Had a blast at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival today. Even got to see some cartoonist pals I haven't seen in a while (great people like Rina Piccolo, whom I haven't seen in ages!)
It was tons of fun drawing cartoons for the kids at the Owlkids Draw! event. Animator Nancy Beiman took some photos of me while I was showing the kids how I draw my cartoons.
I've never really thought in any great detail how I draw my cartoons – I just draw them. But while preparing for this presentation, I couldn't help but notice a pattern in my work. My characters are either squat or skinny, and their eyes are either buggy or beady. If you don't believe me, see for yourself:
What does this say about me? Maybe I don't wanna know.
Oh, and yes, some of those characters are indeed from my upcoming book The Pirate and the Penguin. Can't wait for September!
Would have loved to have seen you in action but was doing the Mother's Day lunch thing.
Those patterns? All about Patricia's unique skill & talent!
Posted by: Beth | May 11, 2009 at 09:11 AM
Ha! I just commented on YOUR blog, lady! Hope you had a great Mother's Day. In spite of yesterday being Mother's Day, we ended up having a great turnout of cartoon-luvin' kids!
Posted by: patricia | May 11, 2009 at 09:15 AM