones, in particular, Keith Richards. Krüger has published three collections of his works, and has a yearly art calendar from
    Morpheus International. Krüger's art can be seen frequently in Playboy magazine and has also been featured in the likes of Stern, L’
    Espresso, Penthouse, and Der Spiegel and USA Today. He has recently been working on select motion picture projects.

    Hermann Mejia (Venezuelan) is known for his frequent work for MAD Magazine. Mejia uses multiple techniques for his work, sometimes
    rendering his illustrations in black and white ink and copious amounts of cross-hatching, sometimes using watercolor, and sometimes
    combinations of both.
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