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Introducing Samples of hand drawn Colour Cartoons, Humorous Illustrations for sale plus Commissioned (sold) Coloured Cartoons
My hand drawn colour cartoons or humorous illustrations are really a form of fantasy art or fantasy drawings. Each theme is purposely surreal and is often quite bizarre.
Colour Cartoons, Humorous Illustrations for sale
“Balloon Warfare” incorporates fantasy hot air balloons over the English countryside. “Drunks in Paradise” illustrates drunken people living in their own alcoholic fuelled fantasy world whereas “Corporate Toilet City” depicts the internal political nonsense that thrives in large businesses.
Commissioned (sold) Coloured Cartoons
“Cromwell’s Clones” was commissioned by a well known international Mobile Telecommunications provider as a leaving present, in the form of a personalised gift, for one of their departing senior executives.
Cartooning, Humorous Illustrating methods used
For these type of cartooning I prefer to use traditional cartooning methods employing pen and ink on either paper or card and then hand colouring each one with crayon, watercolor or coloured inks. Sometimes, I might use a combination of mixed media such as watercolour and crayon to colour the humorous illustration.
At current time I am only doing hand rendered colour cartoons, humorous illustrations. Once completed, I can easily digitise them for display on a PC or a digital photo frame, for example.
Cartoons, Humorous Illustrations may be used in a variety of ways
My coloured cartoons, humorous illustrations as well as my black and white cartoons have been used for web cartoons on Web Sites in addition to Leaving Cards, Greeting Cards, Birthday Cards, Story Boards, Cartoon Strips, Publications, Presentations, Leaflets, Training Material and as Advertisements. Some people have bought them as Personalised Gifts to simply put in a frame (under glass) and to then, hang on a wall.
Cartoon, Humorous Illustration Commissions
A cartoon commission is something special and which is unique, personal and often highly regarded by others.
If you enjoy my cartoons (either black and white cartoons or my colour cartoons) then I would be pleased to undertake a cartooned commission for you. Each cartooned commission usually involves considerable research to understand the character and personality traits of the person, animal or event being represented. The mixed media employed is generally a combination of pen & ink with crayon and/or watercolour washes.
If you are interested in reading more about my art work then please see About or browse through the numerous links on the Home Page or why not take a look at my many fine art paintings within the online painting gallery and the New Art page.
If cartoons are more your “thing” though then be sure to see the main menu at the Cartoons Gallery page; this provides links to my Black + White Cartoons, my Digital Illustrations as well as my Digital Animations and links to this page too. The Site Map shows all other areas of this web site on one page for your convenience.
“Balloon Warfare”
Mixed Media on Paper
297 mm x 210 mm
(11.69 x 8.27 inches)
Price: Please Enquire
About the Cartoon: “Balloon Warfare”
I was inspired to illustrate this colourful aviation cartoon after a flight in a hot air balloon over the English countryside. At the time the air was congested with balloons and they needed thinning out hence my idea of each balloonist to shoot the others’ balloons. The popped balloons show their occupants parachuting to safety. This fantasy artwork was drawn with pen and ink and the colouring used was artist’s crayon. The same techniques were used for “Drunks in Paradise”.
“Drunks in Paradise”
Mixed Media on Paper
391 mm x 271 mm
(15.39 x 10.67 inches)
Price: Please Enquire
About the Cartoon: “Drunks in Paradise”
I once lived in a not-so-nice part of London and everyday I had to walk past many unfortunate people, to get to the tube station. These “unfortunates” would seemingly look for solutions in bottles by drinking their contents. My pen and ink and crayon picture conveys a paradise for such people to do ‘as they please’ and without offending anyone but perhaps, themselves. Unlike “Corporate Toilet City”, this humorous illustration made use of full rich colour.
“Corporate Toilet City”
Mixed Media on Card
270 mm x 187 mm
(10.63 x 7.36 inches)
Price: Please Enquire
About the Cartoon: “Corporate Toilet City”
This farcical illustration was drawn to reflect the internal political nonsense that seemingly exists within many corporate companies. Most of the corporate buildings resemble lavatories to depict contempt for such impersonal work places. Included within the picture are tree lined boulevards, traffic, people and helicopters. A mix of media was employed but basically it is a pen and ink and colour crayon creation. Colour cartoon commissions generally involve a certain individual or group of individuals as in “Cromwell’s Clones”.
Hand drawn Colour Cartoons, Humorous Illustrations for sale
Copyright ©Edward McNaught-Davis 2002 to 2010. All Rights Reserved.
“Cromwell’s Clones”
Mixed Media on Paper
297 mm x 420 mm
(11.69 x 16.54 inches)
