Here’s a little trick that I learned over the years. I employ it whenever possible.

It’s called “flat perspective.” It’s useful and easy to pull off. I’ve also found it quite pleasing to the eye.

In fact, as you skim through the comics pages or web comics, you’ll probably see a lot of cartoonists use this technique.

And again, I used my Asus Transformer Prime tablet to shoot this video. Enjoy!

Here’s the George comic strip, from the previous video, completely inked and readying for scanning and publishing.

After I scan the strip, or any of my cartoon art, there’s always the opportunity to digitally tweak things. so, i still may change a couple of things in this comic strip. then again, maybe not. Sometimes, I simply have to stand back from it for a day or two and look at things with a fresh perspective.

Once again, I grabbed my Asus Transformer Prime and shot some more cartooning video.

Here’s a brief look at how I draw a George comic strip. As you can see (and as I mentioned in earlier videos), the comic stip template is already printed out for me. The panels are laid out, the title has been dropped in (along with the copyright), and the lettering guides are printed in non-photo blue.

All I have to do then is come up with a funny idea, draw, and have some fun!

Here’s another cartooning video shot with my Asus Transformer Prime tablet.

Even though the tablet shoots video at 1080 HD, I shot at 480p. This way, the image would still look good enough for the web and render a smaller file size allowing for a quicker upload.

I figured out a makeshift tablet stand of sorts. It enables me to shoot the video, use both hands, see fairly well what I’m doing/drawing, and still keep the tablet from tipping over or falling. I hope to improve on this.

In this video, I wanted to give you a quick look at how simple lines can be used to create cartoon characters and objects. I hope to explore this idea a bit more. So, more videos to come!

Now that I have an Asus Transformer Prime tablet, I have a terrific way to shoot cartooning video!

So, here’s the first of what I hope to be many videos on how I create my comic strip George and other cartoon features.

Enjoy the show!  More to come!