Dear Sir/Madam,
I am a professional illustrator/animator and I just love drawing people. Portraiture is my favourite thing; I often think if I'd been born a couple of hundred years ago I would have been very happily employed as a portrait painter! I am very excited to bid on your caricature project, and would love to be involved.
Most of my portraiture is personal work which I sell at craft fairs, but I have also produced many portraits of children when I was an artist in residence at a local school. All of those drawings were made from life on location, and I would produce a full coloured work in about 50 minutes. I am trained in traditional drawing skills, so my illustrations tend to be very accurate and consequently very recognisable to the individual, with minimal exaggeration and characterisation used subtly.
I can use a wide range of materials, and have an equally wide style - from flat and bright cartoons, to detailed and delicate sketches. Depending on the style of work, I may be able to deliver the project in less time than my estimate - I am very flexible and reliable. I am based in the UK, but have worked on many projects remotely for clients around the UK and as far as Hungary, so I am good at keeping in touch and keeping you up to date with the progress of the work.
I have attached a PDF with a sample of some of my portraits in a private message to you. I hope you like my work, and if there's a style there you are interested in, please do get in touch.
Best regards,
Anne Wilkins