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   Bluejayz said, 2 months ago

   Very insightful comment.

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   believecommonsense said, 2 months ago

   bueller, this has a beautiful, soft-toned water color look … it’s nice … how did you do it?

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   cabrobst said, 2 months ago

   Eight years of which wasted in Iraq.

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   fennec said, 2 months ago

   BCS, right! bueller has done a great job here.

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   nomad2112 said, 2 months ago

   Who’s Bueller?

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   bueller said, 2 months ago

   Nice that this was well received. Thanks!

   BCS asked about the medium the cartoon was done in. Most of my editorial cartoons are b&w ink on paper, with Duo Shade once in a while. That stuff is getting scarce so I ration it. This cartoon was painted with watercolor, and lettered as usual with ink.

   As far as color on the editorial page, my paper tends to
   usually reserve that for use as requested, which turns out
   to be perhaps six or seven times a year. The rest of the paper has plenty of color positions, though - section fronts,
   photos, etc.

   Most of the color work I do for the Democrat-Gazette is for
   the Sunday Perspective page illustration, which I paint
   weekly. Once in a while i’ll switch to a sculpted clay relief illustration to vary the look of the Perspective
   page.
   .

   I should add color to more of my editorial cartoons, even if
   I wind up doing a color version for the web only.I still like to paint them,
   rather than coloring them in Photoshop.Not sure what method
   Jim Morin uses for his color cartoons, but I like the effect.

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   believecommonsense said, 2 months ago

   ^Bueller, hey, water color, I was right! it’s nicely done. If you’re interested, Ramsey did a nice toon today that has a water color look to it too, though i don’t think it is water color. It looks more dense, less diffused.

   Morin’s color toons have a smudged look to the black ink (if that’s what it is) almost like a dark charcoal. But, FWIW, bueller, I like your water color look on this one better.

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   believecommonsense said, 2 months ago

   nomad, to answer your question, read Deering 9/2/09

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   deadheadzan said, 2 months ago

   Really great image by our man Bueller.

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    bueller said, 2 months ago

    Ramsey did a fine job with his 9/11 tribute. The convincing way he
    rendered the water and reflections helped convey the idea of something lost but not forgotten.

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    parkersinthehouse said, 2 months ago

    notice how the rubble of the towers or an entire desert can be spoken with just a few strokes -

    that’s because those are the supporting actors in the statement - without them, of course, it’s empty. the primary actors are the men (and women?) with their thoughts and the thoughts themselves

    you can see how an artist can power up the statement

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    cdward said, 2 months ago

    nice work, bueller. Thanks.

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    David said, 2 months ago

    Freedom is preserved by due vigilance.

    The Freedom we enjoy today (or better yet what is left of it) was bought by the blood of many and is preserved with the blood of many.

    Sadly, we have long forgotten this and gladly sell our power out to the politicians in exchange for the fish bait they wave in front of our faces.

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    DrCanuck said, 2 months ago

    Waving fish bait! Exchanging our faces! Forgotten power politicians! Rah, rah! You tell ‘em, David!

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    d_legendary1 said, 2 months ago

    David I believe the term you are looking for is Democratic Republic, ergo our system of government.

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    nomad2112 said, 2 months ago

    ^ Thanks BCS.

    Bueller = Deering.