However, I've realised that there has to be something more than just the barest descriptions of the cartoons and a note of when the site was last updated. So this page isn't a blog, but it will show details of recent additions, as well as some of my thoughts from time to time. Meanwhile, if you want more details about any of the cartoons, they can usually be found by hovering your mouse pointer over the image.
Purple: Additions
Blue: News and comments
Red: Announcements
Well, I passed with flying colours. The site however remains on hiatus. Updates should hopefully follow inspiration, which is currently in short supply.
The course is finally over and in a few months I will know whether I can add a couple of extra letters to my name, Now I'm out in the real world with a pressing need to find gainful employment. Any offers?
Chess has been added to the miscellaneous page.
The frequent updates of the past few days have been the result of a very boring week in which I have had nothing else to do while my supervisor read through my dissertation. I have just got it back and so while I revise it the site will once again be on hiatus.
My friend James is in the process of creating a website called Weblog of a Nobody. He asked me to do a piece of art based on the book cover of Diary of a Nobody by George and Weeson Grossmith. This I have done, and the result is here. I will post the link when James' website goes online (hopefully later this year).
Cuthbert has been added to the miscellaneous page. The Links page has also been updated.
I'm going back to uni on Saturday, which naturally means I'll have less time to draw and update the site. Stay tuned, hopefully there will be occasional updates over the summer...
Motion Scripture II has been added.
A new cartoon of Dave Hutchison has been added to the Caricature page.
Art I Hate has been added to the Id page. (since removed)
Lots of new comments added to the cartoons - hover your cursor over the image to see them.
I've been feeling a lot better about the art I've been producing lately. While I'm the first to admit there are many things that I still need to work on, I do feel I've improved a lot in the past few years. To demonstrate, below are three similar drawings I've done. At the top is one of the first I ever put on the website, which I drew in June 2002 as part of a cartoon strip for a friend. The below left one was from another cartoon strip and was one of my early experiments with Photoshop, in July 2003. The one below right was a one-shot cartoon I drew in February 2005.
There are still improvements to be made, notably in basic anatomy (note the hands of the middle figure in Picture 3 - they've been modified in the final version), drawing backgrounds (something I still get impatient with), and experimenting with multiple pen thinknesses to create a more dynamic style of drawing. But overall, I'm happy with the progress I'm making.
Left: Picture 2 - Jodie Cartoon (2003)
Below: Picture 3 - 'The Batcave' (2005)
A News page has been added.
Camera Dave images added on the Caricature page. Caricature Archives page created.