Archive for cartoons
Dragon’s Den invention goes crazy!
Posted by: | CommentsSorry I missed a few days – been working on my new invention
‘Home Helper Robot’ but as you can see this came to an abrupt end.
Back to the drawing board as they say!(As a cartoonist and not an
inventor!)
Cartoon for Valentine’s Day
Posted by: | CommentsFinal reminder for Valentine’s Day! I’m not saying I’m a cheapskate but there are 100 guys in my street!
The cost of Christmas still hangs over me!
Posted by: | CommentsI ‘tried’ to pay off my credit card bills at the weekend – then decided I’d pay a bit of them off when I saw the size of them, it inspired this cartoon…
Cartoons for Craft Creations!
Posted by: | CommentsThis was something a little different that I did for Craft Creations last year. Drawing cartoons to be used as découpage prints. I worked on football/soccer, golf, tennis and lawn bowls designs and below are a couple of examples…(They did the layouts!)
The new Life Smiles die-cut 3D découpage prints are a fun addition to our great range of creative papers.
These five sheets come with one design on each and are ready to simply press out and layer using either
sticky foam pads or silicone adhesive.
All sheets are supplied unpacked. The illustrations are shown much smaller than actual size, each sheet is
A4 size. Layouts may vary slightly from the illustrations shown. 150gsm, acid and lignin free paper.
LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION and cartoon!
Posted by: | CommentsA friend emailed me this today – I thought it was really amusing. Where do they think them up?
LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION
1. Trevor Adams, my assistant programmer,can always be found
2. hard at work at his desk.Trevor works independently,without
3. wasting company time talking to colleagues.Trevor never
4. thinks twice about assisting fellow employees,and he always
5. finishes given assignments on time.Often he takes extended
6. measures to complete his work,sometimes skipping coffee
7. breaks.Trevor is an individual who has absolutely no
8. vanity in spite of his high accomplishments and profound
9. knowledge in his field. I firmly believe that Trevor can be
10. classed as a high-calibre employee, the type that cannot be
11. dispensed with.Consequently, I truly recommend that Trevor be
12. promoted to executive management, and a proposal will be
13. executed as soon as possible.
Addendum. The idiot was watching over my shoulder while I wrote this report.
Kindly re-read only the odd numbered lines.
Stressing out for Christmas!?
Posted by: | Comments…..aaaargh!
Halloween cartoons!
Posted by: | CommentsAs 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!)
How much for a domain name!?!?
Posted by: | CommentsI 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!?
Most embarrassing client meeting!
Posted by: | CommentsI 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!
Posted by: | CommentsI’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!?
