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Being able to draw as fast as you can is one of the main abilities of a good caricature artist especially if you want to obtain a lot of gigs (caricature animation at weddings, birthday parties etc…). Indeed, being paid to draw over dozens of people reunited at the same place in only few hours it’s not something that any artist can easily do. Among all the fastest caricature artists of all across the globe, Alani Jimenez is the one who catches the most attention on social media.
With 2 million followers on YouTube, Alani Jimenez, a Dominican artist living in the US, is certainly the most viral of this field. The International Society of Caricature Artists (ISCA) organizes the most impactful caricature convention of the year where tons of creators from all around to world can get the chance to meet up in order to share their common passion which is the “Caricature’s Art”. During this annual reunion, There’s a competition called “The Speed Contest” where the best ones are invited to challenge themselves in front of the world to see who’s really the fastest caricaturist of the year.
In 2019, Alani Jimenez was the winner of this category and received an Award for the ” FASTEST CARICATURIST OF THE YEAR” ! It was the perfect occasion for him to market himself so that he can benefit more audience throughout the social media. Since this particular gratification, he saw his views jumped and then, his Live performance footages started to go viral all over the internet. He’s one of the most followed caricature artists on any online platform such as Instagram (351K followers), Facebook (2M followers) or Tik Tok (2.6M followers). It’s also important to mention that Alani is one of the rare caricaturist of this generation to get an agent especially for his booking requests just like Kevin Nealon or Chris Marvens.
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Nowadays, any type of artist can not only rely on their talent to succeed. Talent in fact is very important because we’ve seen for example so many famous singers got their career destroyed just because of live prestation failure. However in this era that we’re living, social media presence is determinant on how successful our business will be even though you’re just a random person owning a LLC. Alani Jimenez is the perfect example of consistency and relevance because he started his pages from zero followers and now became the most viral caricature artist of the world.