The cartoon blog of Andertoons cartoonist Mark Anderson. He discusses his cartoons, cartooning, comics and, oddly enough, LEGO.
When I saw these 1966 Doubl Glo Batman Valentines on eBay, I could not resist. And once I got a good look at them I knew I had to scan them in and share them! (I’ve even included the packaging and the teacher card.) Check out Batman’s giant head on the Batcopter one. Nora Fries is… Continue reading 1966 Batman Valentines You Have To See To Believe
I’ve written about custom cartoons and the creation process before, but I thought I’d go a little deeper this time and show you not only what I’d normally present to a client, but all of the extra behind-the-scenes work that people never see. (Note – what follows is an actual example of one of the… Continue reading Custom Cartoons – A Look Behind the Scenes
A while back I did a video on shading cartoons in Photoshop, so I thought I’d also give you a look at shading my cartoons with markers as well. Enjoy: Video Transcription Hi there, this is Mark Anderson from andertoons.com, and I’m going to show you how I shade my cartoons using markers. We’re going… Continue reading Shading Cartoons With Markers – Video
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