Comments on: The Burden. http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2007/08/28/the-burden/ The editorial cartoons of Matt Davies Sun, 7 Sep 2008 18:42:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.5 By: ball http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2007/08/28/the-burden/#comment-4052 ball Sat, 01 Sep 2007 02:31:31 +0000 http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2007/08/28/the-burden/#comment-4052 Your welcome, jEy. Your welcome, jEy.

]]> By: jEy http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2007/08/28/the-burden/#comment-4048 jEy Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:15:28 +0000 http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2007/08/28/the-burden/#comment-4048 Thank you, Ball! =) Thank you, Ball! =)

]]> By: ball http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2007/08/28/the-burden/#comment-4047 ball Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:53:17 +0000 http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2007/08/28/the-burden/#comment-4047 Like I said, win some , loose some. Like I said, win some , loose some.

]]> By: Alex http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2007/08/28/the-burden/#comment-4046 Alex Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:42:27 +0000 http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2007/08/28/the-burden/#comment-4046 No biggie. Your attempt at humor was tough to pick up on because it was lame. No biggie. Your attempt at humor was tough to pick up on because it was lame.

]]> By: ball http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2007/08/28/the-burden/#comment-4044 ball Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:57:43 +0000 http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2007/08/28/the-burden/#comment-4044 Sorry Alex, I never explain my attempts at being a smart-ass. Hopefully they can be digested and understood at once. Win some, loose some . Actually I found the cartoon to be rather droll. Good luck jEy. Sorry Alex, I never explain my attempts at being a
smart-ass. Hopefully they can be digested and understood at once. Win some, loose some . Actually I found the cartoon to be rather droll. Good luck jEy.

]]> By: jEy http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2007/08/28/the-burden/#comment-4042 jEy Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:07:50 +0000 http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2007/08/28/the-burden/#comment-4042 My subject matter is love and basically the world around me. I like 'playing on words'. Like "Time is running out" and "Changing my mind" and I could almost picture Father Time running out the door, and me brain-switching. It's just the pictures that do not come to me. I see them in my head but they don't materialize on paper. Original pictures, that is. Coming out with a character perhaps. Or possibly just finding humor in all things NOW and give them life somehow. I respect your work, sincerely. I'm going to follow your advice and take Life Drawing classes. Wish me luck. Thank you. jEy My subject matter is love and basically the world around me. I like 'playing on words'. Like "Time is running out" and "Changing my mind" and I could almost picture Father Time running out the door, and me brain-switching. It's just the pictures that do not come to me. I see them in my head but they don't materialize on paper. Original pictures, that is. Coming out with a character perhaps. Or possibly just finding humor in all things NOW and give them life somehow. I respect your work, sincerely. I'm going to follow your advice and take Life Drawing classes. Wish me luck. Thank you.

jEy

]]> By: Matt Davies http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2007/08/28/the-burden/#comment-4040 Matt Davies Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:02:11 +0000 http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2007/08/28/the-burden/#comment-4040 jEy Many thanks. The best advice I can give is to always be blisteringly self-critical. And read a lot. You have to know your subject matter well enough to spot ironies. Then after all that reading and you've formulated an opinion, (not hard - many people confuse having an opinion with wisdom) you have to figure out how to present that opinion in the clearest and cleverest way possible. Then once you have that, comes the easy part, which is the drawing. (Most who approach me with "ideas" for cartoons, but they "just can't draw," are mostly actually better at drawing than they are at coming up with cartoon ideas...) If you want advice on drawing...Just keep practicing. Draw inspiration from all artforms, not just editorial cartoons. Oh, and take life drawing classes. jEy

Many thanks.

The best advice I can give is to always be blisteringly self-critical. And read a lot. You have to know your subject matter well enough to spot ironies.
Then after all that reading and you've formulated an opinion, (not hard – many people confuse having an opinion with wisdom) you have to figure out how to present that opinion in the clearest and cleverest way possible. Then once you have that, comes the easy part, which is the drawing.
(Most who approach me with "ideas" for cartoons, but they "just can't draw," are mostly actually better at drawing than they are at coming up with cartoon ideas…)

If you want advice on drawing…Just keep practicing. Draw inspiration from all artforms, not just editorial cartoons. Oh, and take life drawing classes.

]]> By: jEy http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2007/08/28/the-burden/#comment-4039 jEy Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:11:53 +0000 http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2007/08/28/the-burden/#comment-4039 'The Burden' is right on the money. My sentiments exactly. I was just at Comicspage and browsed through your entire archive on there. Your cartoons are brilliant. My favorites are the above and 'Suffer the children'. Also 'Disposable Culture', 'Paralysis', 'Benchmarks', and so many others. I wish I could draw like you. I only draw a little but only what I can see (quite a handicap). Then I edit here and there, but nothing of my own. What pointers would you give a beginner such as me who isn't very young? Not that I'm 80 but let's just say I've been walking on these earth for a couple of decades already. :) E-mail me privately or reply here, please. Thank you! jEy jey3858@aol.com =) 'The Burden' is right on the money. My sentiments exactly. I was just at Comicspage and browsed through your entire archive on there. Your cartoons are brilliant. My favorites are the above and 'Suffer the children'. Also 'Disposable Culture', 'Paralysis', 'Benchmarks', and so many others. I wish I could draw like you. I only draw a little but only what I can see (quite a handicap). Then I edit here and there, but nothing of my own. What pointers would you give a beginner such as me who isn't very young? Not that I'm 80 but let's just say I've been walking on these earth for a couple of decades already. :) E-mail me privately or reply here, please. Thank you!

jEy
jey3858@aol.com
=)

]]> By: Alex http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2007/08/28/the-burden/#comment-4031 Alex Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:38:13 +0000 http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2007/08/28/the-burden/#comment-4031 What's the deal, Ball? Do you really not get it, or are you just attempting to be a smart-ass? What's the deal, Ball? Do you really not get it, or are you just attempting to be a smart-ass?

]]> By: Matt Davies http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2007/08/28/the-burden/#comment-4026 Matt Davies Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:06:45 +0000 http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2007/08/28/the-burden/#comment-4026 Sorry Ball...I took a solemn vow several moons ago to never explain a cartoon in my blog. If the point I was making wasn't clear (to you), then my cartoon simply failed and crashed & burned miserably (for you). There is nothing more tedious than a long drawn out interpretation of something that is supposed to be digested - and hopefully understood - in a split second... Win some, lose some. Thanks for caring enough to ask though. Really. Sorry Ball…I took a solemn vow several moons ago to never explain a cartoon in my blog. If the point I was making wasn't clear (to you), then my cartoon simply failed and crashed & burned miserably (for you). There is nothing more tedious than a long drawn out interpretation of something that is supposed to be digested – and hopefully understood – in a split second…

Win some, lose some.

Thanks for caring enough to ask though. Really.

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