gapingvoid: "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards": ink on paper

November 8, 2006

ink on paper

A stack of new "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards", all made in the last week or two.

As helpful and convenient as drawing on my Tablet PC is, there's a certain je ne sais quoi you only get with ink on paper. So my favorite media is asserting itself again. Good news.

I'll post some of these up on gapingvoid, once I've bought a new scanner.

Posted by hugh macleod at November 8, 2006 3:15 PM | TrackBack

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I would be interested in seeing designs that might apply to our business - not sure if you do this sort of thing or not...

http://www.covenantglobal.com

this is the website for our business...

Posted by: Robert at November 8, 2006 4:42 PM

Creativity 1.0

Posted by: John Dodds at November 8, 2006 4:58 PM

So... are those drawn on biz cards you've been given or do you buy blank biz cards to draw on? Or do they have your contact info on the other side?

Just curious.

Posted by: Leah at November 8, 2006 5:16 PM

Personally, I think the je ne sais quoi is quite apparent in the output. Looking forward to the new batch.

Posted by: Claus at November 8, 2006 10:29 PM

Lovely!

Posted by: Sheamus at November 9, 2006 9:03 AM

Cant wait...:)

Posted by: tarun bhatia at November 9, 2006 5:37 PM

hellooo !

I receive my business cards from you today with one of your drawing ... it is top class ... wonderful. the back is pink with my professional name in white, and two little sentences about my job + website & email addresses, then on the recto, your drawing with a guy saying "Was it good for you" and the girl answers "Read my blog"

i love it.

excellent production. excellent artist. quick + easy transaction. run for them !

no i am not paid for saying this. should i ? :))))

Posted by: anne at November 9, 2006 6:18 PM

hey guys. jst looked through your designs and well, they sum me up... i was wondering if you have ever done a drawing of an old boom box type thing... if you have... let me know... if not. why not?! let me know either way... please! x

Posted by: anna at November 9, 2006 7:28 PM

i agree... when i write, my wife says my most emotive work is with pen on paper... same with my drawings... pen and paper... maybe there are less synapses to transfer the thoughts and images... but i don't know... it just works...

Posted by: churchpundit at November 9, 2006 8:25 PM

There is something divine and authentic as the hand and pen work together.

I love my computer for blasting out words, blogging, and email (couldn't live without it), but sometimes the spiral notebook/hand scribbling combination produces better-quality, more-insightful stuff... even though there's less of it.

I've keep every notebook I've ever written/drawn in since I was a teen. Some of those old ideas still ring true!

Posted by: KG at November 10, 2006 3:36 PM