The Dragon Family a new cartoon series by me..

Its a bit different for me mixing acrylics and a big thick black pen...But the result is quicker to read jokes and really stands out...whether I can think up any more ideas..who knows..But here is 7 good gags by me..

You can buy them as cards and prints at my new website shop..
www.peterspetportraits.co.uk

My Poster cartoons when I was young..1986-87

These last two were inspired by a Beezer annual 1983..

I was born in 1974..so you can work out the age I did these..:)
Was very inspired by early 1970's Beano comic annual covers which were painted loved the 1972..and when the best of Beezer came out with those amazing Banana Bunch poster pages by Leo Baxendale..also my Dad who did busy picture cartoon scenes..

This all lead to my creation The Giggle Gang..which I'll put up next time..

Give a present to teacher...

I used this Birthday card for my sister who teaches...:)

Three Cool cats poster by me part 2

I've never been good at lettering...its hard to draw straight...curve lines without wobbling...so here is my second version! I've used a computer font..
I think it looks smarter now.


Also changed my Traffic light one..the circles and the red and green men look better. Also the light grey shows off the traffic light better than black.



I've changed the through the tulips wording.lots of people couldn't read it...changed the feet.got rid of the toe nails.more abstract now...moved the bee...
looks a lot better..

A groovy posters by me..3

A groovy 60's posters by me..number 2

Its based on a unusual Beatles song..
look it up on youtube three cool cats...it goes well for a groovy 60's poster..

A groovy 60's posters by me..

check out his website...


http://derekart.com/news

I saw an exhibition at Brighton of this inspired new work based on the 60's modern cartoons...like UPA.
Derek has worked in animation like the Power puff girls. I like his work a lot...really inspired me to have a go go myself!!
Hope you like it.

Two new cartoons..to make you smile..

Traffic light are changing...

Its an old joke done in a new way..

New cartoon and Jackie Edward Oliver:))

Jack drew this...if you look carefully you can see his logos drawn in a kiddy fashion..e.g the worm number 5, the warthog number 3, Abolish T Tuseday in kids spelling number 7, the box with handle number 9, ACME number 8, and even a childish signature ..Jackie Edward Oliver in the last panel..not Jack.......it really made me smile seeing this again today. From Whoopee!! Christmas 1984 my era..:)

My website on Jack-
http://uk.geocities.com/pjgcomics/



New one drawn today.....I tried to get a neon effect on the background board of the ball ramming the skittle. Also like the bowler Lion t.shirt..

The success of the flew market selling my cartoon cards has really got me drawing again...:)

My new cartoon cards

The flea market..
(-Woking sports centre the next one I'm doing is December 14th Sunday 9am-3pm)
..went well selling my cartoon cards I've done..I made £66! Its nice to think of my work being enjoyed in different homes.



I'm also doing the Christ College Larch Avenure Guildford
Christmas night market 11th December 7pm-9pm.
I'll be selling cards and drawing cartoons on the spot any requests..see you there!!:)

Super School heres my version part 2

The wording is a bit faded..
First panel -Teacher says
That wood is damp it will never light!

The last panel says-
Now to change cat..erm back!
Whoops!


Click on images to see in whole. At this stage I'm working out which characters I want in each frame...the wording...layout..what I basically want in the finished page. So from a rough idea to a more clearer idea on paper.
Next is to draw again in pencil and pen in what will be my final stage...with colour afterwards.





I really recommend copying. Though tracing is alright for somethings its better to just draw it. You can learn a lot from different comic artists this way. Some of it you might want to use in your own style.

Super School drawn by Lew Stringer...heres my version

A great new character in The Beano by Lew Stringer...it inspired me to do a story myself using these fun characters.

click on image to see in whole-

Here is the idea I thought up in the bath...at this stage its the wording that is most important to get right...how many panels...have I used each character..what would each character do...

I'm cheekly doing a bonfire scene...sparklers...though avoiding fireworks those I will add some going off in the night sky. Also making it more of a party with food (hot dogs) and drink (coke).

Robert Nixon drew each Beano story in his own style making a whole Beano comic to get the job at DC Thomson when he first started out.

So theres my idea...







I'm now copying Lews drawings of each chaacter to get a feel for it...what does there clothes look like...what they look like from each angle..expressions..etc..

When a cartoon doesn't work...fix it!!

These two jokes I showed to lots of people.......many of them didn't get the joke!! Some did after a long time. So now I've had another go at trying to make the joke work more quickly and clearer.



A lot of people didn't realise that it was a empty Tomato plant walking back to the greenhouse. Also that he threw tomatoes at a terrible play. So I've added two remaining tomatoes to the plant...also a loose one on the grass to indicate they came off him. Hopefully the joke is now clearer.


For this one I was trying to show how there act for the talent scout was too easy, its just cans piled up. Just by adding the word Acrobats to his desk...showing what talent he is looking at will again make the joke work.

If you see people struggling with one of your cartoons...change it...make it clearer.

Cartoon time

does this gag work.sat on this for a long time.....today I've drawn and coloured it up...feed back would be useful.



Great Phil that you can pop down to see me at the Woking craft fair. Its the building in the park next to the sports centre on the right. I'm a bit nervous. But once I relax I'll be cracking jokes and begging people to buy in know time..does this sells tactic work:)

Cartoon time

I have a craft fair coming up at Woking sport centre Sunday 12th October.

I'll be selling my cartoon cards like the ones above for 1 pound 25p. Its the first time I've done a proper fair so hope I can break even on the cost of the stall (which costs 25 pounds). So I'll be working hard on my cartoons from now on. So expect to see lots here on the blog.
Aim to do at least six cartoons a week.
Some will be ones which I've spruced up which you've seen at my main website.
www.petergrayanimals.co.uk
I'm having to recolour them as I saved the work as a JPEG and its all badly pixalated. So redoing them and saving as a TIFF. Annoying But sometimes you learn the hard way.

Thank Spy and Muffy for the nice comments...