Tim Lockley first began cartooning as a schoolboy. “It was to relieve my aggression,” Lockley said. However, the cartoons sometimes caused more trouble than they relieved. “I was sent to the principal’s office for drawing a cartoon of the teacher,” he said
Source: http://www.sunherald.comLockley didn’t let that setback deter him from cartooning. He created cartoons at every step of his life. This included a stint in Vietnam, jobs as an expert on spiders, and more.
“Cartooning has always been a side thing,” he said. “I used it in a presentation at a meeting in Montreal.” Lockley employed his skills as a cartoonist to draw amusing but meaningful illustrations of spiders for his job. So many people enjoyed his artwork that some of his cartoons went missing. Other people, however, thought he was wasting his time with the art.
Now, Lockley has enough cartoons stocked up for several books. He’s already come out with two, but his stockpile of cartoons contains as many as 5,000. He is always looking to daily life for ideas to improve his cartoons.
If you have a sense of humor, drawing cartoons may be right up your alley. Consider signing up for a cartooning class to help boost your abilities. Sessions will center around what makes a cartoon effective, including experimenting with the use of panels, colors and shading, figure drawing, typography, and more. Practicing drawing cartoons will help kick start your imagination. Increased training will lead to more ideas for creative cartoons with professional execution.