Chewing Pencils

NAME: Violette Clark
AGE: 53
LOCATION: Surrey, B.C., Canada
SITE URL: www.violette.ca
How long have you been drawing cartoons?
I’ve been creating cartoons since I was a child however when I was in my early 20’s I began to create political cartoons and gag cartoons and submit them to local newspapers.
What made you start to think more […]

Again, just for fun…

Characters should never be forgettable. Your readers should either love them, hate them, feel sorry for them, empathize with them, be repulsed by them, cheer them but never, ever forget them.
Character development is hard work, but when the time is taken to do it properly, your work seems to take on a life of it’s […]

The Friday Feature Artist is an opportunity for any cartoonist, from the very beginner to the very professional, to share a littl about how and why they do what they do. Anyone can be part of it, so if you’d like to feature, send me an email and I’ll send you the questions!
NAME: K. A. […]

Tip 2:- Develop your drawing style.
While storytelling is the main part of the cartoon trade, the drawing still plays a part, so it pays off to put some work into your drawing style. My style has changed (hopefully for the better) since I wrote this original post and in a couple of years time it […]

Tip 1: Become a Good Storyteller
We kick off our trip back into the top ten tips with storytelling. Funnily enough, not much has changed with this tip - and I doubt it ever will. Just yesterday I had a young guy raving to me about a web based comic that he read every day. He […]

One last post for tonight. Here’s one that I did late last year that appeared recently in a couple of publications to do with working with children.

If you’re new to Chewing Pencils, you may have missed that from time to time we feature one of the CP community and their work. Click this link to have a look at some who have appeared here in the past.
If you’d like to be part of it, simply email me using the link to […]

A few things have been happening in Chewing Pencils land that are worth an update:
1. The back is, well…back! I’ve been given the all clear from my surgeon to get on with as much of life as I can. There’s still a few weeks to go before I can do everything I once did, but […]