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If I was in the UK, I’d go to this illustration exhibition

November 23, 2010 in cartooning | No comments

three polar bears make snowballs to bowl at penguins

A wonderful cartoon by Mike Williams, who also has the audacity to mix polar bears with penguins

From the Bloghorn: The annual Illustrators show [has just opened] at the Chris Beetles Gallery in St James’s, London and runs until January 8.

The Illustrators 2010 showcases many of Britain’s best loved and most respected illustrators and cartoonists from the past two centuries.

Tags: cartoon, cartoonist, exhibition, illustration, illustrator, london

Inside Teaching Cartoon

October 20, 2010 in cartooning | 1 comment

I’ve been doing some cartoons for an online teaching magazine. The fourth one (actually, it’s the 7th one, but that’s another story…)is up and you can see it by clicking here and going to page 54.

Detail from Behind the Lines cartoon

Tags: behind the lines, cartoon, illustration, teaching

Cartoon Synchronicity-ish

September 29, 2010 in cartooning | 2 comments

Ollie and Quentin

I read this strip just after I had inked the following. Piers‘ take is a nice approach to the same pun.

Howard counsels Oscar on getting a bust sculpted

Tags: bird, cartoon, comic, comical, get ahead, illustration, ollie and quentin, penguin, seagull

Lush Designs in Greenwich

July 7, 2010 in cartooning | No comments

I came across an original and beautiful design store in Greenwich when I was visiting my sister. There was something about the illustrations that harked back to my childhood and the colour combinations are superb. I eagerly bought half a dozen of the cards to send friends and family and enjoyed talking to one of the designers, Maria Living, who forms one half of Lush Designs.