Putty CAD - new logo in top 20 Serif designs

In a strange turn of events my newest Putty CAD logo got throught to the final stages of the Serif Design contest!

To vote for the logo, all you need to do is visit the Facebook link and "LIKE" the image!

Please take 2 seconds to do so if you can!

VIEW THE IMAGE HERE!

Very much appreciated! ;) Ric

Art competition - please vote for my Panda Cars game poster!

PLEASE VOTE: Panda Cars - poster for my upcoming game. by Ric Lumb - Serif Blog http://www.serif.com/blog/panda-cars-poster-upcoming-game-ric-lumb/ … #comp #win #serif #drawplus

If you could please lend your vote to my artwork it will really help! I'm trying to win the new version of Serif Drawplus, software which I use every day. It only takes a click to vote, no signup or anything needed! Many thanks in advance! ;) Ric

Children's Poems book wins TPBP Beryl Bainbridge Award for Best First Time Author

The book Ric Lumb illustrated for Christina Gabbitas, Poems and Pictures Has won the TPBP Beryl Bainbridge Award for Best First Time Author from The-Peoples-Book-Prize. Christina set up the children's poems initiative and invited school children to submit their own poems to appear in the book. The initiative creates around 50 new young authors every year who are thrilled to see their poems in print. Now in it's third year with a new book being released in the autumn.

https://www.facebook.com/puttycad

CLONE ZOO - re-released on Google Play

CLONE ZOO is now available on Google Play for most Android Devices.

The game is currently Free To Play with absolutely no In-App-Purchases or Adverts.

Please download, rate and review the game while we work on getting the other games re-released along with new titles we've been working on!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.puttycad.clonezoo

Clone Zoo - Out now on Google Play

Programmed by Rich Hanson

GFX by Ric Lumb

(c) PuttyCAD

Putty CAD games

I have set up a new Putty CAD google play account where we will be re-submitting the best of the Appy Times games along with some totally new ones!

The first two games announced this week are:

Panda Cars - An retro styled endurance racing game.

and Dinki Eggs - A match 3 puzzle game based on the "Dinki" comics by Ric

They will hopefully be submitted for general release on Google Play towards the end of the week and will be shown at the upcoming GA_MA_YO event in Leeds on Thursday.

Felicity Fly meets the Dragon Fruit and Friends - Book launch today!

The new book I illustrated is out today! "Felicity Fly meets the Dragon Fruit and Friends" Launching at WHSmiths, Meadowhall Shopping Centre in Sheffield. Go along and meet the author Christina Gabbitas and grab a copy of the book! For more information about the book and Christina's other works visit her websites: www.felicityfly.co.uk and www.poemsandpictures.co.uk

Please check out the schools poetry competition too: www.poemsandpictures.co.uk/competition

A Knight Before Christmas - Grab my new book totally FREE for a limited time!

"A Knight Before Christmas"

Download my brand NEW book now! Totally FREE for a limited time! A rhyming picture book for all ages, download the DRM free PDF file to your computer, tablet or smartphone. A great Christmas story to read to your kids.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD - FREE PDF eBOOK - approx 10MB

A massive thanks to the people who donated to my indiegogo to help get the book made and who's names appear in the back of the book!

SUPER TEN TON NINJA! Out now!

Super Ten Ton Ninja is out now! I provided all the splash screens and map for this one! Free Trial at http://www.addictive247.co.uk/supertenton.htm 
‪#‎gamedev‬ ‪#‎indiedev‬ It's a fun and addictive game (I'm not biased - I already liked it before I was hired to do the screens!) reminds me of the swinging character in the old Amiga game "Fury of the Furries" check it out!

A Knight before Christmas - 20% funded already - two weeks to go!

Just wanted to say thanks to everybody who's checked out my indiegogo book project so far.

Making really good progress on the artwork! Will post more updates to the project shortly so please bookmark it and follow me on twitter too! ;)

Here's a bit more info if you haven't seen it yet:

I've just launched an indigogo for my new children's rhyming picture book! The book is a story about Santa and friends, when the North Pole gets an unwelcome visitor in the shape of a fire breathing dragon he must find a brave knight to save Christmas. The book will be FREE to download on 19th DEC (2 weeks) but if you donate just £1 you can get a name in the back in time for Christmas. I'm also offering the page sketches as higher rewards! The book will be released as a DRM free PDF and would make a nice present on a kids tablet etc! MERRY CHRISTMAS! ;) Ric https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-knight-before-christmas-a-rhyming-picture-book/x/2455796#activity

A Knight Before Christmas - a rhyming story book by Ric

Over 10 years in the making (well if you include sitting in a drawer gathering dust!)

I wrote this story way back and never got around to doing anything with it. This Christmas I'll be releasing it as an illustrated DRM free PDF e-book to all the backers of my upcoming indigogo campain. For just £1 you will get the book and your name (or a loved one's name if you intend to gift it) just in time for Christmas.

The story starts where the North Pole has been beseiged by a fiery dragon and Sant must go off in search of a brave knight to get rid of the dragon and save Christmas!

The book will be 24 pages long and full of my cartoony illustrations!

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-knight-before-christmas-a-rhyming-picture-book/x/2455796

I hope you will check out the project and pledge for yourself or as a present to somebody!

Many thanks! Ric

Jerk Chickin - my first Windows 8.1 game

As my daughter will be learning Scratch at school I decided to come up with a simple game idea to use a touch screen which we could try and re-create in scratch.

 A discussion on Ga_Ma_Yo (Game Makers Yorkshire) mentioned Jerk Chicken (whatever that is) and an idea formed in my head.

Jerk Chickin - the game was born.

Basically a single player game where you drag the 'chickin' around the screen using your finger!

I won't give too much away yet but it features Jerk Chickin, Piggies and Mad Choppa the butcher!

Follow my blog and stay tuned for more progress! You'll find all my updates on Twitter too - http://www.twitter.com/cartoonsbyRic

Enjoy!