Re: GAME-ON! Please join in

by Simon Lake on Wed 10 Mar - 8:00

That would be stunning! Good ruse to move the thread up as well.

by Leah-Admin on Wed 10 Mar - 8:19

They do look nice. I made one with a few of my earlier toons already. They are great for showing off your wares to potential clients as well as gifts and keepsakes. The paper is nice and thick and so on.

Meanwhile I think lulu.com allow you to create comic style books and sell them via their site, that might be a fun project for later on. Maybe we could start our own magazine (like poot but not poot) Smile

Lulu and sites like them don't charge you to create books. They just take a royalty when they sell. (I think)

Details here:
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Comic Book
6.625 x 10.25 in.
32-740 pages
Download Zip File (372k) for template
Interior & Cover Templates

No harm in thinking large, these things are easier to get going via cyber space than one may think.

by cartunes-r-us on Wed 10 Mar - 22:17

hope I'm not lowering the tone here:

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by Simon Lake on Thu 11 Mar - 1:30

The chance would be a fine thing Rab. I just love the way you do that old school varying thickness of line. It gives your drawing real dimension so much so that you don't really need to shade or colour at all. Do you use an ink pen or brush? I've tried to do that but failed miserably. A dying and enviable trait.

by Leah-Admin on Thu 11 Mar - 2:09

I am so glad you drew this Rab, as I thought of a funny (in my opinion) gag for our strip but was wondering how I'd work it in! Now I can Smile

Next toon coming soon (ooh poet I am!)

by Leah-Admin on Thu 11 Mar - 2:47

We'll have Rab's new toon as the start of episode two Smile

'Making Baby'

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by Leah-Admin on Thu 11 Mar - 9:02

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This is Simon's latest toon.

by Leah-Admin on Thu 11 Mar - 10:39

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by Leah-Admin on Thu 11 Mar - 10:46

Note: please post pics in here and pic banter here and I'll copy pics over to the other threads later. That way we keep things tidy and easy for members and guests to follow - Ta chaps (anal of me I know!)

by cartunes-r-us on Thu 11 Mar - 23:12

Simon: I've tried inking by brush, which I agree looks great, but I've never begun to master it either.....I picked up an idea from the MAD artist who done 'SPY vs SPY: ' he drew 'fake' flexible lines, where he filled in two seperate ink lines with black, and this is what I often do: not as cool or skilled as ink-brushing, but good for a bold ink effect.

Some great imaginitive variations on this idea: well done, you two!

by cartunes-r-us on Thu 11 Mar - 23:28

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by Leah-Admin on Fri 12 Mar - 3:27

Hi guys

I have created a new thread for one-off egg head gag cartoons that don't fit the flow of the story but are funny anyway. I've had a couple of ideas (yet to scan and what not) which I will post there and I see Rab has created a fabulous gag cartoon again! Well done Rab.

We still have pregnancy to get though yet though! Wink

Imagine a pregnant egg?

by Simon Lake on Fri 12 Mar - 5:04

Um.......