'Behind-the-Scenes' is an ongoing series that explores the different ways our cartoonists work. In this edition, Cuban artist Alfredo Martirena explains his work process:
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May 21, 2012
February 13, 2012
Behind-the-Scenes: Matteo Bertelli
This week's edition of Behind-the-Scenes is again a video, featuring the work process of Italian artist Matteo Bertelli. Although Matteo uses graphic software to put the finishing touches on his work, 95% of the cartoon is made the traditional way, with pen, ink, brush and paint:
February 7, 2012
Behind the Scenes: Elena Ospina
This series started out with the concept of simply having cartoonists make some photos and screenshots of how they work. It seems cartoonists never 'simply' do anything, and the bar continues to be raised. After Elchicotriste's hilarious photo report, Dan Carino's excellent video and John Hilliard's audio slideshow, this week's edition is again something special.
Elena Ospina made this professional-looking video of her work process, which is a mix of traditional drawing and digital coloring. Sit back and enjoy!
January 30, 2012
Behind-the-Scenes: John Hilliard
This week's behind-the-scenes is an audio slideshow by US artist John Hilliard. In his own words it's 'an exhaustive explanation of how I make comics. In less than three minutes. Alcohol and coffee are included.'
About the cartoon : according to a report from Free Speech Radio News and the Electronic Information Privacy Center, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security hired contractors to watch comments of major websites and social media tools like Youtube, Facebook and Twitter.
How to make comics by Hilliard. from John Hilliard on Vimeo.
January 25, 2012
Behind-the-Scenes: Fadi Abou Hassan
In this week's Behind-the-Scenes, we take a look at the work of Palestinian cartoonist Fadi Abou Hassan:
January 18, 2012
Behind-the-Scenes: Jean Gouders
Jean Gouders is an editorial cartoonist from the Netherlands. Like many cartoonists he uses a mix of traditional and digital techniques to produce his work. In the slideshow below we show you how this cartoon (about the violence during the elections in Egypt) was made:
January 2, 2012
Behind-the-Scenes: Dan Carino
In this week's Behind-the-Scenes we explore the work of U.S. artist Dan Carino. In addition to being an editorial cartoonist, Dan is also a multimedia journalist with his own production company, tilt.SHIFT multimedia. The video below not only demonstrates his excellent skills as a cartoonist, but also his ability to create engaging videos. Enjoy:
The CARTOON Process from Dan Carino on Vimeo.
December 21, 2011
Behind-the-Scenes: Orlando Cuellar
Orlando Cuellar is an illustrator and graphic humor artist from Bogota, Colombia. His work is a beatiful example of graphic art from Latin America. In the United States and (Western) Europe, cartoons and graphic humor are often associated with relatively simple drawings made with pen and ink, often with text. In the general opinion, cartoons are not considered art.
In other parts of the world, such as Latin America, the delineation between cartoons, graphic humor, and art is far less distinctive. This is also demonstrated by the work of Orlando, which is definitely art in its own right. In the slideshow below you can get an idea of how he creates his work:
December 14, 2011
Behind-the-Scenes: Vladimir Kazanevsky
In this week's 'Behind-the-Scenes' we take a look at how the work of Ukranian cartoonist Vladimir Kazanevsky is created. Vladimir is a traditional cartoonist, and his work is made entirely without the help of a computer.
The slideshow below shows the process, which begins with a rough pencil sketch, followed by inking; coloring is done with tempura paint. Although Vladimir has a very distinctive style, the cross-hatching technique he uses is characteristic of traditional political cartooning. This technique is employed by many cartoonists still working today, but is less popular among the younger generation of cartoonists, who seem to prefer a cleaner style that is better suited to the mix of digital and traditional tools that they use.
December 7, 2011
Behind-the-Scenes: Elchicotriste
In this installment we give you a insight into the working method of Spanish cartoonist Miguel Villalba Sánchez, who is perhaps better known by his artist name Elchicotriste. When we contacted him, he said he was happy to participate, but warned us we would be surprised, and that maybe some professionals wouldn't like to see the way he works.
Well, it's not like any work environment we've encountered before, but that's what makes looking behind the scenes so interesting.
Miguel about the way he works: 'Of course there’s a variation of techniques depending on the job. When I’m travelling around I may use the available material I get and improvise procedures. I can be drawing on restaurant tissues or even toilet paper if the emergency requires to. If I’m moving (train/car/plain) the digital camera will substitute the scanner to digitalise the image. If I am safe at home, for private commissions in which I have to deliver the original drawing, I enjoy to use watercolour. This video is the performance of a comic character I monthly publish for a comic magazine released in several newspapers in Catalonia.'
Although Miguel is a traditionalist, preferring pencil and paper over pen and tablet, he must be one of the most eco-friendly cartoonists working today; where most artists use ample amount of paper to do their sketching and drawing, Miguel recycles paper, using every inch of available white space to draw.
Take a look at the slideshow to see how Miguel works:
