Haven’t done one of these ‘how I make stuff’ posts, but
someone was asking about the Yew Norker cartoons and its abit different to the
way I usually do printed comics. I’ve done 4 panel strips specifically
‘Cartoonist’ which taught me how to get across an idea in a minimum number of
panels. I learnt the basic introduction/ premise/ punchline storyline. So, I
wanted to try doing single panel comics as I was not something I had tackled before.
For years I’d been looking at single panel comics from big New Yorker, Punch
& Esquire books. It came apparent to me that one of the themes seem to be
white privilege type problems, particularly in New Yorker cartoons. So, I used
that as a theme, but tried to make them more extreme rather than twee. Though
if you look at New Yorker cartoons these day they’re pretty good!
Annoying idiot- ‘Where do you get ideas from?’ From a big
blank book and a biro in my house. Whenever I have an idea for anything I
quickly grab this and scribble the idea down. I’ve gotten into the habit of
carrying a pen and paper to write ideas down anywhere I am, as typing on a
phone takes too long for me.
I wanted to make the process quicker than my usual sitting
at my drawing board table process. I pencil sketch the idea in an A4 sketchbook
with my handy-dandy drawing board, which is a slab of particle board found in
hard rubbish!
I ink with a lamy fountain pen, I do simple line work with
little crosshatching, so it’s usually a quick process. In the past, I’ve used
roting tech pens, but they clog, the ink runs erratically and they’re hard to
fill. Now they gather dust.
I put the tif in Photoshop to do the greys. Ink wash would be
fun, but Photoshop is quicker and I’m able to fix any problems quickly. Really,
it’s a matter of picking different hues if the drawing is complicated, if the
drawing is simple I stick to the one tone of grey.
I usually wouldn’t use computer type, but in this case it
works for the overall theme of the
work.
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