DCC 2015
Super happy fun Diary Comics 2015 compilation time. All the images are in place, now dropping in entry titles throughout. I’m halfway through April. Nice!… Read More »DCC 2015
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Digital Impatience
These couple of pages show a little of the character’s inability to play it cool. Texting, changing his mind, regretting, wanting, hurting… making bad choices… Read More »Digital Impatience
HORROR. Shayne Armstrong
Today we had the good fortune to be visited by screenwriter Shayne Armstrong, of writing duo Armstrong & Krause, speaking about a genre close to… Read More »HORROR. Shayne Armstrong
Pulling back
When you stay zoomed out to full-page view and focus only on the storytelling, you can knock out a page layout pretty quickly. Helps to… Read More »Pulling back
Slow no
Everything is happening too slowly. I should have had at least 300 pages drafted by now. Every morning I wake up and think of the… Read More »Slow no
Video referee
This is my new alternative to using a mirror to get proportions. Video record, find the right angle, copy, paste. Too easy. But! Is… Read More »Video referee
Screen recording
This is a wee experiment with recording some of the fuffing around I do in trying to get work done. Sped up from just over… Read More »Screen recording
Metastructuring
Playing with different approaches to combining the source diary entries with the pages. Trying and get across more of the internal world of Clint without… Read More »Metastructuring
Organic story
I’ve been reading through Critical Inquiry: Comics and Media, edited by Hillary Chute and Patrick Jagoda, recommended by my friend and trusted supervisor Andi Spark.… Read More »Organic story
Contrast
I love strong contrast of black and white. I can remember falling in love with Frank Miller’s gritty noir crime series Sin City for the way… Read More »Contrast
HR says no
Received my reply from Henry Rollins, stating he doesn’t want me to use his words in my work. Bummer. The thing is, I don’t… Read More »HR says no
Diary Comics 2015
I’ve begun work on the Diary Comics Compilation for 2015. The 2014 collection involved actually learning InDesign, a ridiculous amount of colour correction of each image,… Read More »Diary Comics 2015
Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins is a personal hero of mine. One of his more quoted quotes is “keep your blood clean, your body lean and your mind… Read More »Henry Rollins
Prezi
On Thursday 5th I gave a presentation about my Doctoral Research thus far in the Film School Research Seminar, followed by Trish FitzSimons and Angus Veitch’s intriguing… Read More »Prezi
Stay on model
I’ve made an effort to keep each character as distinct as possible in their likeness, to varying degrees of success. This character is Alphonse (the… Read More »Stay on model
Style
Style is a hard thing to pin down. When we refer to a visual style, what exactly is it anyway? When asked about his style… Read More »Style
The text unsent
In this page the character is doing something that was familiar to me in another life. Writing multiple texts and not sending any of them.… Read More »The text unsent
Music
Here’s a sequence from the GN where I’ve decided to use a song to lend a bit of continuity and to try to convey the… Read More »Music
Kim Farrant
What a week. On Wednesday the 20th I had the great pleasure of accidentally stumbling into a guest lecture by Kim Farrant, the Director of… Read More »Kim Farrant
Moments
Following on from the last post in which we jump across time and space, here is a short wordless (for the moment) scene that requires… Read More »Moments
Montage
Time is a slippery thing. In comics we, the creator, have the option to present time in any number of ways. We can use ellipses… Read More »Montage
In the family
This scene is set within a typical working class Australian birthday celebration setting. Packs of Longbeach (or Lung Bleach as they are affectionately known) and… Read More »In the family
Mia Lindgren Masterclass
Thursday April 14th I had the opportunity to take part in a Masterclass with Associate Professor Mia Lindgren, a visiting scholar from Monash University’s School… Read More »Mia Lindgren Masterclass
Limitations
Here I wanted to show Ronja pausing mid-stride, stopped by a sudden decision to confide in Clint. As an author, I’ve given myself quite a few limitations.… Read More »Limitations
Eyeline match
I am always thinking in making comics, how can I make things as clear as possible? To that end I rely on a great deal… Read More »Eyeline match
Treez
Say what you will about digital drawing but custom brushes are great. I drew this tree silhouette in about two minutes using a custom brush.… Read More »Treez
Ashcan and Ebikes
Today I didn’t get much work on the GN done, however I did manage to take my comic anthology Ashcan Comix #10 to a number… Read More »Ashcan and Ebikes
Moving lines
I’ve found that in moving from script to image, things change. I’m often editing and moving dialogue around, or removing it entirely. Here I’ve replaced the dialogue… Read More »Moving lines
Keep it steady
I ‘ve been writing a fair bit, waxing lyrical, if you will, on the many roles the sequential artist takes on when telling stories. It’s a… Read More »Keep it steady