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Cartoon Knight

Stand clear all you dragons – the cartoon knight is here! Armed with his trusty sword and shiny armour, he’s off to save the princess from the grasp of the evil cartoon dragon!

I had the legendary St. George in mind when creating this cartoon, although I’ve opted for a royal blue instead of the traditional St. George’s cross.

Creating my cartoon knight

As with all of my cartoon character designs, this knight began life as a simple pencil sketch. Once I had the pose defined, I add in digital outlines, followed by colours.

Cartoon Frankenstein

Rargh! Say hello to my cartoon Frankenstein! A popular fictional monster that first appeared in the 1918 novel by Mary Shelley.

He is the creation of the central character, Victor Frankenstein, on a dark and stormy night!

My version is of course, much friendlier than his fictional counterpart.

He’s clumsily making his way through my portfolio to give you a hug – go on, give him a squeeze!

Creating my cartoon frankenstein

As with all of my cartoon monsters, this creepy critter began life as a pencil sketch.

He was then fully digitised using Adobe Illustrator, adding first base colours and then a few shades and highlights.

Mark Hussey Classical Guitar Album

This was a design for a new classical guitar album by blues guitarist and musician, Mark Hussey.

He approached me to create a fun and colourful sleeve for his latest classical guitar album, ‘Laid Back’.

This piece was incredibly fun to create with many different characters and people in the crowd, all eagerly watching his performance.

Additional cartoon friends…

Also accompanying Mark on the reverse of his guitar album were a group of cheeky little cartoon rats, making a quick getaway with his guitar!

I recently challenged Nick to come up with a design for my recent solo classical guitar album ‘Laid Back’. Nick listened to my requirements, was thoughtful, timely and produced exactly what I had been hoping for, a great album cover. I could not recommend Nick more highly for his artwork and design skills. A very talented man indeed.

Edward Scissorhands is a 1990 movie by Tim Burton, and stars Johnny Depp in the main role as Edward, a gentle man with scissors for hands, who is brought into a new community after living for many years in isolation.

This piece was especially fun to create working with all of the various details in his clothing, consisting of various leather straps and buckles.

The scissors were also a key feature of his character, so I made sure these were slightly oversized and exaggerated.

I’m also pleased with the bemused expression on his face, very akin to how Edward Scissorhands appears in the movie.

Cartoon Witch On Broomstick

Swooping in low on her broomstick is my cartoon witch!

I’ve created this cartoon witch specifically for Halloween, as lets face it, it’s the best time of the year!

I’ve also added in the typical curly shoes and a high-speed brookstick (probably equipped with some kind of gear shift!)

I also wanted a stark contrast between her dark robes and the vivid green skin and red hair.

Finally, we’ve a rather scared little spider hanging from the end of her pointed hat!

Just to complete this piece and make it extra Halloweeny, I added in a moody sky and a big, bad moon!

If you’d like to read more, I’ve written a blog piece about her creation.

Cartoon Leprechaun

Here is one cartoon leprechaun, complete with dapper green outfit and carrying one very full pot o’ gold!

Scurrying along, preparing for St. Patrick’s day festivities (and no doubt a Guinness or two!) and a little mischief too!

Created initially as a pencil sketch, before being scanned in and digital outlines applied.

The final stage was to add in the base colours and a few shades and highlights, along with buckle details and shiny gold coins.

The gold coins were a blessing in disguise, as I already had these on file from the many cartoon pirates I’ve completed recently!

Just to complete him, I thought I’d add in a little spring green backdrop for him to scamper across!

Lemmy Motörhead Cartoon

Being a big fan of heavy metal music, I really wanted to create a cartoon version of one of my heroes – Lemmy from Motörhead.

Armed with his trademark Rickenbacker bass guitar and head thrown back, he is definitely a force to be reckoned with!

This piece started out as a pencil sketch, before being scanned in and all outlines digitised. Base colours and details were then added afterwards.

Being as Lemmy is usually clad from head to toe in black, I developed a subtle highlight technique to pick out the folds in his clothing.

I was also very keen to include some of the carving work in his bass guitar, albeit keeping to my simple. bright style.

Just to finish off, I decided to add him to a playing card background – in this case, the ACE of SPADES!

Cartoon King

Bow down all before the might of the cartoon king!

This cartoon king is another of my cartoon illustrations created for ‘The Pirate Deck’ card game.

Wearing a regal red cloak and brandishing a mighty sword, he’s the perfect character to keep those unruly pirates in line!

Created firstly as a pencil sketch, he was then scanned in and all of the outlines digitised.

The next stage was adding all of the base colours, such as the skin and clothing and then finally the details and shading, such as the metallic sheen on parts of his armour.

This particular cartoon king is based upon William of Orange (or King William III), who was ruler of England during the 1600’s (and affectionately known in this household as ‘Billy Tango’).