CaliCaricature

My daughter and I have rushed past CaliCaricature numerous times to get to her fave rides, but this Saturday we got pulled in by the small crowd gathered around the wonderful CC artists at work. We quickly got in line, watched as each portrait was revealed with delight to each and every happy customer, and soon enough it was our turn. Our artist, Brianna, was fantastic. My daughter asked to be put in a frog onesie (she loves frogs these days), while I wanted to look like a bodybuilder who can't spell "leg day." Brianna absolutely nailed it! We could not be happier with how it turned out. The CC manager kept the line moving smoothly and happily answered all of our questions, and held onto to our finished portrait as my daughter and I hit our favorite rides. My daughter cannot wait to go back to CaliCaricature to get her solo portrait done!

Ed Sprinkles did a terrible job. My cousin and i wanted to recreate our drawing from 10 years ago and it ended up absolutely horrendous. The most embarrassing part about this is that he didn’t even try and have a conversation when the artist next to us was making a great connection with the other customers. $80 for something we don’t even want to show to our own family. If you get Ed ask for the other artist or you will be left with an extremely embarrassing portrait.

I brought my daughter and her friends to the Boardwalk this weekend. It was a special occasion for one of the girls. We ended our evening by deciding to get a CaliCaricature black and white face only drawing of my daughter and one friend. There was a couple in line in front of us, and a large family group in front of them that seemed to have many members that came in to do various poses. It was getting later and later as we patiently waited and watched the female artist create their pictures. At some point we decided that we had too much waiting time invested to leave empty handed so we continued to wait. It got darker and colder and we waited. The large family group finally left with their drawings. The artist never acknowledged or said anything to the people in line. So it was of great surprise to us when she turned around and said, “I’m only doing one more.” Meaning she was cutting the line off right in front of us after taking one more couple. There was nobody behind us in line either. So after patiently waiting in line in the cold for over ONE HOUR we were the only ones getting turned away without any warning, or encouragement to come back another time. The artist just turned her back and ignored us, and didn’t have the courtesy to communicate or apologize. We left highly upset and disappointed. It was a sad ending to an otherwise wonderful day. So I would suggest that CaliCaricature train their artists to manage their lines better, clearly communicate in advance when they will be closing, and how many people they will be taking. Use a rope, use a sign, or simply determine in advance where the line ends, and let people know. The way this artist handled our situation reflects very badly on the business she works for. And I hope nobody else has the terrible experience we had.

the artists did a wonderful job capturing the joy in my 1 year old’s eyes. full body with color. and while the line was long (30 minutes despite having only one family in front of us), it was worth it. my daughter loves her souvenir. she stares at it and smiles whenever she sees it.

This was so much fun and memorable for my family. Thank you and great job.

I was very dissatisfied with my toon drawing it looked nothing like the pictures that they had on the wall for examples and to make it even worse my son's friend went there and he got his done with his family and it looked just like the example I paid $140 I am very upset with this I would not recommend it at all for

Amazing staff, Amazing artists! Don't know what more needs to be said, other than AMAZING!!

These guys are the best. Loved being caricatured. Fun and funny.