Best drawing tablet review – Wacom Bamboo Create Pen and touch Tablet – one of the best tablets for beginners The Wacom Bamboo Create Pen and Touch Tablet is a very good entry level drawing tablet for two key reasons. It draws superbly and the price is reasonable. It is also not overcomplicated and can be […]
If you want to create drawings of cartoon characters is it best to be an employed or freelance cartoonist? Employed If you are an employed artist you will be on a fixed salary. This provides security with the comfort of a regular paycheck and fringe benefits. Far less stressful than being self-employed. However, it is limiting […]
The Benefits Of Using A Computer Drawing Pad over conventional artist materials Anyone interested in illustration should definitely look into the many benefits offered by a drawing pad for computer. A drawing pad allows an artist a degree of control when illustrating that simply cannot be matched when using a mouse. As technology has evolved […]
Abraham Lincoln – one of the most famous Presidents of the United States of America…but how many of these facts do you know? 1) Abraham Lincoln Practiced Law Without A Degree Abraham Lincoln had little former education, but still managed to become a voracious reader. Lincoln’s appetite for learning helped him achieve an impressive self-education. […]
What is the true meaning of thanksgiving? Each year, on the fourth Thursday in November, the United States celebrates Thanksgiving Day. The holiday has become a time for families to come together and enjoy the year’s blessings, and one of the hallmarks of this holiday is the presence of a beautiful dinner table decorated with […]
How halloween has developed over the centuries… Modern Halloween is highly commercialized with millions being spent on costumes, sweets, pumpkins, spooky decorations and ghoulish paraphernalia. Its about witches, mummies, superheroes, trick or treating, Jack o’-lanterns and guzzling as much candy as possible. So where did Halloween come from? Halloween has evolved over many centuries and […]
Very often the first pencil sketch of a cartoon is the best version you produce and I have often ruined the cartoon when inking in either make a mistake or accidentally spill ink or slop half a cup of coffee over the drawing. For those of you not familiar with Adobe’s suite of fantastic graphic […]
Hi there, I’m Rob Nesbitt A.K.A. ‘Nezzy’ and have been learning how to draw a cartoon ever since I was big enough to lift up a pencil (photo left age 6 – pretending to look intelligent!). I am a published cartoonist, have illustrated and written children’s books and created thousands of cartoons and designs for […]
It is clear that the Walt Disney Animation Studios remain the best centre of excellence to set yourself up for a career in animation. If you want to be a top-notch animator and really learn how to draw Disney Characters and bring them to life on the silver screen – this is the place to learn […]
While looking for examples of good cartoon animators on youtube I came across Aaron Blaise an artist who literally stopped me in my tracks because of his exceptional talent. Aaron Blaise worked for Walt Disney Feature Animation for 21 years and was part of the animation teams for several disney classics. These include Beauty and […]
Why would anyone want to be a cartoonist ? Possibly the loneliest job you can think of. Stuck in a dim, dusty room, burning the midnight oil slaving over a hot drawing board. Hands cramped from drawing and tattooed with ink. Trying to think of a new fresh and funny idea and the only […]