Welcome back everyone, on this, the
last Thursday of the month. Only one day left now until we are in the
final month of the year 2012. As it always seems to, this year has
gone by in the blink of an eye. So with out any further adieu, here
is today's edition of Shoofly....
Yesterday I made mention of a surprise
I had in store for everyone. Well that surprise is going to be coming
up this weekend. I have built up enough of a stock pile of cartoons,
and have gotten fast enough, I think at least, that I am going to
expand from five days a week, to seven days a week. It will start
with Not @ All returning on Saturdays. Then on Sundays, it will vary
from different pinups, to poetry, and whatever else I dream up and
decide to put up on here. Starting this weekend, the beginning of
December, we will kick things off with Christmas themed Not @ All
cartoons and pinups.
Well I got time for one fan letter
today, so lets get to it.
Dear DVid,
Who were your influences and where did
you learn to draw?
- Kevin
Well Kevin, I have given a few of my
influences on here in the past, but in case you missed them I will
give brief run down of them again. Jim Davis was a huge one for me,
as Garfield was the first comic strip I remember ever looking at.
Later I got into The Far Side, Peanuts, Calvin and Hobbes, and such.
When I got into comics there were alot of great artists and books
that also inspired me to pick up the pencil. Learning to draw was
great as I had alot of wonderful books that have helped me along the
way. The fact is, I still look at them for help every now and then.
The big one for me is a guy named Christopher Hart. He puts out a
butt load of books on how to draw, and for some reason his books
seemed to help me out the best. So he is the guy I like to recommend
to people who are looking to learn how to draw. I have others as
well, but I don't wanna ramble too much.
Well that will do it for today gang,
check in again tomorrow for more Shoofly and more of my nonsense.
Until then, take care.
-DVid
