Weddings, Parties and Dog Shows

Evsie Events

Evsie is the name I use to sign my cartoons these days. It was something my wife started to call me when we first got together, and I’d never heard it before. I thought it was very good, and I’ve recently adopted it as one of my noms de plume. Some people, when they see it written down, struggle with pronunciation. They want to say Eve-zee, but the correct way is Ev-zee.
 

Anyway. The slogan is, ‘It’s Not an Event without Evsie’. (Acknowledgements to our solicitor, Mr Stuart Barton, for coining that catch-phrase.) What kind of wedding is it if I’m not there, amusing and delighting the guests with my inky flourishes? It’s not much of a product launch or an open day without the Man With the Pad lighting up the lives of potential clients.

 
As I’m one of the very few people in this region (The Lake District) doing this stuff, I can keep my fees low without any issue about under-cutting, and despite the fact that somebody recently told me I should be charging a thousand pounds, I think that I get paid quite enough for the service I render. I’m not greedy.
 

I’ve done a good few weddings in my time, and I know when to be visible and when to melt into the background, and I know how to dodge waiters if I’m required to work round the tables.
 

For corporate events, such as open days, and product (i.e. latest model car) launches, I’m useful for keeping potential clients occupied while they are waiting to talk turkey with the proprietors, or maybe to entertain kids and spouses who have been dragged along to the function, but are in need of some distraction.
 

Apart from being a good way to lighten up an event, at least 20 guests are going to go home with a permanent reminder of it – I usually prepare a wad of paper with a few details pertaining the event or company printed along the bottom. And people, having had their picture, still sometimes ask – ‘and how much is that?’

‘Nothing! It’s a present from your host’. That really does leave a good impression.

I work in black ink, using a Pentel Brush-pen. I’ve been using these for ten years now, and I think they are utterly brilliant! I still have my first one, and I usually only have to replace them when I lose them.
 

I charge around £175 for a wedding, which will be a day’s work. My half day (less than four hours) rates are around £120.  This applies to any job in the South Lakes area - if I have to travel a longish way, I might need to negotiate for a little more to cover time and fuel.

This page also features work from pay-per-picture events,  such as dog shows and family fun days.  I pay the organisers, and charge a small fee (usually a fiver) for each person or pooch I draw.  It must be remembered that these drawings take around ten minutes, so there is no time for polishing.  Princess Kitten and I are joint members of Made in Cumbria, so we are likely to be seen at shows in the area all the year round.

To see me at work, go to YouTube, and type 'Evsie'. 

Any questions? Go to the contacts page, and send me an email.