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Melissa Almariei

www.caricaturehut.com sarieka@hotmail.com

 

Member profile details

Membership level
Professional Member: Annual Payment
First name
Melissa
Last name
Almariei
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City
Gulfport
U.S. States
Florida
Country
United States
Locations Serviced
Tampa, St. Petersburg, Gulfport, Clearwater, Fort Myers, Miami, Orlando, Jacksonville, Savannah, Biloxi, New Orleans and all over.
Biography
My name is Melissa Sarieka "Gigi" Almariei

sarieka@hotmail.com
Phone 727-642-8423

I offer caricatures, illustrations, cartoons, portraits, and silhouettes. I'm adaptable if you want another style, just ask!

I am also a hat/headress maker, my pieces have been published and in shows under my middle name "Sarieka Headdresses".

See you real soon!

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Published:
beauNU Magazine - Summer Issue June 2018 Page 58-63
IMIRAGEmagazine #203 May 2018 Pages 4-5 and 22-23
Dark Beauty Magazine - October 2017
Tappa Tribune Magazine - Cover / and page 8 May 2015
Images Magazine- Cover and spread, May 2015
Blur Magazine - Cover and spread, November 2013
"Halloween Nation: Behind the Scenes of America's Fright Night" featured Costumes designed by Melissa on pages 28-29. Book By Lesley Pratt Bannatyne, October 2009LK

Awards:
2019 PPA Best of Show "Maiden of the Mist" Headdress by Melissa Sarieka Almariei Photographed by Erich Caparas with assistant Myra Baldwin Thiessen
2019 WPPI Honors of Excellence "Bearded Individual" Headdress Melissa Sarieka Almariei photographed by Erich Caparas with assistant Myra Baldwin Thiessen
2019 The Art Lofts St. Petersburg, 1st Place Best in Show and People's Choice Award

2019 - Cartoon Illustration:Southern Hospitality September 2019
2018 Bozouls Caricature Festival Guest Artist - France
2013 Tampa Bay Mayhem Magazine - cover illustration
"Paper Wars" Military Gaming Magazine Cartoon Illustration: Issue #56 Nov/Dec 2004
"Paper Wars" Military Gaming Magazine Cartoon Illustration: Issue #53 Jan/Feb 2004
"Paper Wars" Military Gaming Magazine Cartoon Illustration: Issue #57 Jan/Feb 2005
"Paper Wars" Military Gaming Magazine Cartoon Illustration: Issue #58 Mar/Apr 2005
"Paper Wars" Military Gaming Magazine Cartoon Illustration: Issue #56 Nov/Dec 2004
"Paper Wars" Military Gaming Magazine Cartoon Illustration: Issue #54 Mar/Apr 2004
Omega Games "Safety Cardz" Illustrated / Edited 82 playing cards 2004

Art Exhibitions / Media

Interview, "Daytime TV", NBC Channel 8 Tampa, FL, August 4, 2022

Interview, "TODOS Tampa Bay", NBC Channel 8 Tampa, FL, August 5, 2022

Featured Artist "Dead Files", Travel Channel, Pinellas Park Episode Season 10/Episode 9 "Cursed" October 2018

Art Entry "End and Beginning of Life" Pastel on Paper (18"x24"), More Than A Woman Art Show, ArtsXchange - St. Petersburg, FL, March 13, 2021

Article, Las Vegas Sun, "Vampire and Wolf Valentine's Day Wedding" February 15, 2014


Mini Film "Red Memory", Tampa Independent Film Festival, Tampa, FL 2004
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