Another Swedemason youtube video - Once in a Lifetime.

Trump in place of the Talking Heads. I love it.

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Paul McCartney Rabbit Hole by Swedemason

I think this production is so clever on so many levels. Thanks Swedemason. Enjoy!

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Colour Blindness Test

There are various colour blindness tests out there, but here is a link to the Enchroma test.

I just took the test myself and my result showed as Moderate Protan. From the result:

• Protans are people with protanomaly, a type of red-green color blindness in which the red cones do not detect enough red and are too sensitive to greens, yellows, and oranges. As a result, greens, yellows, oranges, reds, and browns may appear similar, especially in low light. It can also be difficult to tell the difference between blues and purples, or pinks and grays.

Apparently, according to the site, Enchroma glasses "may" help me with my colour vision. A quick look at the prices and I am talking a minimum of £333 for a pair. Hmmm..... Think I'll wait to see if they ever become available on the NHS.

Inkscape vs Affinity Designer

Just as I was getting used to the excellent Free vector graphics program Inkscape, I found a vector program within my price range which imported eps and ai files, something I have been wanting for a little while: Affinity Designer. I'm relatively new to vector graphics packages and I would find it hard to choose, at the moment, which program is better. On the one hand Inkscape is totally free and has enough functionality to do what I mainly want the package to do, but on the other hand for under £50 I can have a Affinity Designer which also has the functionality, plus is able to handle ai and eps files, and has a few other nice little features which make its use quicker than Inkscape. Having said all that, I am now in the process of learning Affinity Designer whilst carrying on with learning to draw cartoons. Here is my first result from Affinity Designer; recreating Charming Friends from 25 Quick Cartoon Characters by Christopher Hart.

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People and Pets cartoon recreated in Inkscape

And yet another cartoon recreated in Inkscape from the guide on page 14 or Christopher Hart's 25 Quick Cartoon Characters. There is something about the dog in this cartoon that is just adorable.

Cartoon Me

My cartoon avatar. Not sure it looks much like me, but "Hey ho!"

Fashion Plate cartoon recreated in Inkscape

And I'm back to the book 25 Quick Cartoon Characters by Christopher Hart, with this fashionista being recreated from the guide on page 13. As usual, I used Inkscape vector graphics program.

Sticky (stickman) post

Oh the joy of doing something really simple... The fantastic thing about stickmen is that they are simple to draw, are easy to put in the position you want them, and are a great starting point for filling out into a fully fledged cartoon.

Dog Characters

Just the beginning of working on some dog characters. Not sure how well this is going to work out yet.

Annoyed Lady cartoon recreated in Inkscape

The annoyed lady is another cartoon recreated in Inkscape from the book 25 quick cartoon characters by Christopher Hart. She can be found on page 12 of the book.