Cartoon Cards
Cartoon Cards are my absolute favourite style of card to design, as it reminds me of all the years I spent looking at illustrations in Beatrix Potter's books, or at Manga comic books. I like to use bright, vivid colours which capture the nostalgia I have always loved in young people's illustration.
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All of my cartoons are produced using good old-fashioned pencil, pen, paper and copic or pro-markers, because I really like the vintage, child-like way in which some of the colour lines are still visible. It reminds me of my days as a teaching assistant, where children would proudly present me with drawings they had spent hours on. They weren't 'artistically perfect', but they were perfectly imperfect, which is a saying upon which I have learnt to base my life.
But please don't be fooled - each drawing you find in our Shop took a lot of pain-staking time (hours, days, sometimes weeks) to plan out and do, and my process is by no means lazy - just as my pupils spent hour upon hour making a drawing that was perfect to them. However, I do love the homemade style that copic and pro-markers produce and I really hope you do too.
Inspiration for designs is drawn from many different sources. I might hear a song lyric that amuses me, as with my design Karma Chameleon, which is based on Boy George's song of the same name and portrays a Chameleon with Boy George's trademark hat and hair.
Another time, I might hear a phrase or hobby that plants the seed for a drawing. For instance, I was listening to my friend, who loves to fish in his spare time, telling me that he was about to Go Fish. This then prompted the anarchic idea of a group of underwater creatures sitting playing poker.
At other times, I will just start drawing and see where the picture takes me, as with Boogie Nights. It went from a couple of animals having a good time to a full-blown dance floor. This ended up being one of my favourites as the large quantity of smiling creatures, simply having a good time, always seems to cheer me up.
Some pictures are designed purely based on colour. Once the simple, anarchic caption of 'Hippy Birthday' was created, I was free to go with whatever bright colours I wanted - anything that went with the 60s hippy-ish, bright, bold colour scheme.
And then some of my inspiration is drawn from an emotion or feeling: like love, or friendship, or loss, or hurt, or wanting to help or encourage others in some way.
Cartoon Occasion Cards
Of course, there are always occasions where a card is necessary, and that occasion will dictate where the card takes me, like Christmas, or Birthdays or Easter.
Card Requests
I am always open to Card Requests. If you would like to have a card designed for a specific occasion, with a certain theme or containing certain animals, then please don't hesitate to get in contact. I will contact you as soon as possible to discuss your needs and pricing. Personalised handmade cards are also available upon request.
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Cartoon cards are available from the Shop or from Card Types (Cartoon Cards). Simply click on the links below. Matte Cards are typically printed in an A6 format, and Gloss Cards in A5. If you have any queries at all, please get in touch.