Ryan Reid Illustration + Design

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Blog posts about making comic and illustration art. Work in progress, creative process, design, art tools. The works.

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Popcorn

May 30, 2021 | Miscellany

Here is a bit of detail from page 2 of Pity Party. And, yeah, I also just noticed the sign on the door isn’t centred. And, yeah, it’s making me angry, too.

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A Panel about a Cat and a Printer

March 26, 2021 | Miscellany

A favourite panel from a comic I drew in 2018 about a cat who loved the home printer. What cat doesn’t love a home printer? It’s totally relatable.

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Comic Panel of Yesteryear

March 25, 2021 | Miscellany

A panel from an old comic I created as sort of creative research for a children’s book I was trying to write at the time.

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Even Timelier Pencils

March 24, 2021 | Miscellany

Sometimes you need to scrap an idea and start again. It sucks, but it’s for the best. Death comic update, with pencil line art detail.

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Timely Pencils

March 23, 2021 | Miscellany

Ladies and gentlemen, a couple of work in progress panels penciled for the current comic. Good old Death is at it again!

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Blank Page Blues

March 20, 2021 | Miscellany

Update on the progress of a new death comic, currently in the early pencil stages and moving along nicely if I do say so.

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Zine Logo

March 17, 2021 | Miscellany

Thinking about Survival Anxiety #2, and working on a new logo for the cover. It’s hand drawn and unusual, just like the zine.

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Pencils Pencils Everywhere

March 17, 2021 | Miscellany

Death is back, helping the hopeless. These are the pencil roughs for a new comic, drawn on plain old printer paper, with my comic grid printed for reference.

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And To My Right…

March 12, 2021 | Miscellany

My lovely tool mess! Wherein I briefly share my favourite ink, brush, fountain pen and a small assortment of other art tools. Includes embarrassing photo.

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Robot Upgrades

March 5, 2021 | Miscellany

A short look at my Robot comics through the years, from The Good Little Robot in 2003, the revival in 2016, and Robot and Francis in the present.

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