Hockney similarly combines photographic processes with hand drawn and painted elements, creating works that blend media in a playful and conceptual manner. His irreverent wit and willingness to subvert traditional image making closely mirrors the humorous and whimsical spirit found in Cocktails.

Samaras is known for directly manipulating photographic surfaces and adding hand applied marks to gelatin silver and Polaroid prints, a technique that parallels Wegman's use of applied ink on photographic media. His conceptual and often playful distortions of photographic imagery share a strong kinship with this specific mixed media approach.

Baldessari frequently combined photography with hand applied painted or drawn elements to create humorous and conceptually rich works that challenge the documentary nature of the photograph. His use of wit and his mixed media interventions on photographic surfaces align closely with the approach Wegman demonstrates in Cocktails.