Live caricature portraits in five minutes. Paper can be customised with a logo if desired, and portraits are designed to be fun, vivacious and capture a likeness rather that being either grotesque or randomised cartoons. I can also provide full body colour designs as wedding welcome boards or gifts and promotional material. I can travel UK wide.
Dave went above and beyond for our wedding. He arrived early and stayed late to make sure all our guests were able to get their picture done. It was a topic of conversation all evening and gave everyone a good laugh! Highly recommended Dave for something a bit different at the wedding or party.
Dave came to the wedding on time, professional and polite. I only hired him for 2 hours expecting it to be a bit of gimic not every guest would be interested in. How wrong was I? Every guest want there turn however we ran out of time. Dave very kindly offered to stay until he had finished the list however we also ran out of time in the day. Dave stayed whilst we had the meal and then continued to work which I did not expect. He went above and beyond and is fantastic at his skill! I would not hesitate to hire him again.
Everyone loved his drawing! Very pleasant and friendly.
Dave was great
Turned up on time
Very chilled
Very talented
All the guests loved it!
Great experience, highly recommend
He made our wedding very special and all the drawings were very good, would definitely recommend.
W organised an Art street market & thought it would be fun to include a caricature artist . Dave was very affable & a true professional. Very good with children & mums & babies( not easy) . Would definitely book again !
Excellent service, communication and made the evening fun, guests were thrilled they could take away a memorable part of the evening
We booked Dave for a work function and he was excellent - everybody loved his drawings! Dave was very professional and was lovely to work with. Would highly recommend.
Everyone was delighted and enjoyed the experience thoroughly. They thought it was a great attraction.
Dave was amazing. He worked diligently throughout my birthday party to draw my guests and never even took a break. I would recommend him highly!
Both photographer and character artist booked - both on time and totally professional- excellent service from both .
Amazing artist, had all my guests crying with laughter, every guest wanted a drawing done by Dave to the point myself (bride) and groom struggled to get ours done (Dave did us last before he left and we love our drawing) I think it’s such a nice idea to have an artist like this at any event so your guests have something to take home and remember the night. I would highly recommend as he is amazing value for money.
Lovely man, very patient with my guests ( a few had additional needs) I do think he stayed longer as he was very busy.
Thank you for coming to my husband’s 60th party
Dave was a very calm and pleasant man that turned up on time and got straight to work! He was efficient with his drawings and got through many with happy customers. His drawings were not too offensive but could have been with more likeness to the person as everyone's drawings started to look quite similar. Prior to the event, he took a while to reply at times but was a good communicator when in contact and was flexible with the time change that occurred. All in all it was what was written on the tin. Thanks Dave everyone enjoyed your presence.x
Dave Lucas arrived early and complimented our Christmas works party greatly.
Thank you Dave
Dave was friendly and professional for my mother's private party. All the guests loved their caricature portraits and he even gave me some complimentary Christmas cards which were a lovely touch. Thank you Dave!
Fabulous service, all of our guests loved the addition to our wedding day. Thank you so much, I would highly recommend
Dave was great and really popular at our event, would defiantly use his service's again.
Although Dave had to travel some distance he arrived on time. He was very polite, friendly and professional. He made our micro wedding reception complete. Everyone was very happy with his caricature drawings which created a lot of friendly laughs and chatter. Thank you Dave you're highly recommended by us.
Fantastic Dave was wonderful, he is very talented we have some brilliant drawings from him
Dave was great, and everyone loved their caricature!
It was a great touch to have at my 40th bday party. It went down a treat with our guests
Highly recommend. Dave’s pictures were fabulous and he proved a really big hit at our son’s 12th birthday party. Thank you.
Dave is a fantastic caricaturist! He was extremely flexible to work around our wedding timings, easily contactable, guests had a fun time getting their portraits done (there were even queues). Unfortunately we were unable to get our portrait done on the day, so we requested Dave to do a drawing from photographs, which he did and sent to our home - we love it! Would 100% recommend, well worth it!
