Mark David is an illustrator and former cartoonist living and working in Sydney, Australia



Cartoons
60 examples of cartoons
from 20 years of cartooning

Regular illustration
Images created for newspaper
publication or just plain fun
last updated: May 2008

3D illustration
From realistic racing yachts
to cartoony fish
last updated: December 2007

Computers are like dogs: they can smell fear


How the Cheddar Warrior
illustration was made

This explains the main steps
in making a detailed piece of 3D

How the 3D cow
illustration was made

First start with a real cow ...

How difficult is it to
learn 3D illustration?

We keep being told it's intuitive.
I'm not so sure it is

The Easiest Way to
Learn Cartooning

Want to learn how to draw cartoons?
Here's something that will get you started

Cartoon expression machine
This is a fun way to see how
cartoon drawing works.
Click the buttons and watch the results

A few words about the ads in this website
I'm not personally familiar with . . . MORE
A few words about spam
I hate spam e-mails and don't send them . . . MORE

In pursuit of the waterskiing duck
It started off as a fun idea. It's turning into a kind of obsession, and a blog . . . MORE
last updated: July 11 2008

Photo Sales
Looking for an Australian nature pic? I've got a bit of a photo library building up here and just might have the image you're looking for . . . MORE


People need nature more than nature needs people

Indian mynahs
These little brown birds are taking over the best nesting spots, at the expense of the locals
Noisy miners
Sometimes mistaken for Indian mynahs

Australian white ibis
Conservation takes an unexpected twist

Geese teeth
Some birds have teeth. No, really. Sort of ...

Rainbow lorikeets
Raucous and colourful, but not always welcome

Sulphur-crested cockatoos
Beautiful birds with an awful call

Glossy black cockatoos
Casuarinas' seed eaters


Common water birds around Sydney
This guide identifies the usual culprits

Pacfic Black ducks
A common Aussie duck

Black swans
Bird emblem of Western Australia

Are they crows or ravens in Sydney?
The answer's in the neck feathers

Brush turkeys
Cool birds with huge nests

Darters
Comfortable on land, in the air and in water

Australian pelicans
For such a big, clumsy-looking bird on land,
they sure look graceful in the air

Fire and the Australian bush
The story of fire is a complicated one

Lizard bite
Sometimes you get more than you bargained for

City critters
Some of the best critters hang out where you'd least expect them

Cute stuff
Critters sure can look cute when they're little

Wildlife photography
An unhelpful guide

 

Some big Australian trees
We're chopping them down so fast most people have
never seen a big gum tree. Here are some nice ones

A few unusual Australian trees
They might not be the biggest, but they sure look good

Will Australia's giant trees return?
Maybe not. This looks at some of the reasons why.
It makes you wonder why we're in such a
hurry to chop them all down

The world's longest insect
This critter is for real. All 42 cm (16.5 inches) of it

Common Australian orb-weaving spiders
Most of the time, in Eastern Australia, you can
narrow that big spider in your garden
down to one of these

Golden orb weaver spiders
Common, and harmless

Huntsman spiders
Big, hairy, scary and timid

Fear of huntsman spiders
Some things you can do about it

How many eyes do spiders have?
Quite a lot, actually

How many eyes do insects have?
The number varies

The amazing net-casting spiders
These handsome critters have a
remarkable method of catching prey

Commensal spiders
Eating the leftovers

What is a spider?
No really. What makes a spider a spider?

How I catch spiders
Here's how I catch them to take them outside

Camouflaged critters
Blending in to a scene near you

Feeding wild animals
Is it a good idea?



Extreme close-ups
Can you guess what I was
photographing in these pictures?

My weird UFO pic
I didn't even notice it until I
downloaded it onto my computer

Carbon-neutral hosting
This hosting of this website isn't
making this planet any hotter


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