Chewing Pencils

Chewing Pencils reader Chris Cox, and some of his mates from Quirky Motion have been busy putting some animation together.
If you get a chance, check out this little Hamster gem.
If you get really close to the screen, you can almost smell him burning…
Great work Chris and co!

I don’t know this fellow, but thought his request might be of interest to some CP readers. I haven’t worked with a writer before, but many have and been quite successful as a result.
Contact David directly if you’re interested.
I can’t draw worth a hoot!
But I have great single-panel gag cartoon ideas!
Any topic.
David-G-Scott@kc.rr.com

This arrived from Matt a while ago:
What’s the best technique for coloring?
Let me answer that by asking another question - what’s the best flavour of ice-cream?
For me, nothing comes close to chocolate. And if you can give me one of those triple choc flavours that is so rich it leaves your head spinning and your stomach […]

Urbanmonk asked a good question in the my first post about the business of cartooning:
I have a question.. If you have never done any paid work,are tentative about making a go of it etc.. does doing all the necessary tax and business work give you a head start in getting clients?
I know this probably […]

Tony sent this one through:
Do you know if the resource magazine Cartoon Opportunities is still published? 
I don’t recall having ever seen this publication in Australia, but that doesn’t mean it is still alive and well in other parts of the world. Can any one tell us if they’ve seen it recently?

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

This arrived from Rob Reid:
I found your e-mail on the chewing pencils site.
I used to draw editorial cartoons for my university newspaper. Now that I’ve graduated I’d like to continue drawing the occasional cartoon. I can’t resist new subjects (targets?) like Kim Jong Il.
I’ve sent submissions to local newspapers but they don’t show […]

Can you tell me how to start. I know somebody who is not a professional cartoonist. But really is doing good cartoons. How do you usually start this kind of hobby or work at home small business. Please advise me on what to do to convince  him to submit his work. Where should we start.molly
The […]

Karla contacted me last week with a question about how to go about turning her illustrations into an animated show for television. Honestly, I wouldn’t have a clue, but thought I’d post the question here in case anybody else had some insight to share.
Hi Matt, My name is Karla Lee from Sydney and I […]

This arrived yesterday from Jeff:
Could we all recommend our favorite software for Wacom? I am using ArtRage, Photoshop, Flash and Sketchup.
Others I should know about?
I’ve written about software that cartoonists use back in this post but thought it was worth getting an update on what others are using. It’s interesting that most are using a combination […]