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Matthew Ackermann |
Matthew works in pencil and ink as well as Photoshop, Illustrator and Fireworks. |
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072 139 7906 |
info@sparx.co.za | 021 422 0283 |
I studied a Bjourn at Rhodes University (majoring in journalism and philosophy), with the intention of getting into political cartooning and newspaper comic strips. After that I began working as a freelance cartoonist, writer and illustrator, and have been doing that full time for the last five years. I have done work for a number of educational publishers (Pearson, Maskew Miller Longman, Oxford University Press and Macmillan) as well as several newspapers and magazines (Ride magazine, Men’s health, The Bolander). I have written comics and comic strips for Strika entertainment (Supa Strikas, etc) and also storyboarded the weekly Supa Strikas comic strip featured in the Sunday Times. I previously did a weekly comic strip for www.sagoodnews.com, and I continue to have a monthly comic strip featured in Ride magazine.
While my style has some flexibility, I specialise in cartoons. My biggest strength is in my ability to write and draw comic strips and cartoons. All my work is done digitally, after the initial pencil sketching. I am fairly proficient in Illustrator, and have a good knowledge of Photoshop. I am available for black and white illustration, colour illustration, caricatures, inking, colouring, storyboarding, as well as writing and drawing comic strips and cartoons.