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Bio/Contact - Cartoon Ink
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My name is Patrick LaMontagne, and I’m a cartoonist, illustrator, and digital painter. Despite what a number of my former teachers declared with great certainty, apparently a person. Make a living drawing and colouring pictures all day. Having grown up as a Canadian Armed Forces ‘base brat,’ I spent much of my childhood living in West Germany, among other places, but in 1994, while in pursuit of a girl, I ended up in Banff. In case you were wondering, chasing that girl to Banff turned out pretty well, as...
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Online - Cartoon Ink
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Dr Jekyll and Mr. Online. Posted March 16th, 2015. With Comments Off on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Online. Social media is a double-edged sword. On one hand, it allows a self-employed relatively unknown artist like me to reach a wider audience than would normally be possible. By being online and posting content, more people follow my work, I get my name out there, and in a perfect world, it generates more sales. Do you ever wonder why self-help authors keep writing books on self-help? When’s the last time you we...
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Commissions - Cartoon Ink
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So you’re thinking about commissioning a pet portrait. Well, thanks for considering me for the job. Suppose, however, that the client has given me fantastic photos of Fido to work from, great lighting, sharp detail and is flexible on the pose, but then adds, I’d like him to be wearing his collar with his name tag on it. He also likes to sleep with his favorite fifteen stuffed animals and toys. And I’ll be happy to answer them. Grizzly Ride Into K-Country. Red Deer Advocate Cover Story.
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Shirts/DVDs - Cartoon Ink
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PHOTOSHOPCAFE MASTERCLASS: ANIMAL PAINTING IN ADOBE PHOTOSHOP. In this DVD, I’ll teach you how to paint a photorealistic animal from scratch. You will learn the entire process, from working with reference photos, setting up the digital canvas, blocking in shapes, adding detail and finishing the painting. You’ll see how I approach a piece and learn the tools and techniques I use. This fast loading DVD ROM contains 3 hours, 17 minutes of high quality video instruction! 5999 available as a download or DVD.
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Blog - Cartoon Ink
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Grizzly Ride Into K-Country. Posted August 17th, 2016. With Comments Off on Grizzly Ride Into K-Country. Highway 40 into Kananaskis is one of the prettiest drives around here. From Canmore to the Highwood Pass (the highest paved road in Canada), it takes about an hour, although most people make time to stop along the way for photos of the scenery or if they’re lucky enough to see wildlife. That bigger lens is still on my wish list. Someday. Kicking myself a little for turning back, I was rewarded for the...
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Portfolio - Cartoon Ink
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Grizzly Ride Into K-Country. Red Deer Advocate Cover Story. The Ultimate Bear Experience.
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Polar Bear Totem - Cartoon Ink
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Posted April 4th, 2015. With Comments Off on Polar Bear Totem. On my Wacom Cintiq 24HD display. In my experience, if I paint an animal for commercial purposes alone, it often doesn’t end up working for me or it turns out to be less than I’d hoped for. The Magpie and Ground Squirrel have always felt like that for me, because I painted them for my first gallery in Banff, rather than for myself. Initially, I wanted to have this done for the upcoming Calgary Expo. The polar bear has no natural predators othe...
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Lemur Totem - Cartoon Ink
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Posted January 12th, 2015. With Comments Off on Lemur Totem. My first Totem painting of the year, this is a Mongoose Lemur. While many people think of the Ring-tailed species when you mention Lemur, mostly due to the animated movie Madagascar, I painted this species because of all of the reference pics I’ve shot at the Calgary Zoo. While this little guy (or gal) is very cute, you might wonder why I made the choice to put so much work into it and add it to my Totem series. On a Wacom Cintiq 24HD. Grizzly ...
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