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Hard-Drive Clear-Out:

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BRAND-NEW wonders are most definitely on the way, readers, but firstly, I'm transferring existing stock onto the site before totally de-cluttering my hard-drive, which is over- weighed with 'historical artefacts'. THIS  cartoon here has appeared  on here before in black-and-white form, and here's the 'almost-finished' color version, which has appeared elsewhere, but not on here. I say 'almost finished' as it's still a bit rough around the edges, but rather than stick too slavishly to the past, it's high time to move onto brand-new drawings, and much of these are already in-progress. I'm just adding these 'also-ran' entries before they are consigned to History altogether: but rest assured, much new material is in the pipeline and will be on display here, very shortly. Thank you for your interest and co-operation! [P.S: the break I took recently was down to work commitments: I was very pleased to see a high 'visitor count' on he

Rough-n-Ready:

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HERE'S a few very recent cartoon sketches I done for a well-known cartoonist's site. Much of my time this year has been spent trying to work out how to do digital color, and although it was/is fascinating and worthwhile, the sheer 'artificiality' of it all eventually proved off-putting, so for a wee while at least, I am more than happy to return to good old pencil-and-paper. It has been an absolute relief to return to this much more natural method of doing cartoons, ---don't get me wrong, the potential and flexibility of computerized manipulation is very impressive and handy-------but the sheer pleasure of sketching out pencils is so straightforwards and instant, it appeals to me much more than any modern embellishments. Enjoi!!! More black inkings/color versions will follow.......