Archive for Cartoon Characters
Get on the World Cup bandwagon!
Posted by: | CommentsIt’s the 2010 FIFA World Cup – the 19th one starts in June, isn’t it time you thought about jumping on the massive bandwagon that’s started to roll? Campaigns to promote your products with cartoon humour? Here’s some soccer/football related cartoons I did a couple of World Cup’s ago…
This series of cartoons appeared in national newspapers in conjunction with England’s games in the 1998 World Cup.
I was asked to create two cartoon characters who were football crazy. They
would never leave the TV throughout the whole of the World Cup.
The main characteristic of both Norm and Joe was that they were total couch
potatoes and over-ate (and over-drank – but this was later eliminated for
obvious reasons!) Here they are getting ready for the World Cup tournament to start.
This cartoon was drawn to coincide with an England player getting sent off. And, unfortunately their chances of getting any further in the competition comes to an end.
How about creating some similar cartoons to run along side the next tournament? There’s going to be a big audience!
Loser Lee cartoon strip!
Posted by: | CommentsA 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!
Cartoon video for Everything Counts web site intro!
Posted by: | CommentsThe below cartoon video was produced with Gary Ryan Blair of The Goals Guy. Gary emailed me the audio file and I listened to this and jotted down ideas, then drew up all the cartoons to suit the script and emailed them back to him. There was some going backwards and forwards before we got all the cartoons right. It was something new for me to work on and was very challenging. A very enjoyable project!
“Through the use of fun, entertaining and educational cartoon videos on your website you can generate massive leads, explode your sales and gain far reaching publicity for your business or cause. I know first hand the power and impact of online marketing videos created by my friend and colleague Richard Duszczak of the Cartoon Studio.” Gary Ryan Blair
Old home page cartoon!
Posted by: | CommentsHi, I was just looking in my archives and came across my original home page cartoon. The small planets were clickable buttons.
Cartoon for original Cartoon Studio home page!
What do you reckon?
Danny Smell The Cartoonist From Hell!
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Hi, just had a look back in my archives and found this in a folder dated 6th March 1999. It was an early artwork on the computer and I was experimenting with the Painter software. This piece was a promotional piece outlining that you should employ a top quality professional cartoonist(Like myself) as opposed to some amateur who wasn’t 100% dedicated!
Danny Smell The Cartoonists From Hell!
Just look at the email address! I can’t believe I used that. It must have been before I knew anything about domain names. No wonder no one ever found my web site! Try spelling that out over the phone when someone asks you for your web site address! I must have lost more work with people getting frustrated trying to find me on the Internet.
I did eventually get the message and go out and start purchasing domain names – the first being http://www.cartoonstudio.co.uk I wanted the .com version but someone had bought it already and has never done anything with it!
Anyway, back to Danny Smell – I think I did do another strip and I’ll see if I can dig it out.
Any comments welcome!
Line dancing – greetings card cartoon!
Posted by: | CommentsSome friends asked if we wanted to go line dancing at the weekend – well I can say now that this could be fun or total embarrassment. But I’ll give it a go.
I knew I’d drawn a cartoon for a greetings card for Marks & Spencer some years ago – not very complimentary but that was the humour at the time!
Birthday card design - Line Dancing!
Cartoons for Planet Science web site!
Posted by: | CommentsHere are a few cartoons I did for an educational web site: Planet Science along with a testimonial from the editor!
Levers
So what’s the big deal about levers? Well, they are simple machines that help make your life easier. Have a look at this….
Archimedes (Greek mathematician, 287 to 212 B.C.) said, “Give me a place to stand and I will move the Earth,” meaning that if he had a lever long enough, he could move the Earth by his own effort. At the very least we can show that a child can lift an adult:
Archimedes lifting the Earth!
You will need:
* An adult
* A child
* A brick or block of wood
* A plank of wood 1 inch thick and at least 4 feet long
What to do:
1. Make a lever by placing the plank over the wood block.
2. To take advantage of the properties of the lever, make sure the fulcrum (wood block) is closer to the end of the lever on which the adult will stand.
3. Have the adult stand on the short end and the child stand on the long end. What happens?
4. If the child cannot lift the adult, adjust the fulcrum so that it is closer to the side on which the adult is standing.
“We’ve used Richard a lot for various features on http://www.planet-science.com
His cartoons and illustrations are winners for us, I think because at
heart he’s a very talented artist and can draw anything well. He has a
great knack of being able to quickly absorb what it is you’re aiming at
and adding loads of wit, cuteness and clever ideas to your project,
whilst listening and using any feedback you have for him too. He has
always met (some pretty tight!) deadlines and is great at sticking to
your budget if you have a limit. Thanks Richard!”
http://www.planet-science.com/sciteach/index.html?page=/experiment/
Katie Walsh, Editor, www.planet-science.com
Cartoon Mouse character!
Posted by: | CommentsHi Richard.
Have just browsed through your site and really like your work. Very good indeed. Smashing. I have a project that has been ‘in the melting pot’ for some time due to not finding the right guy (gal) to illustrate a children’s book (yes, yet another one!) for me and my chum Roger (who lives on the Isle of Skye). I have my own small publishing set up, and will self-publish the first book of a series of six in all…..and have worked in book production, teaching, computer training. I can draw a bit (a handicap really) and have managed to originate characters for this book we have and have created lots of grungy black and white Photoshopped background images…… I’ve always seen the illustrations as being gritty, sooty, black and white, splodgy etc….but I am open to suggestions now as finding the right sort of illustrator has proved difficult…..so maybe a different tack might get the project rolling again. I’ll not ramble on too much for now…but maybe what I (we) need is a simpler approach…and cartoon style has been in the back of my mind. So, my question is what kind of rates do you work for? Are you too busy? Can we swap ideas back and forwards just so you get some idea of the work involved….I’ve found that some of the illustrators I’ve approached have been far too expensive, and quite inflexible……when really what Roger and myself are looking for is a chap who could work with us……be sympathetic (if you’ve got the ’sym’ we’ve got the pathetic) Sorry to sound vague…but I’m sure you’ve heard this kind of pitch before. Apologies for the flippant email….its getting later in the day…but it’s a very nice project…..seriously. Best wishes………Steve T
Here’s what I came up with…
He's a mining mouse!
Unfortunately he wasn’t too impressed and I didn’t get the project. Don’t know if anyone else did!
You can’t win them all.
Humorous greetings cards – Pig Tales!
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Pig Tales greeting card gag!
Here’s a cartoon I did years ago for a humorous cartoon calendar titled ‘Pig Tales’. It was a yearly job usually created in January/February for the following New Year. Each year I would submit 20 ideas for Jarrold’s Publishing to choose the 12 months from. So I must have about 100 ideas/artworks on file. I’m thinking of resurrecting them as a range of greetings cards. I think the ideas still hold up well.
What do you think?
Doctor Knobbs' Bad Advice! Part 1
Posted by: | CommentsMy wife sent me an email from work with some’ bad advice’ about keeping fit and dieting.
Although I found this very funny – don’t do this at home!
Doctor 'Bad Advice' Knobb
Doctor’s Advice Q: I’ve heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life; is this true?
A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that’s it… Don’t waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that’s like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap.
