Chewing Pencils

Here’s more proof that you can make virtually any software package work for you if you use it properly - the Mona Lisa using MS Paint. Amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk2sPl_Z7ZU

In the second installment of this series, I negotiated to receive 50% of the payment up front and finalised some details before beginning the drawing. In this post I’ll outline the communication that flew back and forward about the drafts for the project.
Here is the email I sent with the initial draft below:
Hi Stephen,
Here’s a pencil […]

This weeks Feature Artist comes from the land of the long white cloud. Bee is one of Chewing Pencil’s most regular visitors and has some wonderful insight into the art world. As a mark of respect, the next Chewing Pencils Group Project will be to guess how old she is…(cheeky grin).
NAME: Bee Mackey
AGE: Ummm … […]

This is the second part of a series tracking a cartoon project from the intial query through to delivery of the finished image to the client. Part one can be read here. So far the communication has been about requirements for the piece and negotiations on price and rights. The client has little experience in […]

Came across this site recently, and although I haven’t set up a gallery yet, it does look like it holds potential to help you make a few extra dollars by opening another avenue to sell your work.
There are literally thousands of pieces of art for sale, so it must be working for somebody!
Click on the image […]

In this series I will take you through a project I recently completed for a small client in Melbourne. Feel free to ask any questions about why I did what I did!
To start with, here is the intial email I received from the client and my response:
My name is Stephen from Melbourne and I am […]

Cartoonist Johnny Hart, whose award-winning BC comic strip appeared in more than 1300 newspapers worldwide, has died while working on a comic strip at his home in the US.
The 76-year-old had been working in his studio in his New York state home when he died.
“He had a stroke,” Hart’s wife, Bobby, said today.
“He died at […]

NAME:Gina Taylor
AGE: 36
LOCATION: Cincinnati, OH, USA
SITE URL: http://justtooninaround.wordpress.com
How long have you been drawing cartoons?
I have been drawing cartoons since I was in grade school. It is how I spent most of my time. It actually allowed me to focus when the teacher was talking otherwise I couldn’t pay attention. Of course drawing cartoons of the […]

There are many reasons I hate Tom Richmond.
The first is that while he is older than me, he has a full head of hair, is good looking and has a great build.
The second is he is incredibly talented and can produce work that I can only dream of.
Thirdly, he’s just completed a three part tutorial […]

This arrived in my inbox today. I can’t help, but can you?
Matt,
Do you know of anyone who is blogging or otherwise about architectural rendering by hand (i.e., not computer rendering), or about cartooning buildings?
Thanks,
Michael