I've worked on
some lovely books with Wendy Orr
Duncan Ball can introduce you to
his talking dog friend, Selby, and Emily
Eyefinger. And right now I'm working on
illustrations for his ridiculous book of poems
called, "My Sister Has a Big Black Beard". It's
due to be published in June 2009.
Mark David has some amazing
science stuff to show you, and beautiful
photography, and is a wonderful illustrator and
cartoonist. Check out his Crazy Cars
book!
I've begun to
use an Intuos3 graphics tablet. This
isn't an ad...I'm enjoying using it although
having got the 6x8 I'm wondering if the 4x6
would have been good enough. I didn't shop
around enough and could have got it at a better
price than I did.
I've been
cartooning for Medical Observer
for about
18 years. It is designed for medical people
essentially and has been a wonderful publication
in which to explore all kinds of topics- from
depressed polar bears to ventriloquists with a
cold.
This isn't an
ad...just my experience...to create cartoons and
illustrations I'm using Corel Painter Essentials 3
software at the moment which came with my graphics
tablet, and hope to be using PainterX shortly which is
available to download for a free
trial. I could use more undo
steps but am finding the layers very useful. I
haven't worked out if it's possible to save in
CMYK (designed for the inks of print media which
in effect subtract wavelengths of colour) as
opposed to RGB (designed for the light-produced
colours on a computer monitor which are created
by adding wavelengths.)
I'm on a Mac-
I wanted to create my own website so used a program
recommended by my brother called
RapidWeaver. Again, this isn't an
ad, just sharing my own experience. If you
decide to go in this direction, the
Blocks Plug-in is fantastic. I
had to learn a lot to put in the right info to
get it hosted and indexed with search engines
which meant buying a SiteMap plugin, and I had
to get the hang of "meta tags" which I probably
still don't have the hang of, but I managed
pretty well with the instructions at hand,
support, and forum.
Authors/Illustrators
Publications
Drawing
for The School Magazine
is one of
my favourite jobs. Each month I receive a
manilla envelope and it may contain poems,
plays, crafts, stories, articles about bugs in
your tummy...I never know what I'll be
drawing!!
The
Law Society Journal
of NSW is
another publication for whom I've been
cartooning for a number of years. Sometimes I do
cartoons to accompany odd little stories, and
sometimes I need to sum up complex legal or
social issues. I love doing both.
Work and Website Tools Nitty Gritty
Geoffrey McSkimming
is a
delightful fellow who is passionate about many
things and travels into pyramids and to other
exotic locations...Cairo Jim learned everything he
knows from Geoffrey.
Peter Sheehan is a writer and
illustrator who also draws for The School
Magazine. He uses a computer. I really love and
admire his work. He is VERY inventive!
Gaye Chapman is an amazing fine artist. She draws for The School Magazine and makes wonderful paintings. I love her work in the beautiful book, Kaito's Cloth
Gaye Chapman is an amazing fine artist. She draws for The School Magazine and makes wonderful paintings. I love her work in the beautiful book, Kaito's Cloth
Kerry Millard painting as Kerry Thompson
I have begun
painting under my non-nom-de-plume Kerry Thompson.
Please drop in and visit my gallery at
kerrythompsonsgallery.com
Kevin
Chamberlain of Kevin Chamberlain
Photography at West Pennant Hills,
Sydney took brilliant photos of two paintings
for me and I'll get him to do any in future.
www.kevinchamberlain.com.au
Abe Bastoli at Pennant Hills Studio processed the photos of two of my paintings and did a wonderful job. Couldn't have been closer to the originals. 98 - 100 Yarra Rd Pennant Hills NSW 2125 Australia
Abe Bastoli at Pennant Hills Studio processed the photos of two of my paintings and did a wonderful job. Couldn't have been closer to the originals. 98 - 100 Yarra Rd Pennant Hills NSW 2125 Australia