"Kerry's vote to fund Defense, part 2" CARTOON by Linda Eddy

www.IowaPresidentialWatch.com ^ | 3/20/2004 | IPWGOP

[Ichneumon]

Linda, what medium do you use? Are these entirely drawn on computer, or do you use paint/ink/whatever on paper and then scan them? And what's your original scale?

[IPWGOP]

I'd like to be on your ping list too

you're added -- thanks! :) Linda

[IPWGOP]

Please add me to your ping list

you're added -- thanks! :) Linda

[IPWGOP]

may I please be on your "ping!" list?

you're added -- thanks! :) Linda

[RichInOC]

No, Teresa as Ellie May and Hillary as Granny.

[IPWGOP]

Are you sure he didn't vote for them, before voting against them?

yeah... no kidding, he probably did. Whadda moron to say that this week about the $87B...

[IPWGOP]

Linda, what medium do you use? Are these entirely drawn on computer, or do you use paint/ink/whatever on paper and then scan them? And what's your original scale?

Medium used: My 'toons are entirely drawn on computer -- no paper, no scanning... yuck!!! PhotoShop has tools to paint with, so why mess with paper and scanning???

Original scale: original file size is 5" x 5", 150 dpi (RGB, not CMYK)

ALSO: I save the file with all umpteen bahzillion layers as a PSD file; also flattened as a JPEG file so I can post it on my website. I like to keep the PSD file with the layers so I can mess with it again if need be. I (obviously) burn these on CDs when they're done, so my harddrive doesn't get all filled up. One cartoon PSD = over 4MB.

[IPWGOP]

if it helps, click on this link

It's my shamesless self promotion webpage, but it also shows a couple of my paintings (done on canvas in acrylic paint). I've painted lots of portraits over the years. Caricatures are the same thing -- except I push the limits on facial features. The paint tool in Photoshop works very much like traditional paints -- some colors are more "transparent" than others, some "wash" into seemingly different color altogether, blending colors together (done via layers in Photoshop in varying %) yeilds entirely different colors, etc, etc. The brush tool in Photoshop is really cool to me because I can change the size of it AND the "blur" or hard edge of it... same with color extraction with the erase tool.

In short, it is the SAME as painting... except you use a mouse and computer

[Right_in_Virginia]

Another great one!! (Thanks for the "ping")

[jigsaw]

Click on the link in Reply #28 and look at Linda's caricatures. They are awesome.

Also, click HERE for Linda's shop at CafePress.

[RJayneJ]

Thanks for the heads up! };^D)

[reflecting]

ON please, please.

[IPWGOP]

ON please, please.

got ya ON the ping list :) Linda