Pirate Colour Completion!

At last, after juggling all of my other jobs, I found a little time to get the base colours completed on the pirates! I've also been able to fine-tune my outlines a little, as they always seem to look different once you've added the colour!

The next step is to complete the shading - although Bo'sun Barry isn't far off completion, as I managed to get his shading done a little earlier. All that remains now is the final shading and they'll be ready to sail the high seas - Hargh Jim-lad!

Pirate Colours!

Our pirates are now really starting to take shape. Bo-sun Barry now has all of his colours in place and is awaiting some shading and el capatano isn't too far behind!

Lines have now been drawn!

The vector lines have now been completed and our pirates are looking pretty fierce and ready to rule the high seas! The beauty of the vector lines being that we've some very crisp outlines and also allows me to make any last minute edits!

Pirate Pencils!

Pencils for the first three pirates are now complete and I'm now moving onto vectoring the outlines. We have Peg-leg Pete, bosun Barry and the Captain!

Quite pleased with these initial outlines and due to the beauty of vectors, I can fine-tune any squiffy bits at this stage. Once complete, I can begin adding in the colours.

Pirates... HARGH!

For my next series of cartoons, I am working on some pirates! Why pirates? Well, they're pretty cool, plenty of scope for character and lots of room for silliness!

I'm thinking initially we need a pirate captain, a first mate and possibly a member of the crew up to no good. Peg-legs and eye-patches a plenty, watch this space for more updates!

Mad Scientist

Not entirely festive, but currently working on the next of my 'creepy critters' - this time, it's the mad scientist and his faithful, if a bit ugly, lab assistant.

Pencils are complete and base colours down - just the details to go. More to see shortly!

Christmas Tansha cartoon complete

Well, that's it! Another Christmas Tansha cartoon completed - created entirely in vectors this year. Was a great challenge to have a 'busy' composition and not be using pen and ink and also found how much more an illustration of this kind can benefit from being created entirely from vectors. Will add to the website in the next few weeks - watch this space!