http://lundentoons.com Children's books, comic strips, cartoons, comic books,graphic novels and illustrations by Einar Lunden. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:34:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've always struggled with drawing caricatures, but after re-listening to a lot of the Ricky Gervais podcasts featuring Steve Merchant and the incredible Karl Pilkington, I decided to try drawing the round-headed monkey man. Technorati Tags: Art, Caricatures, Corel Painter, Digital Digital Illustration, Drawing, Illustration, Karl Pilkington, Scripts http://lundentoons.com/2008/07/10/karl-pilkington-caricature-drawing/ Corel Painter is my go-to program and has been for years now. Along with my trusted Wacom Cintiq 21UX, it's wha I work with every day. Above is a screen shot of their splash screen. There are illustrations that rotate through when people open the application and sometimes my own illustration ... http://lundentoons.com/2008/05/20/corel-painter-splash-screen-illustration/ This is another sketch of the two characters from my new adventure comic strip... Technorati Tags: Character Design, Comic Strips, Designing, Digital Art, Drawing, Sketching http://lundentoons.com/2008/05/19/another-character-sketch/ I'm working on a new adventure comic strip. These are early sketches of the two main characters. http://lundentoons.com/2008/05/18/comic-strip-character-sketches/ Here's another illustration I finished yesterday... Corel Painter X with a Wacom Cintiq 21UX. Technorati Tags: Art, Children's Books, Digital Art, Drawing, Illustration http://lundentoons.com/2008/05/17/childrens-book-illustration/ Awhile ago, I did this pixel drawing of a penguin using the Pixen software. Here's an painted version of the same sketch where I used Corel Painter, like I usually do. Technorati Tags: Art, Cartoon, Cartoons, Digital Art, Drawing, Illustration, Sketching http://lundentoons.com/2008/05/16/penguin-cartoon-illustration/ Let's face it, most of us will never make it onto The Simpsons as a character on the actual show, so we might have to take matters into our own hands... I created a quick self portrait this morning of what I, myself, might look like as a Simpson character. Technorati Tags: ... http://lundentoons.com/2008/04/23/simpsons-character-self-portrait/ Messed around with some character sketches this morning in order to loosen up a bit. Extra credit question: Which one has constipation issues...? Technorati Tags: Art, Cartoons, Cintiq, Designing, Digital Art, Drawing, Inking, Sketching http://lundentoons.com/2008/04/21/cintiq-inking-character-sketches/ Pixar Animation Studio has announced its schedule for releasing movies through 2012 and it includes sequals to Toy Story and Cars. Take a look here for more information. http://lundentoons.com/2008/04/10/pixar-announces-release-schedule-through-2012/ Sometime ago I downloaded a bundle of software from macheist.com, which included a neat little app called Snapz Pro X. With that I can video-capture my screen while I draw, so I decided to give that a go. This is a little sketch that I penciled, lettered and inked digitally in ... http://lundentoons.com/2008/03/24/digital-inking-movie-tutorial/