This week’s Economist cartoon was a fun one. The 3 characters involved are quite different personalities and I endeavoured to capture their diverse spirits in each caricature.  There were many phases of development that you can see in roughs below.

 

I have just finished updating the Portfolio section of this site adding 150 cartoons. It was interesting for me to search back through the years to find some of my favorites. I didn’t do a thorough search however ( there are more then 7000 published cartoons) and I ‘m sure there are many cartoons that I cannot remember drawing that would be good additions to the page.  Should I stumble across any, I will endeavor to add them to the collection.

 

I used a software called Slideshow Pro for the presentation on the advice of Jason Barrie my web designer at R2 integrated who did my site upgrade.  It is an able program that has many bells and whistles that I have yet to explore.

I drew the cover for The Economist this week on the threat of inflation arising from emerging markets (tough one to illustrate, right?!). I worked closely with the cover designer in London and we came up with this solution. I played around with a variety of monsters under the staircase as you can see below. I finished the art using gouache and india ink. I’m looking forward to seeing it in print!

I had a second idea of having the creature hidden in a different way which you can see below. Maybe we’ll use it another time!

  This is the first post of my new sketchblog. I will endeavor to regularly post examples of my cartoon sketches and finished artwork with comments here.     This a cartoon I drew for The Economist back in March with its preliminary sketch. I’ll try to get some more up to date art up here soon.