14 Funny Truths About Living Alone

It's official Karentoons is part of the Buzzfeed communtiy and have made my first post. This post has 14 cartoons that show the pros and cons about living alone. Here is my favourite...

ZOMBIES:
When you hear that bump in the night - no one will tell you it wasn’t a zombie trying to get into your room and eat your brain…and if it was a zombie….no one is there to help you fight them off!

Check out the link to see the other 13 funny truths about living alone:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/dashboard/karentoons/14-truths-about-living-alone-1da37


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Happy New Year / Reflect

The end of 2013 looms and it is a time to reflect...or if you are me it is a time to draw and then draw some more. I've been playing about with watercolour for a change. All the best for 2014 - hope you have really worthwhile new year's resolutions like these guys!

PET HATE *new* online cartoon series

I’ve just launched a new online cartoon "PET HATE", starring Dave as the owner and Not Garfield as the cat.

Quite frankly, it is a story about unrequited love between a man and his cat. ...will Dave ever do enough to impress his cat?...will Not Garfield ever love Dave back? It is an emotional roller coaster, but don’t take my word for it...follow the story on tumblr :
www.notgarfield.tumblr.com

and on twitter: @not_garfield  / www.twitter.com/not_garfield

Illustration Friday : Glow

It has been far too long since I have joined in the Illustration Friday fun so I thought I would post something for the last one of 2012! This week the theme for illustration Friday is "Glow"! Here is an image from a children's book I've been working on recently. I hope you like it! To see more images on this theme go to www.illustrationfriday.com.

 

 

 

five stages of MAN flu

 

 

After sharing my last illutration of the five phases of flu...I was told by a male friend that for man flu there is only one phase - DEFEAT. So...that called for another karentoon. Enjoy.

 

ps it's not sexist if a man says it first! (or if it is factually correct)

 

Five Phases of Flu

It is the most wonderful time of the year.....festive parties, thoughtful gifts and ruddy flu. I love Christmas, but every year without fail I catch the dreaded flu bug. This year is no different.

Flu comes in five phases. I'm currently in phase five, I wish I had spent more time trying to master phase 1....maybe next year.

Illustration Friday : Imagination

This week's Illustration Friday theme is "imagination". When it comes to imagination you can't beat the imagination of a little girl (or her cat) when something goes bump in the night....

"What was that noise?!"

Check out www.illustrationfriday.com for more artwork depicting this theme.

Illustration Friday - SPACE

This week's illustration friday theme is....SPACE! So I went all intergalactic! This illustration was actually a submission for a brilliant mentoring scheme run by Picture Hooks. As expected the standard of entries was incredibly high. I wasn't selected, but today I got incredible feedback from the board of professional judges. I've never felt more motivated!

Hope you like my pic - love to hear your thoughts as always. If you want to see more entries for other artists jump to the illustration friday site.

Happy Valentine's Day - Illustration Friday - Popular

"Someone's popular today..."

and no doubt

"Someone's jealous today..."

Illustration Friday : Grounded

I've been a bit stretched for time this week so sadly rushed this one a bit. Hope it looks okay and keeps in the theme of "Grounded". It's true what they say "When the cat's away...". Being grounded isn't fun...unless you're like me and love to spend hours doodling on your own with a pen and paper.

Meet Ruby and Tiger

Here are pages 1-5 from the children's picture book I designed for my course at Glasgow School of Art. (Pages 3 and 4 are a double page for those of you counting.)