Dave really made my mum’s 70th birthday memorable. The service was great and the drawings of everyone were brilliant. We also wanted a combined digital copy of all the individual drawings and Dave prepared this within just a couple of days of the event. Thanks very much!
Dave, what an absolute JOY it was to have you as part of our evening.
Your drawings are incredible, so talented, you gave everyone a fantastic giggle and a keepsake for LIFE! Thank you for going above and beyond to personalise the paper. Absolutely brilliant, superb value, wonderful from start to finish - couldn’t be happier. Thank you so much Dave ✍️👨🎨🖤
I had booked Dave at the last minute for our daughter's first birthday celebration and it was the highlight of our event. Booking with Dave was straightforward; he patiently answered all my questions and sought my requirements before the event. He arrived at the venue well before the time and started drawing caricatures for our guests straightaway. He was very patient with kids and parents. The caricatures were outstanding and everybody loved having to take home something memorable. I recommend hosts purchase A3 hardback envelopes, like we did, to allow the guests to carry their caricatures home without damage. Dave stayed a bit later than the contracted time to complete for a couple of guests and we really appreciate the fact that he drove from Colchester to Rotherham for this three-hour booking. Thank you very much Dave, we look forward to having you again.
Sorry this post has taken a few weeks to write. It’s been a very busy month after our wedding and honeymoon.
We would like to say a massive thank you to Dave for joining us on our big day. The perfect autumn day which was brilliant for Dave! I sadly only managed to say hello as time just ran away with us on the day but our guests could not praise him enough! And he stayed a little longer than agreed which we can not thank him enough for.
He stayed to try and capture the bride and groom and unfortunately we ran out of time. He has offered to do a drawing of us if I send a picture so I’m hoping to contact him and arrange this so that will be great to add to our album. What a fabulous idea and something different for your big day! We couldn’t recommend Dave enough! Thank you again for being part of our big day Sam & Tom x
Excellent evening - great ice breaker,
Dave was a wonderful addition to my birthday party, his drawings were fabulously funny and all my guests enjoyed having the drawings done to take away as a memento of the occasion. Dave is friendly and low key and worked diligently on back to back drawings throughout the evening, highly recommended!
We have booked Dave Lucas as our caricaturist and vere very happy and delighted to meet him and keep his lovely caricatures of us and our guests. It was great adition to our little celebration and guests were very pleasantly surprised. Highly recommend him and popTop events.
Fantastic! Guests loved it
Dave was great for our party and his drawings are amazing. It would be good if he had a board or something to stand saying what he does. I think more people would have gone over to him had he had some sort of adverts or some photos of his work.
Dave was absolutely super. He was there and time and didn't mind the fact that we over ran somewhat. All of the guests enjoyed the experience and he made them feel at ease as well as very welcome.
Thanks Dave, a great job!
Dave was brilliant. Amazing touch to our party everyone loved him. Thank you very much. X
Dave helped make the jubilee street party a great day.
Excellent service!
Dave was an excellent addition to the events schedule of our 60th Birthday bash. From start to finish, Dave kept in contact and asked questions to better understand his audience. The attendees were across all ages (5-93yrs) and mixed heritage. Despite some challenging braided hairstyles Dave captured features and attributes to a 'tee'. There were people queuing especially couples and compliments in abundance. The youngsters said he was funny and had 'good banter'. But he does not talk for talk sake, he draws and does so very well. I would say he captured over 40 images and tried to get everyone in who wanted a drawing. He worked flat out for 3hrs, no break, just a glass of red! I would happily recommend Dave as a suicidal and unusual touch to brighten an event.
Amazing experience!
Absolutely amazing, couldn't have asked for a better artist. Each character was unique to the individual. All of the guests were happy with their pictures and thought it was a brilliant idea to have at a wedding. Couldn't recommend high enough
Amazing experience!
