A while ago a put together a series of pages depicting the protagonist involved in a bike crash within my Graphic Novel. I wanted…
I’ve been drawing my protagonist so often without looking at reference that his face is often looking (unintentionally) different from page to page. One of…
The second entry and already I’m a day late. Sweet familiar territory. This is an excerpt from a page I worked on yesterday, with…
Here’s the first one, this is the last page I worked on last night. The challenge I often find with crafting a sequence is…
Meeting with the Big Boss. Her suggestions and comments.
Seems like there is too much waiting, the story needs clearer beats of action. Fair comment, although…
I’ve mentioned previously here about my great plan; my cunning, genius, time-saving and fantastical workflow, involving drawing digital layouts in Manga Studio which (upon export) automatically…
I’ve written quite a bit about my script writing process within this blog. My own script had its beginnings as a series of diary…
In September 2013 I was contacted with the possibility of taking over the editor/organiser duties on Ashcan, a Brisbane indie anthology comic that had…
As mentioned before, I’m laying out my autofictographic narrative digitally using a software package called Manga Studio (or Clip Ex) 5. It has heaps…
I’ve been terrible at keeping the blog updated lately so the plan is to do a mass image spew of progress and then start…
First draft layouts of that time I stacked my bike really thoroughly. Here’s how it looks in the script:
So, barely one paragraph. And here’s…
The process of making a graphic novel is similar to driving across the country. It takes a lot of careful planning, obstacles come up that…
In composing a piece of visual work (let’s call it “art” for lack of a better word) certain considerations must be made by the…
It’s no secret that I’m not the fastest drawing guy around. And I’m terrible at planning. I’d planned to have a graphic novel done…
Much has been happening since the last entry and although I’m neck-deep in marking, I thought I should get some of it down. After…
Had the good fortune to attend a talk today by Dr William Platz.
Bill Platz is an artist and writer whose research, teaching and practice concern…
Tuesday 13th October saw the opening of TEXTure, an exhibition organised by fellow Phd candidate Marianna Shek and myself, sponsored by GUPSA and the Griffith…
The exceptionally well-attended Drawing International Symposium has been and gone, and it certainly was a success. I had my diary comics showing in the…
Have you noticed how many four-wheel drives and SUV’s there are on the road this days?
I ride a bicycle for commuting whenever possible. It’s…
After writing the article ‘Should you watch the Fantastic Four’ I was left with some broad conclusions and more questions, having externalized the issues…
I’ll start off by saying, if you saw the recent Fast and the Furious movies and thought they were enjoyable romps of rollicking action…
In the last year and a half, I’ve been doing a fair amount of teaching, and I find it equal parts nerve-wracking, exhausting, exhilarating….
I’ve been making comics for years- literally since I was a kid. I’ve never held illusions that my work is cutting-edge or going to…
There are not much more than 8 months till I have to wrap up this doctorate. Cue internal alarm and feelings of inadequacy, then…
Yes- the diary comics continue (there are well over 500 of them now), and I thought some of you might like to read about…
Time for another (long overdue) recap. It’s been a busy time, with teaching and a bunch of other stuff. I remarked to a friend…
24 Hour Comic Challenge: How does it work, what should I do?
A summary in 9 points:
Your process during the challenge
STARTING: Post a message that…
On Thursday 5th March I was lucky enough to be able to see a talk by Marshall Weber, performance/visual artist and founder of Booklyn and Organik. The…
I woke up at 4am this morning and could not get back to sleep. Turning around in my mind were all the things I…
Its been a productive break from teaching and classes. Here’s whats been happening, in a nutshell.
Ashcan X
After taking over the reins of Ashcan Comics…