As it’s Halloween – I thought I’d show you a couple of Halloween cartoons I did for a His ‘N’ Hers calendar a few years ago…(These His ‘N’ Hers calendars are aimed at the mass market so are safe for general consumption!)
Halloween cartoons!
October 31, 2009 by cartooninggeniusChristmas Card design-come-safety-cartoon!
October 29, 2009 by cartooninggeniusHere’s a cartoon I drew for a client last year – it was to illustrate you should still think about safety even at Christmas.
And a quick ABC of safety….
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Better to have two on the job than one in the hospital.
Carbon monoxide is the “silent killer”, install CO detectors.
No, it’s NOT too early to be thinking of Christmas Card designs!
September 14, 2009 by cartooninggeniusIt’s the second week into September and already I am working on 5 bespoke company Christmas greetings cards! So it’s not too early to be thinking about yours.
Here’s a few that I did last year for clients…
Start Fast Finish Strong!
September 11, 2009 by cartooninggeniusHave a look at the cartoon video I worked on for Gary Ryan Blair for his 100 Day Challenge – Start Fast Finish Strong.
http://www.cartoonstudio.co.uk
For some unknown reason I just couldn’t get it to work on here!?
How much for a domain name!?!?
September 10, 2009 by cartooninggeniusI recently enquired about the domain name www.cartoonstudio.com as I have the .co.uk and .biz versions. Here’s the reply I got…
Thank you for your inquiry.
Please be advised that the current owner of the domain name does not really sell many names.
However, if you wish to pursue the purchase of the domain, the current registrant has advised us we can forward offers $100,000.00 USD or higher to determine if they want to consider the offer.
$100,000.00! Looks like I’ll have to stick with what I’ve got unless I have a multi-million lottery win!
I have loadsa money - let me buy a .com domain name!
At least no other cartoonist will be able to afford it either – if they wanted it!?
Loser Lee cartoon strip!
August 26, 2009 by cartooninggeniusA client asked me if I had any ‘circus’ related cartoons. I knew I’d drawn a cartoon on ‘tight rope walking’ one some years. And managed to find it in an old ‘Loser Lee’ cartoon strip I created twenty odd years ago. Why I ever thought a ‘loser’ cartoon character would be a success I’ll never know!
Here’s one of them…
It wasn’t the sort of thing my client was after by the way!
Get Motivated with Cartoon Motivators!
August 22, 2009 by cartooninggeniusHere’s a cartoon from my other blog http://www.motivationalcartoons.co.uk
I draw and publish a new Cartoon Motivator five days a week – so if you need motivating get yourself over there!
Cartoon FLIP BOOK to illustrate change of company name!
August 19, 2009 by cartooninggeniusThis was something a bit different for me to draw up – even after all my years drawing cartoons I’d never done artwork for a flip book. You’ve seen those books where you flip through the pages to produce an animation!?
Brian Belstirling of The Copy Center asked me if I was able to morph their old logo ‘The Copy Center’ into his new company logo ‘Commerce Print Strategies’. He provided high res files for both logos and then we discussed a few ideas and finally agreed that we would pump up the old logo until it blew up and then all the bits floated down into the new one.
Here’s Brian’s original sketch…
Most embarrassing client meeting!
July 30, 2009 by cartooninggeniusI don’t usually meet clients at home – but in this case the client was local to me and popped in to my house to discuss a caricature job.(I work from home now – I did have a studio in town for about 12 years.) My dog Jet couldn’t resist being in on the meeting while the lady in question was briefing me for three caricatures.
The embarrassing thing was – Jet kept dropping stinkers!
How embarrassing was this?
Luckily she saw the funny side of it – Jet got booted out of the meeting and I did go onto complete the three caricatures!
You guessed it – I won’t be conducting any more client meetings at home!
Wacom graphics tablet!
July 7, 2009 by cartooninggeniusI’ve had Wacom graphic tablets for a few years now – they’ve gathered loads of dust! I’ve never got around to using them properly. I’m a cartoonist of the old school – pen and ink on cartridge paper.(Then scanning into my Mac.)
So, I’ve finally decided it time to use my A4 sized one. (It cost me a pretty penny!) My thinking behind this is to eliminate me going from my computer to my drawing board, drawing and then going back to the computer and scanning in. Doesn’t sound much when my drawing board is two feet away from my computer.
One of my favorite excuses for not using the tablet is: ‘you have to look at the screen to draw and it’s just not natural’. I know there are now really expensive versions of the Wacom tablets (Cintiq 12WX) where you draw directly onto a screen – but my wife won’t let me buy one!
Anyway, here’s a cartoon I just made up as I went along.
I suppose this works fine for the quick drawing style. But normally I tend to rough out my cartoons in pencil and then trace over them neatening them up as I go along on a light box.
Watch this space – or Ebay if I decide to sell it.
Your comments appreciated!?
