Me and some of my CCGB chums

I’m a member of the Cartoonist’s Club of Great Britain, and the club’s main aim is to be social with other cartoonists. I thought I’d do my bit by inviting them down my way and sharing some of the techniques I use when using Photoshop with my cartoons. I hired the community room of our local secondary school, Applemore Technology College, set up my iMac and Wacom, and went off to meet the attendees for lunch at the rather splendid Pilgrim on the edge of the New Forest.

Once we were fed and watered we settled down to look at, amongst other things, scanning to Bitmap, airbrushing colour, creating masks, drawing direct to the screen, using layers effectively, when to use RGB, and much more besides. It was certainly a two-way street with a few tips and shortcuts being thrown my way too. A good event, and considering our nationwide dispersal and it being a Monday, not a bad turn out either. Thanks to everyone who made the effort, and to Applemore for looking after us.