jamesmalia.com

JAMES MALIA-"Drawing the fun into your party!"

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 caricaturist ,cartoonist, and illustrator with a gregarious, cheerful and warm personality. On top of that, he practices good dental hygiene and usually smells good. His goal is to have an image drawn that people will smile at and want to hang on their wall.

James' celebrity caricatures have been spotted on NBC's Emmy-winning Will & Grace, HBO's Emmy-winning Curb Your Enthusiasm , Paramount's 'VANILLA SKY' with Tom Cruise directed by Cameron Crowe,(the scene where Tom and Penelope draw one another), Taco Bell beverage cups, Billboard Music Awards, People magazine, Intouch 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 recently 'SpongeBob SquarePants' the movie ,and 'Keeping Up with the Steins' with Jeremy Piven. Not including a huge cartoon map of the famous Gaylord hotel and convention center and an epic detailed map of Santa Barbara's annual 3 day West Beach Music Festival, Heidi Klum and Seal's wedding invitations and entertainment at their annual party, and Josh Duhamel and Fergie's wedding invitation.

Since returning in 1996 from working for Club Med resorts as a SCUBA and windsurfing instructor in the Caribbean, James has been a prolific artist. His partial client list includes: Disney, Paramount, Upper Deck, Microsoft, NBC, CBS, HBO, L.A. Lakers, Nestle, Fox Television, Warner Bros., Columbia TriStar, Coca Cola, PacBell, Heidi Klum and Seal, Josh Duhamel and Fergie, Ricky Martin, Rob Lowe, Rodney Dangerfield, Michael Chiklis, Brook Shields, Lomar Odam, the Jeopardy staff, the Amazing Race staff, Chris Rock, Ron Howard, Exxon, Panasonic, ICTV, American Red Cross, Celebrity Cruise Lines, Club Med, 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, Fortune Entertainment, Amgen, Courtney Hansen, Howie Mandel party invitation caricature, city of L.A., LAPD, LAFD, FBI, CA State parks,Twiin Productions, and a plethora of parties, tradeshow conventions, Bar Mitzvahs, Bat Mitzvahs, proms, retirements, graduations, weddings, etc. . . .

Some of the famous faces that James has drawn in person include: Hugh Hefner, Kobe Bryant , Debra Messing, Daniel Zelman, Brian Shaw, Mitch Richmond, Peter Falk, Amy Smart, Fabio, Mariah Carey, Kenny G, Candy Spelling, Lauryn Hill, Patrick Warburton, Elaine Hendrix, Johnny Ullman, Frank Langella, Tom Green, Diana DeGarmo, Christian Love, Shania Twain......

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.

Per hour James draws at least 12-15 flattering, detailed, black and white full body people with front view and a theme an hour. James draws with his own style, (not the typical and often unflattering theme park style), or up to 18-20 people with head and shoulders in black and white. Color is also available but slows the process by half.

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 and feels funny writing in third person.

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

His newest website will be up by end of August '09 .. for now his fun yet older one is still up. Please e-mail James for more samples or specifics.

Be wary of caricature chop-shops, plagiarism, and unprofessionals.

But most importantly CARPE DIEM!