Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog

MAD Magazine’s Tom Richmond has written up a lengthy review of Wacom’s portable sketchbook-sized tablet screen, the Cintiq 12WX. The consensus: perfect for those who can’t afford the larger model or want to be able to take their work on the road.

Related:
Tom Richmond’s numerous tutorials
Wacom Cintiq 12WX video review
Wacom Cintiq 12WX LCD Sketchbook

MAD caricaturist Tom Richmond has posted the first part of a series of “How to Draw Caricatures” tutorials on his blog. First up are the basics, a method of defining the unique geometry of one’s subjects using what Tom calls The Five Shapes. I’m really looking forward to the rest of this series. Tom’s blog is an invaluable resource of tips, tutorials, and insights.

Previously on Drawn!: Tom teaches inking, digital colouring, and dealing with deadbeat clients.

MAD Magazine’s Tom Richmond offers up another juicy tutorial, this time on digital colouring: Part One, Part Two, Part Three. Pro users may not learn too much, but Tom’s nothing if not incredibly in-depth. He covers every detail of his colouring process no matter how seemingly inconsequential, never assuming anything of the reader. This makes it a great resource for students or those just learning the ins and outs of Photoshop. The tutorial covers everything from scanning the art right down to the last little highlight.

He even throws in a video this time:

Previously on Drawn!: Tom’s Mini Colour Tutorial and Tom’s Inking Tutorial.

Hot off the heels of his colouring tutorial (previously on Drawn!), MAD Magazine’s Tom Richmond offers up a wonderfully-detailed and thorough tutorial on how he inks one of his illustrations. He explains the tools he uses, the various types of inks, how he holds his pens, how he moves his arms, cross-hatching, solid blacks — you name it! He even drops a few secrets of some of the older generation of MAD artists like Mort Drucker and Jack Davis.

Tom Richmond’s Inking Tutorial: Part One | Part Two

On his blog, MAD Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond offers up a brief tutorial on his process for colouring an illustration for the magazine. Poke around the rest of his blog (on his newly redesigned website) for more invaluable advice for anyone interested in entering the world of freelance illustration and cartooning.