Kung Fu Panda

Yesterday someone helped me out of my creative downturn and suggested Po from Kung Fu Panda on the Latte Art Requests page.  I tried it out this morning and would have spent more time on better detail, but we had a busy breakfast crowd at ESS.  Here he is!

Pikachu

This latte art design comes from the Latte Art Requests page.  What in the world is Pikachu?  Uh... I had to consult the Wikipedia entry to find out myself.

Bart Simpson

One of the ESS regulars has been issuing daily etching challenges for her decaf caramel/vanilla latte.  I etched Lisa Simpson for her today (sorry, no pic), after etching this Bart Simpson earlier in the morning:

Big Bird and Obama

A few notes on how I'm etching these portraits:

• I pretty much always start with a printed copy of the picture I'm trying to draw.
• The portraits are almost always etched in my own personal latte of the day.  It would take a bit too long to draw one and serve it to the customer...  For real drinks to real customers, I frequently do free-pour art (no etching involved) or something like The Bear or the Daisy (neither of which would take more than 20 extra seconds to serve after pouring.
• Most portraits involve pouring a simple white blob into the center of the crema to start, and etching from there.
• It's incredibly easy to mess up facial features of recognizable characters and make it look nothing like them.  This was the disastrous attempt at Obama:

Snoopy

My favorite cartoon character as a child was Snoopy.  I remember having a huge stuffed animal of him that eventually fell apart after lots of love.  Too bad this latte art version of him makes him look like he has rabbit ears.

Winnie-the-Pooh

Maybe I should put Winnie-the-Pooh in honey lattes?

Sponge Bob Square Pants

Requested by David, a morning breakfast regular at ESS.  Definitely not the prettiest looking texture in the drink though.  And he's missing hands and feet.