The cartoon blog of Andertoons cartoonist Mark Anderson. He discusses his cartoons, cartooning, comics and, oddly enough, LEGO.
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
Christmas is coming up quick, so I thought I’d share this year’s batch of Christmas cartoons. Grab some cocoa and enjoy: I don’t know a lot about Hanukkah or Kwanzaa, so I’m a little uncomfortable writing cartoons for them. For that matter I also avoid the religious aspects of Christmas, preferring to stick mostly to… Continue reading Christmas Cartoons – 2013
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
Thanksgiving cartoons are usually not my favorite to write because there’s not a lot of material to mine. But for whatever reason, this year they came relatively quickly (September!) and I squirrelled them away to draw up on a busy and/or bad writing week. Boy was I glad I did! A few weeks back we had… Continue reading Thanksgiving Cartoons – 2013 Feast