CCGB #144

Subject:PHONE

New items in the shop...

Zazzle store now open!

Yup - I've gone and created my own zazzle shop!

http://www.zazzle.co.uk/voxtoons*

And here is the first T-Shirt!

http://www.zazzle.co.uk/please_dont_mind_me_tshirt-235668404274325548

CCGB #142

The cartoonist with no name

Me, as "the cartoonist with no name"...  A  little private piece I did to promote my my new site...

OOOeeeOOOeeeOOO....wah-wah-waaaaahhh....  :)

CARICATOONS is Live!

The new online shop for custom cartoons for that someone special is now up and running!  If you're looking for a unique gift, why not have a browse?

http://www.caricatoons.co.uk

CCGB #136

GluvZilla

This is our Family "Glove Monster" - people think we're weird... :)

CCGB #135

A bit of explanation?  British animators warned this week that unless the government introduces significant tax breaks, the British animation industry could disappear from the UK as it moves overseas to cut production costs...

CCGB #134

I've got two ideas for this week's caption - and I've finished both. Which one gets used will depend on which one my family likes...

CCGB #133

I'll admit - this one takes some explaining... :)

The theme of this weeks competition is "HOPE". I'm currently a moderator on the CCGB forum, and I've run the competition in the past. It's been a running joke that the Competition Moderators need tin hats to protect them from all the flack that they get, as well as an optional gold lame dress (it's a glamorous competition you know). My Avatar on the forum is a cartoon of me in a tin hat, watching out for incoming missiles, so the person in this cartoon is me, dressed in my CCGB finery, holding the winners trophy that i HOPE will win this week - geddit?

CCGB #132

Cold Snap

CCGB #131

Samuel L. Jackson

Clever idea

Something that's been mentioned over at the CCGB forums recently is selling original artwork. For someone like me, who works mainly digitially, this is a bit of a nightmare, as I obviously have no original artwork to sell (unless I create it again). The wonderful Steve Bright has come up with a hybrid solution for us digital creatives - for colour cartoons, simply print the colour layer, and then ink over the top of it.

It's so simple, it's brilliant! Why didn't I think of this before...

CCGB #130

CCGB #129

CCGB #128

News, news, news...

Firstly, happy new year everyone! I hope you all had a good christmas (mine was pretty good overall) and an enjoyable new year.

Secondly, the news. Exiting things are happening at Raven Towers. As I mentioned previously, I did some commisions just before christmas, and the response was such that I'm in the process of setting up a new website just to deal with the commisions side of my work. I can't say too much at present, as it's still in the planning stages, but hopefully, it'll be up and running before March. keep an eye on this blog, as I'll be announcing it here first.

I've noticed that my cartooning speed in increasing. This is good news, as it means I can produce more, including possibly submitting some more cartoons to Private Eye (I did recently, and got a lovely note from Ian Hislop, no less).

On the hardware side, my tablet now has Manga Studio EX4 (thanks Shelly), which will give me even more cartoon creation options than ever before. I'm also in the process of trying cartoons on canvas, using acrylic paints (more on this when it happens). All in all, January / February is going to be a very exiting time for me, cartooning wise.

My day job however, is making increasing demands on me - oh well, I suppose I'd rather be busy than bored... :)