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Ariel-View Caricatures & Illustrations

Live caricatures and studio commissions. Almost 40 years experience serving the Metro Detroit area and beyond! (Approximately 12-15 caricatures per hour.)

Whether it's a child's Birthday party of 20 or a corporate event of 200, Ariel-View Caricatures has been delighting and amusing audiences with caricatures drawn live on the spot for over 25 years. Working quickly in marker, a black & white "head & shoulders" caricature of each guest can be produced in 5 minutes or less. A caricature makes a wonderful memento of your event that your guests will tre

asure for years to come. For a small charge, special pre-printed paper can be customized for your event with your company logo, the date or any other info you'd like to include. When completed, each drawing is placed in a transparent plastic sleeve at no extra charge. A two hour minimum is required for any event. Need more than one artist for your event? No problem! Need a face painter as well, or instead of, a caricaturist? Ariel-View's long list of past clients includes Google, Chrysler, GM, McDonald's, WDIV-TV, Radio Disney, NCAA Final Four, Pepsi, MGM Grand Casino, Greektown Casino, Fieger Law, Progressive Insurance, Greater Media Detroit (WRIF, WCSX & WMGC), TEAMS Conference & Expo, Bridgestone-Firestone, Morgan Stanley, Southwest Airlines and many more.

06/09/2026

Continuing my experiment of drawing nothing but 1970’s pop culture, here’s a recap of the things I posted throughout February: the films A Clockwork Orange, Taxi Driver and Cabaret, the rock bands Fleetwood Mac and KISS, movie star Burt Reynolds, and 70’S TV detectives Columbo, Kojak, Starsky & Hutch and Baretta.

See you soon with a recap of March and of course, more pieces for June! ☮️ & ❤️

06/03/2026

We’re halfway through 2026 and my experiment of drawing nothing but 1970’s pop culture! Here’s a recap of the things I posted in January: Rock star, David Bowie, the sitcoms, All in the Family and The Jeffersons, the variety series, Donny & Marie, and finally another sitcom, Laverne & Shirley.
Hope people have been enjoying these and that you’ll continue to follow along. Cheers! 🍻

06/01/2026

English rock band Black Sabbath, released their self-titled debut album in the United States on this date, June 1st, in 1970. They are universally credited as the pioneers of heavy metal music.
The lineup featured guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, drummer Bill Ward, and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, and they defined the genre with their down-tuned guitars, slow-churn tempos, and ominous lyrics drawing from horror and occult themes.

05/31/2026

Happy birthday to legendary actor, film director and producer, Clint Eastwood, who was born on this day, May 31, in 1930!
A cultural icon who achieved international fame in the 1960s as the iconic “Man with No Name” in Sergio Leone’s influential spaghetti Western Dollars Trilogy (A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly). He later solidified his antihero status in the 1970s by starring as the no-nonsense San Francisco police inspector Harry Callahan in Dirty Harry (1971) and its sequels. Some of his other iconic 70’s films include Kelly’s Heroes (1970), High Plains Drifter (1973), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), The Gauntlet (1977), Every Which Way but Loose (1978) and Escape from Alcatraz (1979).
He made his directorial debut with Play Misty for Me (1971), where he played a radio DJ stalked by an obsessed fan.

05/25/2026

Star Wars, the groundbreaking space opera written and directed by George Lucas, premiered in the United States on this day, May 25, in 1977.
The plot follows farm boy, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), who joins a galactic resistance called the Rebel Alliance to rescue the captured Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), and help destroy the tyrannical Empire’s planet-obliterating superweapon, the Death Star. The film revolutionized cinematic visual effects through Lucas’s pioneering company Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), and became the highest-grossing film of its era.
It received 10 Academy Award nominations and won 6, plus an additional Special Achievement Award, making it the most awarded film at the 50th Academy Awards in 1978.

05/13/2026

Stevie Wonder, the iconic American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer was born on this day, May 13, in 1950. He is widely regarded as one of the most creative and influential musical figures of the 20th century. Blind since infancy, he became a child prodigy known as “Little Stevie Wonder” and signed with Motown Records at just 11 years old.
He released a legendary run of albums in the 1970’s, including Talking Book (1972), Innervisions (1973), and Songs in the Key of Life (1976). He remains the only artist in history to win the Grammy for Album of the Year for three consecutive album releases.

05/12/2026

Happy birthday to stand-up comedian, social critic, and author, George Carlin, who was born on this day, May 12, in 1937. Celebrated for his dark humor and sharp observations on language, politics, and religion. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential comedians of all time, and was even the very first host of Saturday Night Live on October 11, 1975.

04/24/2026

Happy birthday to legendary singer, actress, and filmmaker, Barbra Streisand, born on this day, April 24, in 1942. She is one of the few entertainers to have achieved “EGOT” status, having won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards.

04/20/2026

Annie Hall, the seminal romantic comedy directed by and starring Woody Allen, opened on this day, April 20, in 1977.
It tells the story of Alvy Singer (Allen), a neurotic New York comedian, as he reflects on the rise and fall of his relationship with the quirky aspiring singer Annie Hall, played by Diane Keaton.
It is known for breaking the “fourth wall”, using split-screens, subtitles to show inner thoughts, animated sequences, and Diane Keaton’s menswear-inspired wardrobe, which became a major fashion trend.

04/14/2026

British rock band Queen (frontman Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor, and bassist John Deacon) formed in 1970. They evolved from a progressive rock band into global superstars, blending intricate harmonies with heavy rock. Some of their key albums are Queen (‘73), Sheer Heart Attack (‘74), A Night at the Opera (‘75) and News of the World (‘77). And they released such enduring rock anthems as Killer Queen, Somebody to Love, We Will Rock You, We are the Champions, and the groundbreaking Bohemian Rhapsody, which topped the UK charts for nine weeks.

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28715 Somerset Place
Lathrup Village, MI
48076

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+17347756795

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http://www.ariel-view.com/

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