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Pcottraux's Latest Pitiful Attempt at FR Cartooning
September 9 | pcottraux

Posted on 09/09/2005 12:58:34 PM PDT by pcottraux

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To: wizr

THAT didn't work. Oh well, back to the drawing board!!


41 posted on 09/09/2005 1:46:40 PM PDT by wizr (Freedom ain't free.)
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To: pcottraux; pookie18

I'll give you a hit and I am pretty sure that I saw one of your toons in one of Pookies list.


42 posted on 09/09/2005 1:46:42 PM PDT by RikaStrom (The number one rule of the Kama Sutra is that you both be on the same page.../Exeter 051705)
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To: pcottraux

They are pretty funny. If you bring them into Photoshop, you can also create bubbles and type your dialog in. Just leave a designated space for it when you draw.


43 posted on 09/09/2005 1:47:17 PM PDT by auntyfemenist (Show me your papers...)
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To: pcottraux
If you practice obsessively, after years of trying, you eventually get good.

As my stringbass tutor said, If you practice extensively, after a while there should be some improvement.

44 posted on 09/09/2005 1:48:39 PM PDT by RightWhale (We in heep dip trubble)
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To: pcottraux

You can have a great future in Cartooning, if the mostly liberal syntication people don't see your toons posted here, discover your identy and black list you.


45 posted on 09/09/2005 1:50:38 PM PDT by F.J. Mitchell (Senator Lashlarue-the New Orleans lash lass, conspires to apply her lash the President's ash)
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To: pcottraux

Very clever!


46 posted on 09/09/2005 1:52:44 PM PDT by nanetteclaret (Our Lady's Hat Society)
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To: pcottraux
"after years of trying, you eventually get good.

Thomas Sowell notes in one of his books that he is often complimented on his writing style, which is freeflowing and seems effortless. Folks say they wonder how he learned to write so well. He responds that it took years and years of bad writing to learn how to write well.

47 posted on 09/09/2005 1:54:02 PM PDT by kylaka
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To: F.J. Mitchell

"Syndication", dang it! Spell check failed me again.Or did I fail spell check?


48 posted on 09/09/2005 1:55:05 PM PDT by F.J. Mitchell (Senator Lashlarue-the New Orleans lash lass, conspires to apply her lash the President's ash)
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To: pcottraux
My 2¢. . .

A lot less prose. Let your drawing do more of the speaking.

Practice on the text style. It is as important as the images.

Make each scene fit in the same size panel.

Otherwise, keep it up!

49 posted on 09/09/2005 1:59:36 PM PDT by Flyer (We old men have buried a lot of dogs. We carry the memories everyday.)
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To: pcottraux

BTTT...


50 posted on 09/09/2005 2:01:09 PM PDT by LowOiL ("I am neither . I am a Christocrat" -Benjamin Rush)
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To: Flyer

Lettering is very important. On a similar note, over 100 billion Bic pens have been sold. That is 51 per second. Do not use your Bic pen to do cartoon lettering.


51 posted on 09/09/2005 2:03:04 PM PDT by RightWhale (We in heep dip trubble)
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To: pcottraux

Time to give up...


52 posted on 09/09/2005 2:04:29 PM PDT by dakine
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To: pcottraux; Flyer
Great start pcottraux. Keep up the practice. It is particularly impressive that you taught yourself to draw by obsessive practicing. That is a good sign.

I second flyer's suggestions by saying that the best way to refine the humor is to think of the picture and minimal dialog as the story teller...and the details as the punchline.

I look forward to your next one.
53 posted on 09/09/2005 2:10:53 PM PDT by pollyannaish
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To: pcottraux

On the lettering, try lining up on a strict horizontal line rather than angling upward. See how that looks.


54 posted on 09/09/2005 2:20:01 PM PDT by RightWhale (We in heep dip trubble)
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To: dakine

Oh, no, my friend.

I'm getting a much huger response to this. I'm just getting started!


55 posted on 09/09/2005 2:21:21 PM PDT by pcottraux
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To: pcottraux

Thanks for sharing; keep it up! There're lots of good suggestions here.


56 posted on 09/09/2005 2:22:03 PM PDT by andyk (Go Matt Kenseth!)
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To: pcottraux

I like it!


57 posted on 09/09/2005 2:24:54 PM PDT by VegasCowboy ("...he wore his gun outside his pants, for all the honest world to feel.")
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To: pcottraux

Lots of positive criticism on this thread. Keep working to improve your craft and follow your passion!


58 posted on 09/09/2005 2:25:39 PM PDT by auboy
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To: pcottraux

If you enjoy doing this then by all means keep it up. Look, nobody ever became Al Capp overnight, not even Al Capp. I see a lot of promise there if you keep working at it, regardless of what anyone else says. I would note that in the very early work of my favorite cartoonists, the actual artwork was no better, or even worse, than yours. What made those guys was their wit. The artwork usually caught up later. If you can get someone to chuckle and say "Aint that the truth" at the same time then you've done your job.


59 posted on 09/09/2005 2:26:12 PM PDT by joebuck
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To: andyk

There really are, aren't there?

I'm getting a much bigger response this time. I was originally just free drawing to make a few people laugh, but since I'm getting suggestions on how to do it more professionally, I think I may be becoming a "hit."


60 posted on 09/09/2005 2:26:17 PM PDT by pcottraux
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