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A BIT OF A LOW-KEY ENTRY today my lovelies, ---but to be honest it's 'behind-the scenes' imagery like this that probably reveals how us silly artists put these silly doodles together---or at any rate, I know that I myself always appreciates this sort of thing when it is done by other artists.
There is a lot of utter tosh written about 'how the cartoonist needs to buy expensive gear in the Modern Age'---often by artists who lack any real talent, as they feebly attempt to blind the impressionable onlooker with science-------- although, some really good artists spread this s*** around deliberately, also........presumably to [pathetically] 'mystify' what they are doing and to deter competition from other artists. Yep, some cartoonists CAN be quite shellfish----but to me, there is room for ALL good cartoonists everywhere---just steer clear of some of the more disreputable sites who tend to be made up of frightful snobs, and humorless misery-guts, despite their day job. This deliberate 'smokescreen' of smug superiority attempted by dodgy toonsmiths---at all levels------ is perhaps the biggest farcical [attempted] corruption of this subject of cartoonery.
EXPENSIVE GEAR?-------- JUST LOOK BELOW!
The proof can be seen with your own perfectly good two eyes: ALL these cartoons, even the very best, highly polished ones, ---start off as really quick pencil sketches on freebie scrap-paper, the next stage being these pencil roughs are strengthened using commonly-availible biro ballpoint pens, which I buy a pack once a year for two bucks for 20 pens.
WHY DRAW IN BIRO?:
----Basically, it is so quick and easy, the pen just glides effortlessly, and this speedy method of drawing usually ends up with more pleasing results...yes, proper ink and steel nibs gives a superior sheen and I still use this now and again. Its' just EASIER and QUICKER to draw in biro, though.
The Unfinished drawings here were good enough in their own right, but in this case the expression I was after just wasn't 'quite right' so here is a fairly rare example of me doing THREE roughs before deciding on the desirable facial expression on Koong King.
For a more polished result, the selected sketch is then tarted up via computer. Again, I always use FREE open-source coloring.image-manipulation programs, and avoid expensive 'elitist' applications such as Photoshop, who are simply milking gullible suckers for all they are worth---I am able to SELL cartoon artwork for hard dosh, using minimal financial outlay.
No doubt some 'purists' will scoff at my working methods, but there are most certainly some cartoonists out there with pricey equipment that are not coming up with stuff that is especially any good, I know this for a fact.
RAB L. ROUSER
There is a lot of utter tosh written about 'how the cartoonist needs to buy expensive gear in the Modern Age'---often by artists who lack any real talent, as they feebly attempt to blind the impressionable onlooker with science-------- although, some really good artists spread this s*** around deliberately, also........presumably to [pathetically] 'mystify' what they are doing and to deter competition from other artists. Yep, some cartoonists CAN be quite shellfish----but to me, there is room for ALL good cartoonists everywhere---just steer clear of some of the more disreputable sites who tend to be made up of frightful snobs, and humorless misery-guts, despite their day job. This deliberate 'smokescreen' of smug superiority attempted by dodgy toonsmiths---at all levels------ is perhaps the biggest farcical [attempted] corruption of this subject of cartoonery.
EXPENSIVE GEAR?-------- JUST LOOK BELOW!
The proof can be seen with your own perfectly good two eyes: ALL these cartoons, even the very best, highly polished ones, ---start off as really quick pencil sketches on freebie scrap-paper, the next stage being these pencil roughs are strengthened using commonly-availible biro ballpoint pens, which I buy a pack once a year for two bucks for 20 pens.
WHY DRAW IN BIRO?:
----Basically, it is so quick and easy, the pen just glides effortlessly, and this speedy method of drawing usually ends up with more pleasing results...yes, proper ink and steel nibs gives a superior sheen and I still use this now and again. Its' just EASIER and QUICKER to draw in biro, though.
The Unfinished drawings here were good enough in their own right, but in this case the expression I was after just wasn't 'quite right' so here is a fairly rare example of me doing THREE roughs before deciding on the desirable facial expression on Koong King.
For a more polished result, the selected sketch is then tarted up via computer. Again, I always use FREE open-source coloring.image-manipulation programs, and avoid expensive 'elitist' applications such as Photoshop, who are simply milking gullible suckers for all they are worth---I am able to SELL cartoon artwork for hard dosh, using minimal financial outlay.
No doubt some 'purists' will scoff at my working methods, but there are most certainly some cartoonists out there with pricey equipment that are not coming up with stuff that is especially any good, I know this for a fact.
RAB L. ROUSER
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