Wacom experiment #000

A suspicious old man. Created by playing with the brushes in Corel Essentials.

Yea, so I bought this tablet several months ago but have been put off by it. At first it was a strange feeling, being so used to paper, then it became a toy. I had a blast playing with it, but I had no clue to how exactly it could help me with my work.

Then someone challenged me to use it in order to create an editorial.

I have to say at this point that I love a chalenge. I'm a sucker for a dare. I feel there is no greater joy to be had than proving yourself capable.

I'm too bullheaded to back down, so stay tuned.

Wednesday's editorial early!

One of the real tricks to this one was in the composition. I don't have much experience with depicting groups of people so I had to draw and re-draw in order to get the right poses. The woman and the old man have quickie expressions because in the original I left them blank in order to experiment with their emotions. I just painted something there because I don't want to be seen as completely lazy.

No background either. I just wasn't sure how to tackle it. Any advice?
All criticisms will be accepted with open arms, so feel free to offer any advice!

Political Cartoons!

I added a lot more detail to the original that flew in the Kernel.

Funny thing is, I actually worked for U.K's Delivery department for a summer! Ha.

I like this one alot. I liked it so much I was afraid to put any black and white contrasts in it for fear of ruining it!

This is only the beginning! I just warming up so stay tuned!

Tony Fisher: Political Cartoonist

So I'm a contributing cartoonist to the Kentucky Kernel, the student run newspaper here on campus. I gotta say that I love it, its a blast, and that I wish they could buy a better scanner. The cartoonist that submit to the Kernel are super talented and their original submissions are beautiful, but when you see them in the Opinions section the next day, it makes you want to gouge your eyes out! So much detail gets lost in translation that it makes me want to press charges. But hey, at least we get published, right?

I'll post some of what gets published here...and some of the ones that I'm afraid to as well. Check for me and a whole bunch of other very talented artists in the Opinions section!

sketch dump1: Welcome to the Minor Leagues.

Learning alot! Gonna dump some stuff here though. Most of this is from a little sketch book that I carry around with me, so don't expect anything groundbreaking here.