Planets sometimes align…
So this is weird. Like many people I get email notifications about stuff. One popped into my inbox from Indiegogo. One of the items on the email was about a new home camera security system. Looks pretty awesome but I was struck by the shape. Remind you of anything?...
STORE NOW OPEN!
I have had a 'shop' on here for a while but with only a few items. I recently posted on Facebook and Twitter that there are some prints now available. Thanks for all the interest in these. But... as soon as I mentioned it the whole thing crashed and burned and...
Darkly Pine.
On World Mental Health day you can make a difference to someone who is dealing with something. Here is what made a difference to me during a challenging time of my life.
Colour test
As the drawing of the panels slowly creeps forward on the new book, I thought I would pause and see what they might look like coloured up. As many of you will know, when I 'coloured' HORIZON I used a particular style that I had developed while working as a concept...
Back of the Oven! Part 6
So 'Jeff the Chef' was no more. All those years of nurturing this character and all his friends was changing. We had lived with Jeff for a long time. We had spoken to friends and family many times over the years about how Jeff was one day going to be on TV. But now,...
Thumbs up!
Work is going well on the book. Lots of thumbnails and test pieces. Once I have thumbnailed a few of the opening scenes I will get started on finished artwork. All being well I will have some early stuff to show at ThoughtBubble and maybe even launch the Kickstarter...
Early designs
So before I dive into drawing the panels I need to really know who the characters are and what the world is. Like HORIZON, OXYGEN has a very limited cast and a distinct environment. Nonetheless, anything that appears in it needs to be designed. There are some things...
Turnarounds
When I was developing HORIZON I found it really useful to do a turnaround of the main characters. Working in games and TV production it is something that I am familiar with and very aware of how easier it makes things going forward. In Games, TV and Film it is usually...
Front Cover
Revealed most of it in the last post but... here is the full cover art. That's not to say that it will be the cover. Feels good at the moment but by the time the book is done something else might occur. But for now it works. Once I had settled on a title for the book...
NEW PROJECT
For a while I have been looking for a theme and subject for a new graphic novel. Seems I now have it…I have been wanting to do another book for a long time. Settling on the idea that feels like the right one to take up the time to produce it is tough. Finally nailed...