Tuesday, 30 August 2011

Wallace and Gromit A Grand Tour of Cheese pencils Day 1 and 2

Pencils produced for Wallace and Gromit daily cartoon strip entitled, A Grand Tour Of Cheese, Day 1 and 2.

As shown 29 and 30 August 2011. The Sun newspaper.

Wallace and Gromit A Grand Tour of Cheese inks Day 1 and 2

It doesn't matter where in the world they happen to be, Wallace will still be our dear Wallace, with poor ol' Gromit having to sort out the situation, as we find during their trip to France.

Inks produced for Wallace and Gromit daily cartoon strip entitled, A Grand Tour Of Cheese, Day 1 and 2.

As seen 29 and 30 August 2011. The Sun newspaper.

Monday, 29 August 2011

The Nogard



The Nogard is a delightful children's book created by my old friend and writer, Stuart Medland aka Stuart Meadowland. It invites the young reader into the lives of a family who end up with a rather special guest in their home, in short, a Nogard, (dragon backwards, of course). I had the pleasure of producing both the cover and b/w interior cartoons.

Sunday, 28 August 2011

Aachan Solvitz The Case of the Missing Playboy



However, all's well that ends well. Even the sheep were pleased with their hair cut!

The cartoons shown were simply a very small section of the full amount produced.

Aachan Solvitz The Case of the Missing Playboy



Jumping ahead, our detective helps to guide the long lost son home again, needless to say, at first not all are too pleased to see him...

Aachan Solvitz The Case of the Missing Playboy



He's mad at the fact that whilst he's left to help run his Dad's business, his brother has taken off with lots of dosh! Aachan wonders if he's trying to pull the wool over his eyes?...

Aachan Solvitz The Case of the Missing Playboy



Whilst giving the sheep a trim and asking them if they're going away on vacation this year, he slowly starts to come clean...

Aachan Solvitz The Case of the Missing Playboy



Not to mention a talk with the prodigal's brother...

Aachan Solvitz The Case of the Missing Playboy



The search involves lots of questions...

Aachan Solvitz The Case of the Missing Playboy



And so the search begins...

Aachan Solvitz The Case of the Missing Playboy



Aachan Solvitz is on the case...

Aachan Solvitz The Case of the Missing Playboy



A very worried Dad calls for Aachan Solvitz...

Aachan Solvitz The Case of the Missing Playboy

The prodigal heads for the busy bright lights of city night life...

Aachan Solvitz The Case of the Missing Playboy



As already mentioned, I had the real pleasure of producing the artwork for a second children's story entitled, Aachan Solvitz and the Case of the Missing Playboy, all thanks to Paul Thompson's Digital Dimensions studio. Again we were to see our Philip Marlowe type detective take on the well known story of The Prodigal Son.

The following postings will cover a number of cartoons produced for the script, hope that they provide as much fun looking at them as it did drawing them.

This one shows the prodigal requesting his money from dear old Dad!







Aachan Solvitz intro.



When I was asked by Paul Thompson of Digital Dimensions to work on a new children's Dvd series, I knew that the concept of presenting the well known story of The Good Samaritan as a 1940s detective tale was going to be fun. The main character of Aachan Solvitz was to be based on the famous actor, Humphrey Bogart, as he played the role of private eye, Philip Marlowe in such old movies as The Big Sleep. Whilst for some reason it didn't enter the final finished work, I recall wanting to name his faithful camel, Chandler, as after the great writer himself, Raymond Chandler.

The first children's Dvd called Aachan Solvitz and the Case of the Missing Body is shown for your enjoyment, what will follow this posting will be a number of pieces of artwork from the second Dvd, this based on The Prodigal Son, entitled, Aachan Solvitz and the Case of the Missing Playboy.

Good Samaritan -- Aachan Solvitz investigates


Wednesday, 24 August 2011

Links page 5




Links page 4




Links page 3




Links page 2




Links page 1




Missing Links



Over the past number of years, I've had the pleasure of working on a number of projects with old friend and writer, Andrew Wooding. Whilst producing the Do-Do Man comics, Wooders came up with an idea that wasn't just fun to create, but also would help provide answers to what has become the myth, the legend, even the enigma of what we now call...The Missing Link!

What follows are the five pages which originally appeared in Do-Do Man issue 4. All details are based on true facts and no Links were harmed during the production of this story.

