The cartoon blog of Andertoons cartoonist Mark Anderson. He discusses his cartoons, cartooning, comics and, oddly enough, LEGO.
Lately I’ve been testing out a new setup for getting video of me working. Let me know what you think: Video transcription: Hi there. This is Mark Anderson from andertoons.com and I’m going to show you how I sketch and resketch and ink a cartoon from beginning to end. So, here we’re starting with the… Continue reading Cartoon #6673 Sketch to Ink
Turkey day is coming soon, so, to get you in the mood, here’s a veritable feast of Thanksgiving cartoons! I don’t think I’ve done any First Thanksgiving cartoons before, and once I began drawing it I knew why. You have to draw your pilgrims, your Native Americans, a table & chairs, a cabin, a forest,… Continue reading Thanksgiving Cartoons – Collection
Video Transcription – Hello, this is Mark Anderson from Andertoons.com and I am going to show you how I ink my cartoons. We are going to do two different cartoons here in about eight minutes. I generally ink pretty quickly – oh there is my big giant hand – but I first, let me, my… Continue reading Inking Cartoons – Video
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
Every year I create a nice big batch of holiday themed cartoons. I know there are other holidays other than Christmas of course, but Christmas is the one I know best, so I stick mostly to that. I do, however, try to make sure that I include a number of winter-themed cartoons that, hopefully, will appeal… Continue reading Christmas Cartoons – Snowman Comics