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Cartoons
The great thing about cartooning is you don't have to draw well; sometimes the most charming cartoons appear awkward and clunky. What's challenging but fun about cartoons is coming up with ideas that amuse or make you think.
I've organized my cartoons into categories, below. (If you'd like to browse through my cartoons one per page, go to Hartoons. They are older toons but mostly still relevant.)
Editorial Caricatures Sports Art Tips
Editorial
Abortion common sense . . Iraq war . . Drug profiteering via the evening news . .The urge to surge (rough sketch) . .Cheney tries to come clean . .Killing of the innocents . .Global warming . .Supreme inequality . .Bush's religion . .Future of planet earth? . .Rich and poor . . School prayer . .Lesbian Christians . .James Dobson . . Social Security . . Minimum wage bill . . Corporate domination . . Cause and effect . . Oregon's hungry . . Middle East . . War as sport . . Money Tree . . Political prostitution . . Potty Mouth TV . . Clear cut . . Little boxes . . PAC man . . Death with indignity . . Poll sitters . . Why vote? . . Digging for Medical Dollars . . Fruitless fight . . Handicap . . Rip-offs . . Rut . . TV News . . Unions . . Upstairs, downstairs . . Oregon . . Buns . . Oregon the no sales tax state . . PERS (2002) . .
Caricatures
Want to learn to draw caricatures? Go to this British site for seven free lessons from an expert caricaturist. The following are some victims of my own hand. See if you can recognize them:Public TV news man . . Respected interviewer . . Conservative gabber . . TV news person . . Another late night host . . Liberal answer to Rush Limbaugh . . Actor turned governor . . His wife . . Actor who played "The Fly" . . "Seinfeld" pal . . Al Michaels . . Alan Greenspan . . Bette Midler . . Bill Murray . . Ed Bradley . . Garrison Keillor . . George Burns . . George Carlin . . Harvey Keitel . . Jack Lemmon . . James Garner . . Jimmy Durante . . John Kitzhaber . . Larry King . . Mae West . . Ossie Davis . . Robert Byrd . . Ron Wyden . . Roseanne Barr . . Russell Crowe . . Sam Donaldson . . Sam Neill . . Sean Penn . . Tom Hanks . . Tony Blair . . Vera Katz . . Vic Atiyeh
Sports
Division I Football playoffs . . National Butt Agressors . . Idiot fan . . Skirts . . Cheerguys . . Stand around NBA Offense . . NBA Strike, 1998-99 . . Fans Union? . . NFL halftime . . NCAA Bowl crap . . Coach . . Sucks
Art
Nude drawing . . Art critic . . Pretty Pictures . . "En plein air" . . Art hunters . . Homeless project . . Conceptual Art . . Public Art . . Creativity by polls? . . The Picture Plane Police!Cartooning Tips
will give you some practical advice on creating your own cartoons. (I've included a more printable version via PDF. Download the free Acrobat Reader for viewing and printing.)Drawing cartoons and caricatures is often done in a logical order: head shape...add hair...add eyes...add nose...add mouth.
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