The cartoon blog of Andertoons cartoonist Mark Anderson. He discusses his cartoons, cartooning, comics and, oddly enough, LEGO.
So this is my last post for 2013, and it’s also my 2500th Andertoons Cartoon Blog post. I started this way back in May of 2004, so next year I’ll have been doing this for a decade. Can you believe it?! Last year around this time I wrote about how I’d changed the scheduling and content… Continue reading 2013 Andertoons Cartoon Blog Recap
Over the years there has been a lot written about how all we ever needed to know about life we learned on the playground or in kindergarten. (Google “lessons and playground” to find any number of them.) So, just for fun, I did a little looking around on how cartoons and advice and came across… Continue reading Thinking Deeply About Cartoons
Recently I’ve done some videos about sketching and inking my cartoons, and I got a request to show how I shade. So, here’s me shading a cartoon! Enjoy: Video transcript: Hi there, this is Mark Anderson from Andertoons.com. In this video, I am going to show you how I shade my cartoons in Photoshop. This… Continue reading Shading Cartoons in Photoshop – Tutorial & Chat
This weekend was the Festival of Cartoon Art at Ohio State University. It was also the grand opening of the new Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum. It was a tremendous weekend, and I thought I’d share a bit of the experience. I arrived Friday evening, so I missed both the academic presentations and the… Continue reading OSU Festival of Cartoon Art – 2013
We all like cartoons. But did you know they also provide a powerful punch to any social media or content strategy? In fact, according to many expert social media blogs, they are an easy to use but surprisingly powerful force in engaging audiences of all types across any industry. Cartoons are one of our oldest forms… Continue reading Cartoons Make Your Content Powerful