Making art – Page 3 of 8
Blog posts about making comic and illustration art. Work in progress, creative process, design, art tools. The works.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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
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.