I’ve been working on single-panel gag cartoons this week, mainly in greyscale. It’s a mystery where the ideas come from, but it helps to have a theme to get the creative juices flowing. The two random themes this week are pizza and robots.
I have to confess that I’m very pleased with my robot character, so I repeated the style in all the drawings. I’m also finding that the robots can open up a world of possibilities, so who knows, they might become a regular feature. My ‘bot cartoons this week cover artificial intelligence, gender pronouns, autism acceptance, ‘dumbing down’, and this year’s National Wine Day 🍷. Not a bad first outing.
If you’d like to see a robot cartoon strip, and have any suggestions for the title, let me know in the comments below!
Having missed National Pizza Party Day last week - I know, there’s a day for everything (which is great for cartoonists!) - I thought I’d make up for it by highlighting some less popular pizza toppings. Pineapple and anchovy, anyone?
Still working on the next Up In The Moor strip, so apologies to anyone eagerly awaiting the next instalment.
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