Chewing Pencils

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My boys are right into Bob the Builder at the moment. Basically it’s a kids show that tells of the adventures of Bob and his construction vehicles as they operate a building and construction business.
One of Bob’s catch-cries is this: REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE!
It’s a great environmental theme that runs through the show, but I […]

Method 3:- Advertising
This method of getting your work sold is perhaps more about promoting yourself rather than your actual work. Nevertheless, advertising your services is one or the tried and tested methods to get yourself some paying cartoon work.
Where you advertise will depend on the sort of work you do. For instance, if one of […]

I came across Comic Tools by MK Reed this week, a blog devoted to sharing what tools and media cartoonists’ use to produce their work
For example, this little bit about pencils from artist Matthew Bernier:
I hate sharpening pencils, and I hate reloading pencils. My solution? Paper mate Sharpwriters. Disposable yellow plastic pieces of crap, they have #2 HB […]

A question, and a frequently asked one at that, appeared in my box last week. Mico writes:
I am an aspiring cartoonist and enthusiast reader of your cartoon blogs. Anyway I have a stupid:-) question. What is the range of annual earning from assignments obtained from internet only? If you don’t mind can you please tell […]

Congratulations to Ming from Artmaker for being selected as the very first Chewing Pencils Group Drawing Project winner!
Darren Rowse from ProBlogger chose this cartoon (above) from seventeen entries as his favourite, with Tony from Success from the Nest chosen as runner up. Adrian from Antrageous, Dave from The Cartoon Blog and Ricemutt from Experiments in […]

Technically, there are still four hours left to get your submissons in for the Chewing Pencils Group Drawing Project. If you happen to send something between now and midnight, it WILL be included - but I’m exhausted from a day of throwing rocks in the river with my boys. Time for bed!
So, here are the final […]

In Australia, The Stanley’s are the national awards given by The Australian Cartoonists’ Association. The conference was held over the weekend, with a big party to announce the winners on Saturday night.
Here’s who got what:

THE STANLEY AWARDS
The Australian Cartoonists’ Association Cartoonist Awards
Melbourne’s Herald Sun’s Mark Knight has been named The Age Cartoonist Of The […]

Depending on where you are in the world, there’s only about 24 hours left to get your submissions in for the Chewing Pencils Christmas Cartoon Drawing Project!
All submissions and the guidelines for entry can be found by clicking here (or on the reindeer image).
This latest group of cartoons again shows an amazing diversity of styles in both artwork […]

There’s still a few days left before Darren sits down and makes the tough decision about who will be the ‘winner’ of the first Chewing Pencils Group Drawing Project.
Keep in mind though that the drawing of the cartoons is only the first part of the project - the second part is to try and sell […]