ChewingPencils.com Cartoon Contest

by Dan in Misc > Art Contests

Published Dec. 21st 2006


Matt Glover of ChewingPencils is hosting an online contest during the month of January while he takes some time off from his blog.

The contest is simple – enter a small, one-panel gag cartoon on any subject. The required dimensions are 5cm wide by 8cm tall, and that’s where the difficulty comes in.

I tossed around a few ideas, and finally settled on this one:

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If I had to give it a title, I’d call it Office Karma, or maybe Paper beats Scissor. : )

Artistically, I wanted something that didn’t require any text, and I liked how this composition filled up the height of the 5×8 panel. You’ll also notice strong geometric lines, which is something my art always seems to have in it. I guess I just like structure.

In an effort to defy that internal desire for order, I deliberately left this cartoon more scribbly than my weekly Bachelor of Arts comic strip. Although it’s nice to end up with a hand-drawn feel, I don’t know that I could do that for a full comic strip.

Let me know what you think – I’d love to hear your feedback.

If you’d like to enter Matt’s competition, there are just a few rules which you can read here.

More importantly, the deadline to enter is the end of December; so if you’re interested, get drawing!

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