The Round-up
Public voting is under way for the Political Cartoon of the Year 2014. Those in the running include the Procartoonists.org members Andy Davey, above, Dave Brown, Martin Rowson, Steve Bell, Steve Bright and Gary Barker. The Times’s political cartoonist Peter Brookes is the subject of a short film called The Art of Satire, part of the […]
Canvassing for charity
Many cartoonists have contributed small canvases to the Stars on Canvas 2012 charity auction, which runs online until 2 December. They include Procartoonists.org members Jonathan Cusick, Noel Ford, Tony Husband, Royston Robertson, Robert Thompson, above, and Kate Taylor. There are also canvases by names from the worlds of sport, music and entertainment. The auction is in […]
Artist of the Month: Kate Taylor
Kate’s last piece of advice to any aspiring cartoonist is to “have endless perseverance, draw from the heart and be a shameless self-publicist”. Kate also feels that the internet has opened up many new ways in which cartoonists can now promote themselves. “The digital age also means a lot more choice for us in the […]
Artist of the Month: Kate Taylor
Bloghorn asked our Artist of the Month, Kate Taylor, how she started out in drawing; Since childhood Kate loved to draw and only ever wanted to be an illustrator. She has always worked as a self-employed freelancer, but, with her output always “veering towards” cartooning. She always admired the cartoons of the late Mel Calman […]
Artist of the Month: Kate Taylor
Every cartoonist has a distinctive personal working style and Bloghorn asked Kate what works for her; “I produce rough ideas with a biro, then the final artwork with an ink pen, scanning that in to the computer, then having a bit of a tinker with it in Photoshop. If I’m working to a very tight […]
Artist of the Month: Kate Taylor
Bloghorn’s featured Artist of the Month for November is cartoonist and illustrator, Kate Taylor. Yorkshire-based Kate’s work has appeared worldwide in books and magazines for a wide variety of clients. Like many cartoonists, her work appears in many markets. Her clients include Sainsburys, Yorkshire Electricity, Honda, BBC, The Daily Mirror, The Sunday Times, Exley Publications […]