What can I say except wow dave turned up on time and was drawing within minutes each and every guest has commented on how amazing the drawings are nothing was to much trouble for dave I would recommend without a seconds thought book him it will wow your guests
Dave is such a lovely man. Our guests were all delighted with their caricatures! We're going to frame ours and hang it up on the wall. Highly recommend. Also, we really appreciated how far he travelled to be at our wedding. 10/10 :)
Dave was amazing! Great communication before the wedding and his caricatures were absolutely fantastic! All our guests went away with a caricature and I wouldn’t hesitate to book Dave again at our next big event! Thank you for everything Dave we are so glad you joined us for our big day!
Amazing service from start to finish. Dave interacted with all the guests and everyone was over the moon with their pictures. Dave didn't leave anyone behind and even stayed a longer to make sure that everyone had a picture. Can't fault him at all, would definitely recommend. The perfect addition to our party!
Dave was very good. He was prompt, quick and had a queue waiting to have their pictures created. We have them all displayed in the office.
Everyone was very impressed!! He had a queue of guests at my wedding - keen to be drawn by him. Highly recommend Dave.
Our guests were really happy and we had a great fun with the caricatures we got. He created an amazing environment and I would recommend him to everyone.
amazing artist, couldn't have asked for better, all my guests had their "portrait" completed and Dave stayed longer than expected, was a great success!
Dave was great! Everyone enjoyed getting their portraits done at the event. Dave was very prompt and polite and I will definitely look to use him again!
Dave was absolutely brilliant at our wedding in June, we are so pleased we used Drop Dead Caracatures. We wanted something different and which was fun and our guests had something to take home. Dave was busy for the whole 3 hours he was there and I think he was there actually longer than the 3 hours. He is a superb artist, we can't believe the likeness! We highly recommend if you want something different and fun Dave is worth every penny, and he is very reasonable compared to others that we looked at. 5 stars all the way! Thank you so much Dave.
Dave was a great addition to our event, with well observed caricatures and managed to get around most of the room to draw lots of guests, a nice touch was that he produced with bespoke paper with our company logo integrated. Happy to recommend Dave
Very Friendly and kind man. Everyone have loved their caricatures so far.
Amazing pictures!!
Dave was a model professional. Knows his stuff, everyone really loved it. Brilliant
Everyone at our party loved Dave’s pictures! He quickly had people queuing up for their portrait and he managed to get loads of people done in the time available. Thanks Dave!
Dave was great..... really made my daughters 18th special
Absolutely fantastic, couldn't have asked for a better surprise for the bride and groom. Dave is extremely talented and tall the guests loved it.
Amazing the boys loved it
Our guests loved the art created by Dave and was a great hit at our wedding. The only thing that could have made it better is if Dave had found myself & the groom to do a drawing before he went.
Thank you,
Natasha
Turned up on time - unfortunately due to the order of events we were running late but he was patient and ended up staying longer because of the delay
Everyone loved it and in hindsight I should have ordered for longer or if I could have afforded it got two at the same time as it was very popular - a little something for during the gap between wedding breakfast and evening entertainment - my sons wedding at Nunsmere Hotel
thanks x
we were unaware that the Cartoonist needed chairs and were not prepared, so had to chase some down. It would have been an idea to bring some himself, and there was no sign advertising his service, which would have been useful. Having said this, he did a good job and kept people entertained with his drawings, staying beyond his time to ensure that those queuing had a chance to have a drawing.
Hi Dave was great everyone said what a lovely idea for our wedding and all our guests were lining up to have there drawings done on our special wedding day thank you again for this Debbie now Capron
Wasted my money and was the only cause of stress at my wedding. Very disappointing.
We scheduled the caricatures very purposefully at the time when we have photos. The caricaturist was late, nobody could get hold of him, I was meant to be having photos and I was trying to find the hotel wedding director to find caricaturist, too then be told that no one knows where they are and we’ll have to go without. They then turned up and made no apology and started working. They tried to make the time up by staying while guests are eating but this stopped them eating their food and caused a bad atmosphere at tables. Waste of money, disappointing.
I am flexible. Normal sessions are between 2 and 4 hours.
An option for logo/header pre-printed paper or pre-drawn bodies with a theme.
Just adequate lighting and access to chairs to sit and draw guests.
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