I had taught a China student about 8 years ago, unfortunately before she really learn the skill, she and her whole family had started undercut me; many event companies was very happily use her low cost services.
Recent years, thought there are up to 10 or maybe 20 silhouette artists in Singapore's event market, many of them was thinking Singaporean and the public do not know what is Portrait Silhouette, so they are dare to cheat in the event.
Based my experiences (there are sure got people tell my they are my senior in Singapore, this is common), let me tell you, as a PROFESSIONAL SILHOUETTE ARTIST IN SINGAPORE, he or she must:
- able to produce a silhouette within ONE minutes because silhouette art is sort of line art, no need to do any color shading etc.
- must able to do roving, walk around type, because you need to observe the side face of the guests in more angles otherwise you are cheating
- those who wanted to draw the outline first, already show he/she is a cheater
- The artwork must super realistic
- You must be able to compare your artwork to the guest's real face side by side to show your accuracy, otherwise your still not qualified
