Making art – Page 3 of 7
Blog posts about making comic and illustration art. Work in progress, creative process, design, art tools. The works.
A Panel about a Cat and a Printer
March 26, 2021 | Miscellany
Here’s a favourite panel from a comic I drew in 2018 about a cat who loved the home printer. Sometimes I make comics about things that are not sarcastic death, judgemental crows, or a robot and sheep galavanting around the cosmos. Read it here: https://ryanreid.com/comic/hazel-loves-the-printer/ This comic was created in Clip Studio Paint. Look at […]
Comic Panel of Yesteryear
March 25, 2021 | Miscellany
This is a panel from a very old comic. I was trying to write a picture book at the time. Someone, somewhere on the net, described creating comics to help flesh out characters, or something, so I thought I’d give it a try. The story ended up being very different from this, and the character, […]
Even Timelier Pencils
March 24, 2021 | Miscellany
I rethought the first panel – I like this much better. If I still like it tomorrow, I can start inking things. Tonight’s brainstorm fuelled by the Bill & Ted Face the Music soundtrack. Thanks Bill & Ted!
Timely Pencils
March 23, 2021 | Miscellany
Ladies and gentlemen, some ugly pencils for the current comic. Death is at it again!
Blank Page Blues
March 20, 2021 | Miscellany
When this page is blank, it can feel like the hardest thing in the world to get started. But once started, you don’t want to stop until it’s done. Except for hash browns and coffee. I mean, we have to live, amiright?
Zine Logo
March 17, 2021 | Miscellany
Thinking about Survival Anxiety #2, and working on a new logo for the cover.
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.
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.
Robot Upgrades
March 5, 2021 | Miscellany
Time for a Robot retrospective! In 2003 I took a crack at creating a web comic strip. The result of that effort was The Good Little Robot. It was the adventures of a robot stranded on Earth, struggling to make sense of this planet, and the people who live on it. It was met with […]
Crows Past and Present
February 27, 2021 | Miscellany
I was thinking recently about how much my drawings have changed since I started making Survival Anxiety. This is the first crows comic I drew in 2016.