Chewing Pencils

Today I received a request for a cartoon from a potential client wanting to give a thank you gift to somebody who had helped him through his cancer treatment.
The email outlined much of the journey and how this person had been a source of strength and support. He wanted to put a little package together […]

This should be interesting:
Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are to join forces to direct and produce a series of three-films based on the beloved Belgian comic-strip hero Tintin.
Entertainment journal Daily Variety reports in its Tuesday edition that the legendary film-makers would direct at least one of the films each, and serve as producers on all […]

 A not strictly cartoon related post follows.
Back in this post, I listed the top five things I hate drawing as part of the ProBlogger Group Writing Project. The project is now complete and the list of entries is massive!
I’ve listed them all below - grab a coffee and take some time to browse through them. […]

 
NAME: Alan Wright
AGE: 50
LOCATION: Sowerby Bridge,NR Halifax,West Yorkshire,England,UK
How long have you been drawing cartoons?
since the age of about 5yrs old when all drawing materials were removed from my bedroom for rearanging the decor of my racing car wallpaper
What made you start to think more seriously about making some money out of it?
i,ve messed around for […]

I encountered a copyright issue today that has been a problem for me every so often. It has to do with ’standard’ contracts that many large corporations use.
What has happened is that a client approached me to do some work. I outlined the conditions for what I thought was a suitable contract, which included me […]

Chewing Pencils is being migrated to a new server in the next seventy two hours. There shouldn’t be any disruption, but let me know if you have any problems.
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Darren at ProBlogger is running a little project that looks like a bit of fun. Plus $1001 prize money is hard to ignore…;)
We all have our pet peeves when it comes to drawing. Those things that we have to draw, but really struggle with - no matter how much we practice! So here are the […]

I’m constantly astounded by the diversity of the readers of Chewing Pencils. We have people form all over the world, of all different ages, using all sorts of styles and with varying levels of success.
For me, the biggest benefit of having such a wide audience, is being able to pool ideas and share what […]

OK, so the deadlines keep coming. I can only apologise for the lack of meaty stuff on CP over the last couple of weeks. I’ve some good ideas I’m itching to explore, but they’ll have to wait.
Justin has informed me that becasue of personal reasons he is pulling out of the hosting game. Hence Chewing […]

Mark Anderson has made a really cool YouTube video of himself drawing one of his cartoons from start to finish. It’s fascinating to see how the whole thing comes together.
Check it out here.