Baking tent models
One of the hardest things about drawing a story set in a consistent visual setting, eg indoors, is maintaining consistency. ...
2023-04-29 08:40:55 +0000 UTC View Post
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Great British Bump Off #1 rough version
WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS A SPOILER FOR THE WHOLE FIRST ISSUE OF THE GREAT BRITISH BUMP OFF. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO READ A ROUGH BUT COMPLETE VERSION OF ISSUE 1, DON'T OPEN THE PDF LINKED AT THE BOTTOM.
2023-04-28 07:42:59 +0000 UTC
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GIANT DAYS IS BACK BACK BACK!!!
Giant Days isn't exactly back, it's being reissued in new twofer library editions later in the year. But I have a problem, and the problem is that when I am now asked about Giant Days, I have largely forgotten all but the broad strokes of the stor...
2023-04-23 09:14:28 +0000 UTC View PostSteeple 17 cover
I realise that Steeple 16 hasn't appeared yet (I've drawn half of it as of today) but here's a sneak le peek at the cover for Steeple 17. It's pretty muc...
2023-04-20 15:35:47 +0000 UTC View PostCHLOE NOONAN IS BACK
We've entered the period of the year where I repeatedly tell my friend Marc Ellerby that his great character Chloe Noonan "is back" while sending him bootleg images ...
2023-04-13 13:37:55 +0000 UTC View PostRead KIT + THE WOLF in full, now!
Your PDF is linked under the cover image.
This is a weird, never-to-be-repeated one-off but I hope you like it. I had a lot of fun making it. If you have any questions, put them in the comments. I'm sure you'll have questions.
STEEPLE ...
2023-04-09 22:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostBack in Tredregyn, back in SketchUp
I start drawing a new Steeple story next week, so today I've finally modelled in SketchUp all the rooms in the rectory that I usually busk the layouts of. Half the rooms join up differently every time, which I don't like, so it feels good to put t...
2023-03-31 14:32:15 +0000 UTC View Post
FISHMAN UPDATE March 23rd 2023
It's been a while since you've heard what Desmond Fishman is up to. That's my fault, and I'm sorry. I stepped away from the conversation so that other voices could be heard. But Des has asked that I appraise you of his latest projects, visions and...
2023-03-23 17:02:27 +0000 UTC View PostGREAT BRITISH BUMP OFF #1 PREVIEW
The preview pages are out for GBBO #1!
"When she enters her country’s most beloved baking competition, Shauna Wickle’s goal is to delight the judges, charm the nation, and make a few friends along the way. But when a fellow contestant is...
2023-03-19 14:55:30 +0000 UTC View PostFurther Kickstarter sketches
Here are six Esther sketches, I spent the afternoon carefully inking these and applying my best and most treasured Copic grey pens to them. I even did some crosshatching. I mean, come on.
My only remaining task is to slice the pieces o...
2023-03-14 16:57:48 +0000 UTC View PostGiant Days commission sketches
I'm currently doing 20 commissions for Giant Days Kickstarter backers. I don't enjoy doing pictures like this but needs must and I have been trying my best to get some good drawings out. These are the sketches I did for 14 of them - I've lightboxe...
2023-03-11 16:23:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe work continues
After many months of uncertainty, a period of calm has begun, and I am attempting to fill it with new ideas and good work. First and foremost is KIT + TH...
2023-02-27 15:47:19 +0000 UTC View PostRead SOLVER 10: BOYS LIKE FUN pt 2, in full, now!
Your PDF is linked under the cover image - please let me know if you enjoyed it in the comments.
For new $3+ Patrons, your Solver stories so far (links are to the PDF download posts)
Issues 1 & 2 - Circus Windows
2023-02-19 23:59:01 +0000 UTC
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Onion Dan toy range
Be sure to pester your parents for this incredible new range of plastic thought-haunters. Only from DANCO®
2023-02-18 07:59:07 +0000 UTC View PostInking practice 16/2
After a few weeks off, I did a bit of inking practice yesterday to warm up for a return to drawing pages. I found some pencils by an up-and-coming artist, kind of obscure, you know? One or two of you may recognise his work even under my sloppy mar...
2023-02-17 17:00:51 +0000 UTC View PostDoujinshi theatre
I was moving house last week, hence the silence. But here's a little teaser, the cover for the story that follows Boys Like Fun part 2. It's exactly what it looks like. An outlaw Kitty Pryde and Wolverine comic set in 1985. It was all I f...
2023-02-15 15:47:55 +0000 UTC View PostQuiet Storm
After a feverish spell of work finishing Solver #10, I've got a couple of weeks off making comics to move house before I start the next project. My intention is to do a new Steeple story, but before then, there's a standalone fill-in comic that I ...
2023-02-01 20:55:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe 13th generation
I am currently plotting out a "doujinshi" comic that will emerge at some point in the near future. In discussing this with my good friend Marc Ellerby, he said that I should do a Gen 13 fan comic. Gen 13 is a nineties comic which I read o...
2023-01-22 21:12:48 +0000 UTC View PostSomething new
My new four-issue limited series with Max Sarin on art and Sammy Borras colouring has just been announced by Dark Horse. It's out in April.
I will ...
2023-01-19 17:52:20 +0000 UTC View PostJuvenilia
One of my dumbest acts as a mid-teen (I estimate 15) was to burn all the superhero comics I'd drawn between 11 and 14 on a bonfire at Tom Rowley's house. I remember his dad, an artist and designer, being genuinely aghast when he heard what I'd don...
2023-01-17 17:09:42 +0000 UTC View PostKitty Pryde and Wolverine
I've been messing around with the 1980s Marvel colorist's palette. There are only 64 colours, plus black and white, and no shades of grey. You're forced ...
2023-01-12 15:24:16 +0000 UTC View PostSteeple will return in 2023
I'm beginning to block out plans for a new Steeple story, hopefully beginning in the spring. As always it will showcase RAW TERROR and DAZZLING FASHIONS....
2023-01-03 07:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostRead SOLVER 9: BOYS LIKE FUN pt 1, in full, now!
Your PDF is linked under the cover image - please let me know if you enjoyed it in the comments. And thank you for supporting the creation of these comics.
For new $3+ Patrons, your Solver stories so far (links are to the PDF downlo...
2023-01-02 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostDaily draws 11-20
A variety of exciting concepts and relatable characters in this selection from the latest batch of Daily Draws from Instagram. I'm sure you'll have your favourites, and I know I do. For me it's the Pub Shouter Triplets. In a few etchings you'll ev...
2022-12-31 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHave I got a 2023 for you
Look forward to a new print series announcement in the next few weeks, and here's the cover for Solver issue 10.
Nothing to worry about!
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Happy Christmas
Very best wishes to all my Patreon subscribers, thank you your continued support.
2022-12-23 14:46:44 +0000 UTC View PostDaily Draws 1-10
I've started a new project where I have to do a new pencil drawing every day for a year, as I have neglected my sketchbooking and got quite stale over the last few years. Not bad, just creatively mundane. So the idea is to do something every day, ...
2022-12-20 08:43:19 +0000 UTC View PostCalling 2023
I’m currently trying to work out what stories I want to tell next year. I have Solver 9 and 10 set for January to March, and a print miniseries due in the spring, but beyond that my slate is empty. Everything I’ve done over the last three year...
2022-12-17 20:50:29 +0000 UTC View PostALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2022
I've had plenty of time to listen to music this year; my Last.fm profile shows this will be my biggest listening year ever; I'm not sure this means anything but who does...
2022-12-12 16:00:40 +0000 UTC View Post