Chewing Pencils

NAME:Peter Naismith
AGE: 52
LOCATION: Wodonga, Australia
SITE URL: http://www.thenutbankfiles.com
How long have you been drawing cartoons?
I started drawing cartoons twenty years ago and had a six month period where i got stuck into it but working shift work and having 5 kids under 6 really made it difficult to get some continuity in it.
What made […]

I’m just about at the end of the queue for the Friday Feature Artist, so if you haven’t put your hand up a for a turn yet - let me know!!
I’ll send you the questions. You send me the answers. You’ll appear on Chewing Pencils and be launched towards fame and fortune.
Maybe…

Recently I was discussing with a non-cartoonist some of the aspects about drawing for money. It seemed that the idea of cartooning being a business was totally foreign to them. “Isn’t it just drawing silly pictures?”, was what they thought!
Of course, drawing is part of what we do, but like everybody who works for […]

In the twelve years I’ve been freelancing,  virtually all of my work has come through my website (www.mattglover.com) in some way, shape or form. Sometimes a client has been searching on Google for a cartoonist and has landed on my site. Other times they have seen a cartoon of mine somewhere that has my web […]

Tip #6:- Look for the niche markets.
I’ll say this just once - if you want to make some money from your cartoons, forget about the newspapers!! Yes, the papers are a potential market, perhaps the most obvious market, but the chances of you ending up there are slim.
Sorry to be so blunt, but they are!
So […]

I forgot to add the right link to my facebook profile page in the post below.
Here ’tis: Matt’s Facebook Page
Be my friend….please!

This arrived in my inbox today…I’ve not heard of them before nor can I vouch for how good they are, but if you’re looking for something to display your online folio, this group might be worth exploring.
To help you find more Illustration work, you should sign up for CreativeHub.com
– we’re an online network focused on […]

Something’s screwed up the formatting on Chewing Pencils which at the moment, I’m at a loss to explain! Sorry if it’s sending your screen into the odd fit or two…
Hopefully it will be resolved soon. It’s been a nightmare week for all things internet at my end - just about ready to throw the computer […]

Tip 5: Develop a Web Presence
This almost goes without saying now - if you don’t have some sort of web presence, then you’re simply not going to get too far with your cartooning career.
But since I first wrote this post, the web has changed dramatically. Simple, static web pages no longer make the grade. […]

NAME:MJ
AGE:44
LOCATION:Troy, Missouri
SITE URL: http://fantasticgraphics.googlepages.com/home
How long have you been drawing cartoons?
Since 1979, 29 years now. But who’s counting? Time really flies when you’re having fun.
What made you start to think more seriously about making some money out of it?
When I was approached by an editor that wanted to publish some of my work.
Have […]