My Spy

Spent all morning on the computer doing, among other things a new tutorial, so did this just to break the monotony. I think he looks like a B-movie poor man's James Bond. Or Roger Moore.

Photoshop Tutorial

I did this illustration for my Not Toon Club blog, and also as a tutorial which you can view by clicking here. I would be grateful for any feedback as it's the first time I have tried to explain in detail the process I use to draw my cartoons.

I Spy

Pretty sure I am ripping this joke off someone but it seemed to fit the theme of the week.

Total

The total number of people who have fitted into a phone box? 25.

And since they were a bunch of students how long do you think it was before one of them broke wind, loudly.

Wired 3

This is essentially the same as the last post but I still had (have?) some work to do on it. And then I stole a picture that my Dad took in Grangemouth- where's the point in having a famous photographer for a father if you can't pinch his work?

Wired 2

You see, I reckon that when robots rule the earth, as surely they must, there might still be a place for us humans. We'll send someone over when they get their wires crossed and it will be a crusty old worthy with patches on his tweed sports coat who will suck his teeth and say 'oooh tricky, it's going to cost you...'

Fitba'

One of the very many things I haven't got around to doing is a dictionary of football terms. With a cartoons strip to sell and a mortgage to pay it's been moved down the list of priorities but this morning's (Glasgow) Herald had an article by Hugh MacDonald that defined the 'out ball' and his description of the Buzz Lightyear like Sebo prompted me to scribble this guy. I'm sure that a small book called "The Offside Rule For Girls" will still be a big hit when I get around to it.

Wired

I immediately thought of 'wearing a wire' and the pulp fiction detective novels. My favourite in this (and one of my favourites in any) genre, is Raymond Chandler, who's books are like old friends that can be guarenteed to pick you up if you are feeling down. So this is someone caught wearing a wire and not looking to happy about the attention it's generating.

Hide

This topic reminded me of the old elephant joke (remember those?) Q.How do you hide an elephant in a cherry tree? A. Paint it's toenails red.