Noel Sampang
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Noel Sampang is a creative artist specializing in gift caricatures and cartoon illustrations. His client list includes Sax Fifth Avenue working on the company’s Christmas card, Dean St Cafe, Bergen Kung Fu Academy, DKNY doing quick caricatures drawings of their employees, and other customer jobs for their personal gifts. Noel is currently working on a children’s book called “One Sunday Afternoon” and will be illustrating and writing the story. He received an Associates Degree in Illustration at Bergen Community College in 1991 and a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts at Montclair State University in 1995. Noel is currently completing his children’s book and his brand new talent. Photography.
Photography
Photography didn’t start out as a strong skill for Noel. In 2005 at a Halloween party at Orange Lantern he decided to take pictures of everyone in their costumes. In the weeks to come, he started taking pics for a number of bands such as Crank and Future 86. A recent quote from Noel makes his point in three simple words, “Photography is 
AWESOME!!!!”
Noel used a point and shoot digital camera at the early stages. He develop a style and technique of taking pics from the side of the waist while looking at the picture viewer rather than taking pictures at eye level. In doing this, he found that interesting photographic compositions and perspectives of the musicians would reveal themselves. As his skill set improved he found the limits of point and shoot cameras wearing on him. He was looking forward to expanding his abilities with a camera that didn’t limit his potential. Noel recently purchased a Canon 30D and is enjoying the vast superiority of the picture quality. He looks forward to showing what he can do with a DSLR!!!
Make sure you keep an eye out for his upcoming work.