In 2022 I had the opportunity to delve into the intricacies of three pivotal technologies: microgrids, hydrogen power, and advanced electricity networks. Through a series… Read More »Illustrating alternative energy solutions
NaturaConnect at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) – NaturaConnect Honored to be commissioned to create an explainer comic video about the work of the… Read More »Natura Connect at COP15
The goal of this comic was to expand more on what HALT does in its efforts to counter mental health stigma and suicide in tradespeople… Read More »Slamming the Mental Health Stigma at TAFE
Over the last few years I’ve contributed comics and illustrations to Kontext, a German Psychology journal focusing on Systemic therapy. Each comic corresponds to a theme… Read More »Kontext Komics
After writing and researching the paper ‘Graphic Storytelling: Teaching Experience and Utility’ (now published and available to read here- https://www.closure.uni-kiel.de/closure8/fisher), I wanted to share it… Read More »Behind the myth of ‘I can’t draw’
I’m a keen drawer- always have been. For different reasons, it’s an ideal pastime for me. I’m a little bit obsessive-compulsive and can tend towards… Read More »Graphic Storytelling: Teaching Experience and Utility
Let me show you how to get started with an automatic drawing using my patent-pending ‘snake’ technique. I’ll show how you can gradually add variety… Read More »Automatic Drawing- getting started
In this activity I’ve taken a drawing by comic artist legend Kevin Maguire (below) and attempted to redraw it, adding light and tonality. Pretty neat… Read More »Mimicking the Masters- Kevin Maguire
Some months ago I caved to my tech tendencies (even more difficult to resist where they Venn with my penchant for drawing) and bought a… Read More »iPad Pro- Experiments and Play
Created by Anthony Cheung and myself, based on the Chinese Fable
I grew up enamoured with Monkey Magic. Something about the liveliness of the show, the kooky characters, the music, the absurdity of it, as well… Read More »Monkey King
‘Today is Tomorrow—Art-generates-Art’ was created with Dr. Max Schleser, Dr. Julia Prendergast, and Dr. Steven Murdoch as part of an Adobe Innovation Grant (2021). It… Read More »Today is Tomorrow- Adobe Innovation Grant (2021)
In my ‘day job’ I recently worked with some brilliant people on a trans-disciplinary assignment task. The idea was that students from Creative Writing came… Read More »Creative Pipeline Diagram
A weird request from Kontext, the German Psychology Journal I create comics for. This was the brief: A client comes to therapy because of a… Read More »Kontext: Panic Disorder
I recently finished a comic project with the amazing Professor Wendy Stone and a team of researchers from Universities across Australia. They had completed a… Read More »Can I have a pet and be housed, too? It all depends…
I thought you might like to see the progression of a comic I made to the theme of ‘horse therapy’. This doesn’t show the process… Read More »Kontext: A Pony’s Tale
In 2020 I worked on a comic for HALT (Hope Assistance Local Tradies). HALT aims to remind tradies they are valued by their community, and… Read More »HALT: Origins
During 2020 I had the opportunity to create a series of illustrations for CNBSafe, focused on James Wood (Woody) and his experiences resulting from a… Read More »CNBSafe: 12 Reasons
In October 2020 I took part in Sktchy School’s Portrait Challenge with hosts Dylan Sara, Arto Isotalo, and Vin Ganpathy. Although I could easily do… Read More »Sktchy Inktober 2020
I wanted to show you an interesting part of my job. Whenever i make a substantial artwork I can decide if it’s strong enough to… Read More »Non-Traditional Research: Background Contribution Significance
Watercolour obsession a retrospective Inspired by the Surrealists’ Automatic creative practices, I started applying it to creating character design concepts for a children’s’ book pitch.… Read More »Surreal
July-September : Part One …………… its been a busy few months After the true events of my comic Kicked Out During Coronavirus we have fully… Read More »Project Catchup: HealthPolicy / HALT / CNBSafe
I’m talking of course about redrafting Life in the Gutter, my 300+ page graphic novel draft which you can read here. I have spent chunks… Read More »Redrafting Life in the Gutter
It’s been, in general, an interesting half a year, to be sure. In the first couple of months, I was recovering from 2019 teaching and… Read More »2020: Half-time reflection
I’ve been reading a book on writing. It’s aimed at science writers but the ideas in it seem applicable across all types of writing. the… Read More »Write on, brother: An ode to RSI
During the Corona-Virus pandemic our landlord decided to sell our house. Unfortunately, we were in the way. Served with a notice to vacate, we had… Read More »Kicked out during Coronavirus
Starting a visual project can be overwhelming. There is a lot to consider, including how to begin, and how to organize something complex into small… Read More »Mind-Mapping, Sketchploration, and Referencing
During my doctorate, I made diary comics for over two years. Every day, a comic for the day. One of the problems was that the… Read More »Corona Comic- Process
I write this review with a hint of jealousy in that I was not invited to take part or contribute. It’s a bitter pill, but… Read More »#AustraliaBurns: Review
Entwined is a sci-fi superhero romance comic about Aztec Gods, fate, love, and birth control. I worked on Entwined between October 2017 and October 2019.… Read More »Entwined: A Recurrent Romance
