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This week's CCGB entry.

This weeks caption contest entry.

This is the first time I've ever drawn a Wookie. To think, he started as a nudist. Kind of gone the very opposite of that, but I think it works. I think that's the best way to approach drawing gags. Allow it to evolve. The original drawing was very different. I even drew a weird sea creature in it at one point: Drawn over the last few days. Little bit at a time, as the weather has been so hot. Did not relish sitting over my Cintiq for hours on end. That's it. I'm done for the drawing for a little while. I'm going to sunbathe in a Wookie costume.......

This is my entry for this weeks cartoon contest. It's the forth cartoon I drew. The others were terrible. Really awful. So to me, this one looks reasonably good. I hope the others agree. *it is NOT possible to draw a Nun in a wet suit, and still make it look like a Nun, BTW!

Sense Of Humour Bypass. Not available on the NHS.

This weeks caption contest entry, a silent gag set by last week's winner, Mr Tim Cordell. Normally I have at least the bones of an idea by mid week, but I have been so busy doing other things, that I didn't get a chance to draw anything until just now. It's a bit sketchy, but I think it sort of works. It's certainly silent (no words at all, understandable in any language). Now to build the patio furniture we bought yesterday, before it starts raining again!

Sometimes people ask me if I can draw a portrait of their children/dog/mini-bar spa complex. The answer is always no. They look disappointed, and get a little huffy, because they "thought I was an artist". I am not an artist. Not in the sense of the word that most people think of artists. I mean, would you ask that bloke that paints elephants to do a portrait of your mother in law? Of course not. I draw silly pictures of people that don't exist. If you have an imaginary friend or relative, I might consider drawing them.                                                                                                         

I drew this cartoon for the CCGB caption contest, but I didn't enter it. I chose this one instead:  Probably a mistake. I've been drawing far too many Nazi jokes of late. I'm starting to think there's no demand for them. Old ladies with vacuum cleaners in seedy hotels is far more popular, I am telling myself. 

You can get some interesting effect by saving artwork in 8 colour Gifs, and using dither>>pattern. This is a doodle, that developed into a Lion, of sorts.