The Process

The process of cartooning various according to artists, but the basic stages are much the same: pencil, then ink for black-and-white work, and pencil and perhaps ink, then colour for full colour pieces. The piece below was a commission from the Royal College of General Practioners.

Then you begin working on the foreground figures

Finally, you add the details.

Everything begins with a rough pencil sketch of the idea

This rough sketch is inked and you start to ink/colour the background