Sunday, May 6, 2018

Playboy Cartoon: Final Pencil Prelim, Color Rough - May 1994

caption:  "Not only did she resign, but she sat on the photocopier 
and faxed her whatsit to a hundred of our subsidiaries."

All of Doug's nearly 500 full-page color Playboy cartoons have been rendered on Arches of France cold press art board using Dr. Ph. Martin's aniline dyes.  

board size:  approximately 14 5/8 x 19 3/8, art size:  approximately 13 1/2 x 17 1/4


Final pencil rough on heavy tracing vellum; image area - 7 1/2 x 9 3/4


For a color rough, Doug typically xeroxes the final pencil rough and then applies aniline dyes to "test" color selections before going to final art.  (When in his studio working on the finish, notice he moved the Sneyd signature logo slightly to the left of the plant.)


To see more available Playboy cartoon originals and preliminary pencil/color roughs, visit the Doug Sneyd Premium Gallery at:


(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)

Playboy Cartoon: Final Pencil Prelim - May 1998

caption:  "No thanks, I was harassed at work." 


All of Doug's preliminary pencil roughs for his full-page color Playboy cartoons - the first was published on p. 205 in the September 1964 issue - were done by hand.

This final pencil rough - image area: 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 - is on heavy tracing vellum.  Overlays (see upper right corner) are also common in Doug's work as are random notes - reference to Mrs. Doubtfire at the top - possibly from a radio or television program he was listening to while working in his third floor home studio overlooking Lake Couchiching in Orillia, which is 80 miles north of Toronto.

Playboy Cartoon: Hef's Approved Gag Rough - May 2007

caption:  "Your Honor, my client would like to throw herself on the mercy of the court.  
Individually or in groups of two or more."


Approved - "OK color page - H" with caption corrections in pencil - loose-style gag rough; full-page color cartoon published, p. 99, in May 2007 issue.


cover of the May 2007 issue

                 
The cartoon was also reproduced on p. 187 in The Art of Doug Sneyd, published by Dark Horse Books in July 2011.  The 248-page hardcover book, featuring 270 of Doug's full-page color cartoons, was a 2012 Eisner Award nominee in the Best Humor Publication category.


(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)

Playboy Cartoon: Hef's Approved Gag Rough - March 2005

caption:  "I'd like to prove to you that the best things in life are not always free."


Approved - "OK color H" in red pencil - loose-style gag rough for the full-page color cartoon in the March 2005, p. 126, issue of Playboy.


cover of the March 2005 issue


The full-page color cartoon was also reproduced on p. 84 in The Art of Doug Sneyd, published by Dark Horse Books in July 2011.   The 248-page hardcover book, featuring 270 of Doug's Playboy cartoons, is also available in a softcover edition from:



(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)