Komik Strip Kartoonz: What's your choice??

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My name is Tim Winstead and I've been drawing cartoons of one sort or the other for as long as I can recall. No formal training whatsoever and even less listened to advice just provided more of a reason for me to try and realize my goal of cartooning for a living, albeit....life itself did pose some hurdles...... which I stumbled over countless times. I still don't 'toon for a living, but strangely enough I have been very fortunate to encounter certain people who have left an indelible impression on me. First and foremost is Phil Yeh, a highly creative person with volumes of very colorful and imaginative illustrations and experiences that very few will ever know. This profoundly creative man has enough energy to light up a stadium and the kind of commitment to a craft that is rare by today's standards and it's HIS commitment to our craft ,which is a quality I have always admired.
I have also 'met' some other great artists as well via social networking. Off the top is a highly talented graphic artist, who by day .....dons the guise of a school teacher, Mr. Johnny Hamm. The work this man can produce is exceptional and though we have never met...I have known him for quite a long time.The kind of art he produces is unlike the mainstream stuff we all see. I call him a mixed media maestro. I am blown away by the composition of his work. Now, we shift to another exceptional cartoonist, Mr. Coleman York, who is the creator of HUGO comics. Outstanding in his own right, he has always struck me as someone of class and style. A very humble attitude mixed in with a little sage advice and a bit of ' We all gotta look out for one another' persona.Then there is Karl Zorowski, who is a devout priest....and a very exceptional person and..... just so happens to be the creator of ' Church Mice'. I have never met Karl, but he is another of the great people I know from the message board I mentioned earlier. And last but not least, there is Andrew Bos, who employs his cartoons in ways I hadn't seen before. A huge talent, of which I hope to see more of. In between all of the tiny little, gaps in my life, which are way way too many to try and list here....one thing has ALWAYS been a constant. That is I love to draw cartoons. Always have....always will, and chances are I may NEVER make a living drawing cartoons, but one thing is sure.....I will ALWAYS love my drawing cartoons and even though my life didn't exactly play out as planned, I'm very grateful that it took the direction it did. My life in ' toons has been....creative. But then again....aren't we ALL creative in our own way ? Please feel free to visit any time and should you have a question about cartoons/cartooning, or any of the topics you've seen on this blog.... please let me know at otb666tw@gmail.com and Ill post your question with an answer. If I can't answer it. I'll find somebody who can. If you have a topic of your own, I'll be more than happy to post it, and see what kind of responses we get. That's pretty much the crux of this blog. My aim is to provide a forum for anything and everything 'toon. Thanks and come back often.

Thursday, April 4, 2013

What's your choice??

O.k....SO when we were young and started doodling on paper,sidewalks. the walls , or even ourselves, we knew then that it was fun. Well, except for maybe the walls. Chances were mom didn't quite care too much for that one. And....well...maybe not the sidewalks either, mainly because trying to show somebody what you did wasn't as easy as just using paper and showing the first grown-up that would look, what you drew.And....if you were caught drawing on yourself....maybe the response you got wasn't entirely what you expected. Alright,...so paper WAS the popular choice and most likely, pencils.... as the instruments of your newly unleashed creativity. Alot of you, myself included continued with the doodle thing and moved up to 'toons, which are my passion. What as artists, do you use as materials in creating whatever it is that you draw? Are you partial to just pencil? Pen and ink? crayon?? And what kind of paper? Do you gravitate towards the high-end papers or boards, if you will? Is regular printer paper your paper of choice? Are you still using construction paper?( let's assume they still make construction paper )Whichever your preference, creativity should never stop. If you are so inclined, write a comment to this post and tell me what you draw on and what with. Why you choose what you would use would be cool too.