Charlotte Caricature Artist
I draw Caricatures in Charlotte and surrounding areas.
Eric Melton is a true professional Caricature Artist with over 30 years experience in the business and a lifetime of experience as an artist. Eric stands out from the crowd by providing fast, fun, and funny Caricatures that goes for the funny bone in a fun, lighthearted way.
Eric also draws his sketches on high quality heavy card stock with permanent marker or pencil and provides clear sleeves to protect the drawings, all included in the price.
In addition, Eric is fully insured against unforeseen liabilities. When booking, just let us know if your venue or facility needs a Certificate of Insurance, and we are happy to provide it. Not all performers provide this, which we feel is vital for putting your mind at ease.
Charlotte Caricature Artist
If you are seeking multiple artists for a larger event, Eric has a select list of other area Carolina Caricature artists that he has known and worked with for years that all provide the same high quality of work and friendly service. So if you are shopping around for a great Caricature artist for your event, we are confident you have found one of North Carolina’s absolute best in the industry, so please contact as today and let us make your next special event even better.
Great For…
- Wedding Receptions
- Birthdays
- Anniversaries
- Proms / After proms
- Graduations
- Holiday parties
- Church Events
- Trade Shows
- Open Houses
- Reunions
- Picnics
- Mitzvahs
Traditional Caricatures.
An all-time favorite.
Standard black and white marker sketches completed in about 3 to 5 minutes per person, drawn on a heavyweight card stock. Average approx. 15 people per hour.
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$175.00 per hour, plus travel if applicable. 2 hour Minimum booking. |
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Day Rate /Trade Show Rate $1200.00 8 hours (Charlotte only) |
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For events involving travel 8 hours drawing time with 1-hour lunch break. Includes *travel within NC and SC and parts of Georgia and Tennessee and hotel allowance. $1500.00 per day. Further travel may be higher and may need to include airfare. |
Off site from photos $35.00 per person plus shipping.
**Premium rates may apply during the busy Fall/Holiday season, September through December. Higher per hour rate and longer minimum booking times.**
DEPOSIT POLICY. At time of booking, a partial NON-Refundable deposit will be collected to hold the date. Indoor events and events with a rain/inclement weather provision in place, the amount is 25% of total booking fee. Outdoor events with higher risk of cancellation 50% deposit of total booking fee. In the event of cancellation, we will try to apply the deposit to a new date if it is within 30 days of the original booking date and the artist is available. Unless cancellation is the fault of the artist, the deposit act as a kill fee for the artist for the cancelled event.
Digital and Virtual Caricatures
Art meets Technology
We offer both on site digital Caricatures and off site virtual (Zoom meetings) or from emailed photos with option of having drawings recorded and uploaded afterward as a video for participants to watch. These take an average of 10 minutes per person for an average per hour of 6 pictures.
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Our digital caricatures have 2 levels depending on your needs. NO PRINT OPTION$200.00 per hour If you do not need us to provide any printing service. You can supply printer, paper, lanyards, and sleeves or just have us email the results and/or upload to Dropbox for download.
FULL SERVICE$250.00 per hour includes a monitor or projection to help draw people to your booth and 4x6 prints with sleeves and lanyards.
Both rates include full color caricatures with your company or event logo added to the pictures at no additional fee. If you want us to pre-render a couple of body/background options, just add a one time $50.00 per design. |
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Day Rate /Trade Show Rate $2000.00 per day (Charlotte only) ($1200.00 for no print/lanyard option)
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For event involving travel 8 hours drawing time with 1-hour lunch break. Includes *travel within NC and SC and hotel allowance. $2500.00 per day 2 day minimum. Further travel maybe higher and may need to include airfare. ($1700.00 for no print/lanyard option) |
Off site from photos $60.00 per person with resulting photos uploaded to a file service for download.
Additional fee for printing and mailing off site artwork.
**Premium rates may apply during the heavy, busy Fall/Holiday season, September through December. Higher per hour rate and longer minimum booking times.**
DEPOSIT POLICY. At time of booking, a partial NON-Refundable 25% deposit will be collected to hold the date. Due to the nature of electronic equipment and power requirements, Digital is an INDOOR ONLY service. In the event of cancellation, we will try to apply the deposit to a new date if it is within 30 days of the original booking date and the artist is available. Unless cancellation is the fault of the artist, the deposit act as a kill fee for the artist for the cancelled event.