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


It's my first post so give me a share, a comment and rate me if you can :)

Happy Cartoons

I have started a little side project where I try to make the world a better place through my cartoons. It sounds silly, but I know how simple things can make your day.

I am regularly doing general motivational cartoons with a positive message, but I am also asking people to get in touch and tell me their story and I will draw them a cartoon (for free) and share it online.

Here are 2 examples of my new project:

So if you are feeling down, having a rubbish day or just find things tough - get in touch. You can find me on twitter @happy_cartoons and on tumblr

Happy St Andrew's Day Cartoon

It is St Andrew's day here in Scotland and it is day for celebrating! Here is my wee cartoon to mark the occasion.

I'm off to dust off my tartan, eat some haggis and wash it down with some irn bru of course!!

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!

#artideas - How to Make a 3D Spider Web

My friends at Articulate Gallery recently asked me some #artideas for their new blog showing folk the endless possibilities that can be displayed in their 3D frames. This is a really fun idea for those aged 5-9...or 26 in my case.

As I grew up watching BBC Blue Peter, this was a dream come true. I created a 3D spider web complete with dangling spider.

Here are the steps you need to make draw the spider:

What you will need: a marker pen (Sharpie is my preference, but any good waterproof marker will do) and some card (I've used the inside of a cornflakes box)

Use your black marker to draw this onto the card. First draw 2 circles for eyes and 2 dots inside the eyes. These dots show where the spider is looking which should be up at his dinner.

Next draw an oval for the body. Make sure the eyes in the upper half of the oval so you have room to put the mouth in.






Now, draw the 8 legs. 4 on each side. Start in the middle and work your way up and round.

Finally give your spider a mouth. I made my spider happy because he has lots of bugs to eat for his dinner. This is simply a stretched out U shape, with another U shape underneath. As for the tounge its an upside down U shape.


To find out how to make the rest click HERE to go the Articulate Gallery blog.