Anton Emdin
Cartoonist (Sydney, NSW)

Based in Sydney, Anton is an illustrator / cartoonist / animator / designer who likes to dabble in a range of styles and disciplines, but primarily calls himself an illustrator.

After graduating form the College of Fine Arts (Paddington, Sydney) with a BFA under his arm, Anton gained employment as a freelance graphic artist, as well as producing comic books in the Australian underground scene.

Cutting his teeth (and continuing to do so) on underground comix, Mr Emdin (or "a" as he frequently signs) has developed a fresh, accessible style, with strong colour and confident lines.

Anton has worked in a variety of media, including newspaper cartoons, magazine illustrations and comic strips, web, print,and logo design, online interactives and television animation. He uses a mix of traditional and modern styles to create his work, depending on the desired outcome.

In most cases he will sketch in pencil, then use brush and India ink to render the black and white art. From there the image is scanned, touched up, and coloured electronically. Variations of the colour process include hand colouring using paint, gouache, or even pencil. On some occasions, Anton will 'trace' the image electronically to provide a 'vector' (line, not bitmap) image.

Anton lives and works in Sydney, Australia with his wife Ash, his pug pup Corkey, and that cat that sometimes shows up to be fed; Johnny.

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