03 PM | 05 Apr

The Net Generation Cartoon

NetGen-AllThatTwitters

BACKGROUND: With a general interest in cartooning and studying the craft through some books on the subject, I was always toying around with the idea of creating a regular cartoon strip. Plus being in the web content field, ideas started springing up connected with my experiences and observations about the Internet and World Wide Web. Finally, I took the plunge in December 2009 and started fleshing out the gags I had in mind…the ideas went through many iterations. I finally published them on CondensCity.com.  Though these are just amateur attempts, I’m just showcasing them here for the ideas therein.

YEAR: 2010

ART & GAGS : Umesh Ponnusamy

 

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12 PM | 11 Mar

Creating a web comic using only the drawing tools in Microsoft Powerpoint – [Cartooning] Paper Recycling

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paper_recycling_web

BACKGROUND: In 2006, navigating online forums in the UAE got me in touch with two creatives who had started a social work forum for creatives. One of their projects was Paper Recycling and they wanted a simple comic explaining the benefits of recycling paper. The script was already written and they couldn’t find a cartoonist yet. Being an amateur, I decided to take the plunge and use the opportunity to see what I was capable of.

CLIENT: Creative Majlis, Dubai

 

PRODUCT / SERVICE: Paper Recycling

BRIEF: Visualise and convert the written script into an entertaining and educating comic.

MEDIA: Web

YEAR: 2006

ART: Umesh Ponnusamy

COPY: Mayura Sandeep

INSPIRATION:

Since the day I had  created a killer resume in MS Word using it’s drawing tools (this was in 1998), I was fascinated by the possibilities these tools offered. Later in my work, I had created diagrams, charts, illustrations using these very user-friendly drawing tools.

I had even created a simple cartoon for a newsletter for an online group using the drawing tools in MS Word in 2004.

All these previous efforts, gave me the confidence to go ahead and try to visualise and execute the script given to me. It was a simple enough script.

Maybe someday if I have the time and inclination, I’ll document the entire process in this post.