ARTSY BLOG By Candy Ng

Everything you need to know before booking a live event artist in Melbourne. Live illustration, engraving, and calligraphy explained, plus the questions to ask before you book in. By Candy Ng - Melbourne Live event illustrator who does 70 events each year. 

Personalised keepsakes are one of the most powerful things you can give a guest ... something with their name on it that they’ll actually keep, not leave on the table next to the empty champagne flutes and forget about it.

But now you’re faced with a choice: live free-hand engraving or laser engraving?

They sound similar, but they provide completely different experiences for your guests.

Let me break it down ...because the difference matters more than most people realise when they’re planning an event.

  There’s a moment that happens at almost every luxury brand event I work at. A guest walks past my station. They glance over, maybe slow down a li...

So you’re planning an event. You’ve seen something on Instagram -  an artist at a fancy brand activation, drawing people live, and the guests are ...

Have you ever heard of the Japanese concept wabi-sabi? Wabi-sabi is a Japanese philosophy that celebrates beauty in things that are imperfect, temp...

The Live Event Artist Who Does It All One of the things clients often say after we've worked together is: "I didn't realise we could combine all...

In luxury retail and brand activations, personalisation has become one of the most meaningful ways to connect with guests. Rather than simply purch...