Oh my God . That ' s steep . Try an art student ! That ' s what I ' m doing . I hired a senior from the local high school . Not only is he ecstatic about it , but it ' s only going to be $ 100 an hour , for 3 ish hours . So if you know anybody who attends or works at a local high school or art school , you could try that out ! Edit As a bonus , there ' s so much you can work with there , instead of just a generic caricature artist , you can get someone with a unique art style . My artist has a comic booklike style , and he can also do caricatures , real lifestill life drawings , and a lot more . If you get someone from a school , you ' re likely to get someone more versatile and unique , instead of a cookie cutter artist . I say this because when I looked at actual caricature artists who charged starting at $ 250 an hour . no thanks , they pretty much all looked the same . Obviously I can ' t say the same for you , but for me , I ' d rather go with an art student regardless .