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Welcome to Tezatoons! My name is Terry, my friends call me Teza. I'm an Aussie caricature artist, cartoonist, and illustrator living in Maryland. On my festivals page, you can view my caricatures and cartoons that I've created at festivals, parties, and events. I've also drawn a range of caricatures or cartoons from photos for clients. If you want to book my services you can get reach me via my contact page.
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This year I've been able to draw caricatures at different parties or events and I have added new caricatures to my festivals page so you can see some of my recent caricatures.
Recently we visited Disney World, where I got to see many caricature artists at work and gained lots of useful tips and encouragement from watching each talented caricature artist at work in their natural habitat. |
My Cartooning Story
Cartoon illustration using a Pental Pocket brush Pen
I've been drawing cartoons since I was a kid growing up in Australia. I've always been pretty handy with a pencil or an ink pen.
I remember one summer holiday with my grandparents, when I was around seven years old. My grandmother would play a drawing game with my friend, Peter, and I to keep us out of trouble.
She gave us random things to draw from our memory, such as a couch, a street lamp. or animals. I was always good at coming up with a playful cartoon style drawing straight out of my imagination.
Later on in high school, our music teacher had us illustrate by listening to well-known pieces of music. I found that I had a natural ability for illustrating using markers or colored pencils. This was one of my favorite classes. Even though I didn't learn to play a musical instrument, it birthed my creative illustration gift.
In my 30s, I directed three month Schools of Cartooning and Animation at a university in Hawaii. Through the years I have done caricatures at events, festivals, and parties. I also created a comic strip called "In the Burrow" for a local newspaper in North Carolina about a groundhog named Molasses. I've also cartooned for a children's book that my wife and I created together.
I remember one summer holiday with my grandparents, when I was around seven years old. My grandmother would play a drawing game with my friend, Peter, and I to keep us out of trouble.
She gave us random things to draw from our memory, such as a couch, a street lamp. or animals. I was always good at coming up with a playful cartoon style drawing straight out of my imagination.
Later on in high school, our music teacher had us illustrate by listening to well-known pieces of music. I found that I had a natural ability for illustrating using markers or colored pencils. This was one of my favorite classes. Even though I didn't learn to play a musical instrument, it birthed my creative illustration gift.
In my 30s, I directed three month Schools of Cartooning and Animation at a university in Hawaii. Through the years I have done caricatures at events, festivals, and parties. I also created a comic strip called "In the Burrow" for a local newspaper in North Carolina about a groundhog named Molasses. I've also cartooned for a children's book that my wife and I created together.
