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Pirate Ghost Cartoon

Who you gonna call? Well, ideally someone who knows how to deal with a pirate ghost!

Draped in tattered and torn clothing and sporting a rather fetching hat, he now spends an eternity as a ghost due to an unfortunate encounter with a cannon!

This rather spooky character is another commission piece as part of The Pirate Deck card game.

The pirate ghost was created firstly as a quick pencil sketch. He was then scanned in and all outlines were then digitised.

The next step was to apply all the spooky green base colours, before adding in some highlights and shading where required.

Zombie Pirate Cartoon

Here we have a rather squelchy zombie pirate cartoon, dressed in weathered pirate attire and complete with a rather hungry fish chomping on his finger!

The zombie pirate cartoon was created firstly as a pencil sketch and then digitised using Adobe Illustrator before adding in final colours and detail, such as the tentacle in his pocket!

The zombie pirate will feature as one of the action cards in the up and coming Pirate Deck card game, which is currently in development – the perfect accompaniment to my other cartoon zombie!

Cartoon Zombie

Look out! Here comes my cartoon zombie, and he’s after his favourite Halloween snack… BRAINS!!!

This cartoon zombie was created firstly as a pencil sketch, before being fully digitised in Abobe Illustrator.

The final stage in his creation was to then add in the shades and highlights to complete his rotten appearance.

Extra little details were then added to the cartoon zombie, such as some highlighting on his exposed brain and some busy little flies.

I think this particular cartoon illustration is currently one of my favourite portfolio pieces – hope you like him too!

Sea Monster Cartoon

Fasten them sails down lad – there be a sea monster cartoon on the loose!

This cartoon illustration is another to be used in the up and coming game ‘The Pirate Deck’ which is currently under development.

Creating my sea monster cartoon

The sea monster cartoon was created initially as a pencil sketch, before being scanned in and digitising the outlines.

The final step was to then add in the base colours and details.

The Egyptian Mummy cartoon was created as another fun afternoon piece, purely because I have an interest in Egyptian history and also thought there would be a little illustrative challenge involved, seeing as there is a lot of detail in the bandages.

Created initially as a pencil sketch, the Egyptian Mummy cartoon was then scanned in and all outlines added digitally. The next stage was to then add in the colour and all of the shading in the bandages.

This is a little personal favorite of mine, both in the subject and the final outcome.

Mad Scientist Cartoon

The mad scientist cartoon was another of my spare time Halloween themed pieces – going for the stereotypical mad scientist look, with the crazy white hair and long lab coat. I’m not sure what’s in that flask he’s swinging about, but it looks pretty volatile!

Created initially as a pencil sketch, scanned in and then outlines created digitally. The next step was to then apply the colour and then the final details.

I thought it only fitting that he was also accompanied by an ever-faithful (if very ugly) little lab assistant – who I aptly named ‘Igor’.

Demon Postie

“I heard your dog likes to bite the postman… demon postie says my turn!”

I’m not 100% sure who the demon postie is or if I’d like to meet him down a dark alley, but hey, welcome to my mind!

This hulking brute was a concept that I’d come up with many years ago (probably whilst watching a really dodgy old episode of Dr Who) about a postman with a kind of Jeckyl and Hyde concept. It’s a slightly off-the-wall idea but I enjoyed making my madcap idea come to fruition.

The Demon Postie started with my original pencil sketch before being scanned into the computer. I then coloured and digitised him as a vector image.