Chewing Pencils

I’ve been sick for the last few months with different things, and last week ended up in hospital. Went there by ambulance too…fun times!
Anyway, I need to spend some time recovering, so there will be no new posts here for a week or so.
In the mean time, draw well!

A competition for Aussie caricaturists. Some good prize money on offer, so if you’re down under, give this one a go! Thanks to Jason Chatfield for the heads up.
Artists are invited to submit entries for the Inaugural Michael Collins Caricature Award 2006, a prestigious award for the best caricature of a past or present, famous […]

Tip 10:- Think Long term
The final installment in my series on Tips for Becoming a Professional Cartoonist involves long term planning. As much as we like to dream about it, no cartoonist has ever sat down, picked up a pencil and become an instant hit. There has always been long hours, days, weeks and years […]

Mark Anderson is a professional, freelance cartoonist, operating out of his home in the Chicago area. He is married to Margie, with two kids and 3.5 pets. He also has a fetish for spiderman toys, but swears he doesn’t have a ‘thing’ for men in red and blue Lycra.
Recently, Mark gave his website (http://www.andertoons.com/) […]

I received this via email today. I can’t vouch for anything these guys say as I don’t know them personally, but it seems to be legit from what I could tell. Anyway, if you’re looking for something to enter, give this one a go!
Call for Artworks
‘Young Art’ 2006 is an inaugural annual event, from the […]

I’ll be talking about the importance of a work space in my next tip, but thought a link to the “On My Desk” blog was worth its own post.
Basically it’s a site were artists post pictures of what their workspace looks like. Some of them will make you spit with envy!
Take a look at “on My […]

A great place to get advice, ask questions or simply hang out (in a virtual way) with other cartoonists and illustrators is the online forum. There are hundreds of different forums based all over the world - some are good while others are not worth a second look.
Many professional organisations have forums that members can […]