Comments on: From the Inbox: The Best Technique for… http://www.chewingpencils.com/2007/05/30/from-the-inbox-the-best-technique-for/ Helping to turn a drawing hobby into a cartooning profession Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:32:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Bryan Trill http://www.chewingpencils.com/2007/05/30/from-the-inbox-the-best-technique-for/#comment-3524 Bryan Trill Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:30:41 +0000 http://www.chewingpencils.com/2007/05/30/from-the-inbox-the-best-technique-for/#comment-3524 I am wandering a little off topic here, but it is all connected: I wonder how many colour blind cartoonists there are out there? I am one. Having had a go at colouring using several software programmes, I have given up. My eyes are not seeing the finished product the way others see them. So now I have deleted all colour work off my website. I had gags, stuff to show I can work for commerce and sales organisations, being an ex salesman of many years, and other works. Being 70, I also decided that I don't have the years ahead and time to keep blitzing the media in the forlorn hope of selling work. So, I have brought back my own characters in their own series in black & white only. I figure it could be wiser to be known for good B&W work than poor colour work. I know story strips are not doing well these days outside of syndication. They are out of fashion apparantly. But so am I, and I survive! The thing is, I am doing my own thing the way I want. If it gets picked up, great. If it doesn't... well, hard luck on me and so what! I would always be interested to hear from other colour blind cartoonists and their experiences. I am wandering a little off topic here, but it is all connected:

I wonder how many colour blind cartoonists there are out there? I am one. Having had a go at colouring using several software programmes, I have given up.

My eyes are not seeing the finished product the way others see them. So now I have deleted all colour work off my website. I had gags, stuff to show I can work for commerce and sales organisations, being an ex salesman of many years, and other works.

Being 70, I also decided that I don’t have the years ahead and time to keep blitzing the media in the forlorn hope of selling work. So, I have brought back my own characters in their own series in black & white only.

I figure it could be wiser to be known for good B&W work than poor colour work. I know story strips are not doing well these days outside of syndication. They are out of fashion apparantly. But so am I, and I survive!

The thing is, I am doing my own thing the way I want. If it gets picked up, great. If it doesn’t… well, hard luck on me and so what!

I would always be interested to hear from other colour blind cartoonists and their experiences.

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