Re: All my own shirk......

by Simon Lake on Sat 17 Jul - 4:25

Leah-Admin wrote:

I'm taking this cartooning business very seriously now.

So you should too. It's a very serious business and you are showing the most amazing potential as of late. We all agreed on that one? Rob understands about the Range of Motion principle Leah. I wanted to say that your fights in the Car Park were very stiff. I'm chuffed that he's accepted them and all that but you could benefit in the future by studying body language like Tom and Jerry. I have some extracts on this from the Academy that I will dig out.

by Leah-Admin on Sat 17 Jul - 7:00

Simon Lake wrote:
Leah-Admin wrote:

I'm taking this cartooning business very seriously now.

So you should too. It's a very serious business and you are showing the most amazing potential as of late. We all agreed on that one? Rob understands about the Range of Motion principle Leah. I wanted to say that your fights in the Car Park were very stiff. I'm chuffed that he's accepted them and all that but you could benefit in the future by studying body language like Tom and Jerry. I have some extracts on this from the Academy that I will dig out.

Yes I agree a 100%!!!

It didn't even occur to me at that time, but looking at Robs toons I became more aware of it. I didn't refer to my Beanos re the VIZ comic strip, because VIZ style is so very different. I just got the image in my head of how it should look and then started drawing. But definitely movement is my next mission...that and of course wising up re these technical sizing matters and wot not.

by cartunes-r-us on Thu 22 Jul - 8:04

Leah/Simon/anyone else interested: I reckon the most important part of cartooning is the 'feeling' [it's like a spirit] that goes into the rough pencil sketches....this is the real creative stuff, in my view. [I'ts also the most enjyable, and I don't mind doing it, even if I'm not being paid at the mo'.]

Polished inking and cool colour are the icing on the cake, but effective character poses---and expression, whether it's facial or body language------ are what it's all about in my view. Just practice on cheapo paper, after you get the hang of it you can belt these babies out in seconds.

by cartunes-r-us on Mon 26 Jul - 20:55

Here's the latest:

by Simon Lake on Tue 27 Jul - 18:31

The intricacy never ceases to astound me! Thanks for keeping us up to speed Rob!

by cartunes-r-us on Tue 27 Jul - 20:30

Thanks, Simon! I always try and make the cartoons easy to 'read' however: it should always be clear what is happening.

Lots of blank space helps a lot, and also designing the drawing so your eyes are directed to the important bits.

by cartunes-r-us on Sat 7 Aug - 5:32

Money can't buy you poverty:

by cartunes-r-us on Mon 16 Aug - 8:06

and this week:

by Simon Lake on Mon 16 Aug - 23:04

As radical as ever Rob. You rock this Forum. affraid

by Leah-Admin on Tue 17 Aug - 4:23

Love it!

by cartunes-r-us on Tue 17 Aug - 8:52

thank you, kind readers!

As suggested by Simon, the results should be better if I move over to 'posh' paper: bristol board, after the awful cheapo paper I have been using up til now.......

All future entries on here should be better scans, I should have done this ages ago.

The first pencil on decent paper has already been started.

by Simon Lake on Thu 19 Aug - 6:40

Or Saunders. Anything is better than that cheap ass copier paper. Just a simple sketch pad. It's really half the battle.

by cartunes-r-us on Mon 30 Aug - 5:33

Last week's cartoons included copyrighted characters, so I chose not to put them on the site to be on the safe side.

Back onto characters created by me however.

This one is called: 'Attack of the Macy Day Balloon:

by Simon Lake on Mon 30 Aug - 14:39

He's getting awful close to our Ronnie.

by cartunes-r-us on Mon 30 Aug - 20:39

I'm flattered you remember my character's name, Simon!