Saturday, 20 August 2011

Blind Date Sidney page 4




Blind Date Sidney page 3




Blind Date Sidney page 2




Blind Date Sidney page 1




Blind Date Sidney



Back in the 90s when Do-Do Man was co-created by my partner, Sarah Sier and myself, one of the enjoyments was to introduce Sidney into the comic book. Following on from the recently shown four page strip, the character, (co-created by writer, Andrew Wooding and my good self) went on to his next four page strip entitled, Blind Date Sidney. As with Do-Do Man, he exists in the fictitious city of Shefferham, an amalgamation of Sheffield and Rotherham of South Yorkshire. This titanic tale involves our Sidney encountering joke shops, Cilla Black's Blind Date Show to evil aliens. Well, it seemed to make sense at the time! All good fun.

Wallace and Gromit Home Movie pencils Day 5 and 6

Pencils drawn for Wallace and Gromit daily cartoon strip entitled, Home Movie, Day 5 and 6.

As seen 19 and 20 August 2011. The Sun newspaper.

Wallace and Gromit Home Movie inks Day 5 and 6

Inks produced for Wallace and Gromit daily cartoon strip entitled, Home Movie, Day 5 and 6.

As shown 19 and 20 August 2011. The Sun newspaper.

Thursday, 18 August 2011

Wallace and Gromit Home Movie pencils Day 3 and 4

Pencils drawn for Wallace and Gromit daily cartoon strip entitled, Home Movie, Day 3 and 4.

As seen 17 and 18 August 2011. The Sun newspaper.

Wallace and Gromit Home Movie inks Day 3 and 4

Inks produced for Wallace and Gromit daily cartoon strip entitled, Home Movie, Day 3 and 4.

As shown 17 and 18 August 2011. The Sun newspaper.

Tuesday, 16 August 2011

Wallace and Gromit Home Movie pencils Day 1 and 2

Pencils drawn for Wallace and Gromit daily cartoon strip entitled, Home Movie, Day 1 and 2.

As seen 15 and 16 August 2011. The Sun newspaper.



Wallace and Gromit Home Movie inks Day 1 and 2

In which we find poor old Gromit on the front line again, all thanks to yet another brainwave of dear Wallace, this time in the form of producing home movies!

Inks produced for Wallace and Gromit daily cartoon strip entitled, Home Movie, Day 1 and 2. As shown 15 and 16 August 2011. The Sun newspaper.

Saturday, 13 August 2011

Sidney in Reservoir Sidney. Page 4




Sidney in Reservoir Sidney. Page 3




Sidney in Reservoir Sidney. Page 2




Sidney in Reservoir Sidney. Page 1




Sidney in Reservoir Sidney.



Welcome to the strange, weird...and of course, funny world of Sidney!

Created back in 1997 by writer, Andrew Wooding and myself, Sidney was based on a very real and wonderful person. There are no rules to the reality surrounding him, but what we would call beyond belief, to Sidney, it's the norm! The following four pages show him in his comic book debut, namely Do-Do Man the series, issue #1, January 1997. As well as appearing in this title, he also went on to appear in other publications.

Saturday, 6 August 2011

Wallace and Gromit Heatwave pencils Day 5 and 6

Pencils drawn for Wallace and Gromit daily cartoon strip entitled, Heatwave, Day 5 and 6.

As shown 5 and 6 August 2011. The Sun newspaper.

Wallace and Gromit Heatwave inks Day 5 and 6

Inks produced for Wallace and Gromit daily cartoon strip entitled, Heatwave, Day 5 and 6.

As seen 5 and 6 August 2011. The Sun newspaper.

Thursday, 4 August 2011

Wallace and Gromit Heatwave pencils Day 3 and 4

Pencils drawn for Wallace and Gromit daily cartoon strip entitled, Heatwave, Day 3 and 4.

As shown 3 and 4 August 2011. The Sun newspaper.

Wallace and Gromit Heatwave inks Day 3 and 4

Inks produced for Wallace and Gromit daily cartoon strip entitled, Heatwave, Day 3 and 4.

As seen 3 and 4 August 2011. The Sun newspaper.

Tuesday, 2 August 2011

Wallace and Gromit Heatwave pencils Day 1 and 2

Pencils drawn for Wallace and Gromit daily cartoon strip entitled, Heatwave, Day 1 and 2.

As shown 1 and 2 August 2011. The Sun newspaper.

Wallace and Gromit Heatwave inks Day 1 and 2

In keeping with the present warm weather in the UK, Wallace produces various methods of staying cool whilst helping Gromit in training for the West Wallaby Street Sponsored Walkies. Poor Gromit!

Inks produced for Wallace and Gromit daily cartoon strip entitled, Heatwave, Day 1 and 2.

As seen 1 and 2 August 2011. The Sun newspaper.