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Blog posts about making comics, creating zines, life, and everything.

Not helping

Not helping

July 13, 2017 | Blog

“I know a job you can do – fat shaming cats.” My 8 yr old daughter, not really helping at all with my job hunt.

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Wrenched picture book art page 24

Wrenched Update – Design Milestone Reached

May 26, 2017 | Blog

This week I completed paint on the 24 story pages of the picture book. That’s an important milestone for the project, but no time to celebrate. There’s still a lot of work to do!

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Wrenched picture book silhouette study

Designing Pictures

May 19, 2017 | Blog

In general the entire process for designing illustrations turns out to be not much different from any other design project. And it really is design. 

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Wrenched picture book storyboard

Storyboarding for picture books and cats

May 5, 2017 | Blog

You’ve probably heard of storyboards used in movie production. They’re also a useful and common tool for planning all manner of books, not just picture books.  

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Adventures in writing

Adventures in writing

April 27, 2017 | Blog

I need personal design projects to keep me balanced. I wanted something more substantial, so I decided to create a picture book.

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Grey Jay’s Canada

January 16, 2017 | Blog

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#parenting

#parenting

November 28, 2016 | Blog

Some random thoughts on #parenting from the year so far.

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Thoughts on unemployment

Thoughts on unemployment

July 27, 2016 | Blog

A few thoughts on my current stint of unemployment.

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Orlando

June 13, 2016 | Blog

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