The cartoon blog of Andertoons cartoonist Mark Anderson. He discusses his cartoons, cartooning, comics and, oddly enough, LEGO.
If you’re like me you’re really getting excited for The Dark Knight Rises, but what to do with all that bat-excitement until then? How about drawing your very own Batman! Just follow the 10 simple steps below and impress your friends with your own Dark Knight. When you’re finished, feel free to tweet, pin, email… Continue reading How To Draw Batman – Tutorial
Every year (six years running) the boy and I make our annual trip to Brickworld and I thought I’d share some of this year’s really outstanding work. Enjoy: This is an amazing piece. Love the details. Wow! I’m not normally a mecha guy, but I really liked this Alien Conquest take on it. I’ve seen… Continue reading Brickworld 2012
A large part of my business at Andertoons is creating custom cartoons and comics for clients ranging from a single person to some of the largest corporations. And while the response is always very positive, occasionally there’s a hiccup in the process, so I thought I’d share a few problems a client can avoid when… Continue reading Custom Cartoons – Five Things To Avoid When Commissioning A Custom Cartoon
It’s Teacher Appreciation Week, so I thought I’d share a bunch of my teacher cartoons to thank all the educators out there (my lovely wife included) for all of their hard work! Enjoy: I hear a lot from my wife about kids that are approaching standards, meeting standards, exceeding standards, etc… So this cartoon was… Continue reading Teacher Cartoons For Teacher Appreciation Week
Normally when I shade a cartoon I use my good old Prismacolor cool greys. But lately I’ve been doing a lot of custom cartoons where a client could ask for changes to the final art, so I shade in Photoshop using some custom patterns I made from those aforementioned Prismacolors. It’s not glamorous, and there’s… Continue reading Cartoon Shading in Photoshop – Cartooning Tutorial