I gushed at length in a previous blog entry about my visit in August with Frank Quitely in his Glasgow studio. I have finally finished typing…
A short comic detailing my first drug experience, way back in 1995.
There are a lot of concessions I’ve had to make to squeeze this…
At the advice of scriptwriting guru Hugh Burton I’ve been reading The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller by John Truby….
Scriptwriting for comics is tricky. The last script I wrote for a comic was Fault Lines, my Honours year final piece. At only 12,000 words it was…
I’m currently in the middle of plotting out the story for Chasing Shadows (working title) my final Doctoral output, a sprawling graphic novel that will…
So whats been happening? Well, a few things.
I recently upgraded my digital creation tools, now running a 22inch HD touch wacom cintiq attached to…
A wise man once said, say yes to everything. So that’s what I’m doing at the moment. Here’s the results.
Right now I have a…
While recently in Glasgow I took the opportunity to visit master illustrator and visual storyteller Frank Quitely.
I’ve loved Frank’s art ever since I first…
My submission for the 24 Hour Comic Challenge 2014, Chasing Shadows plays with two interweaving timelines. A dry run for my final graphic novel…
The 24 Hour Comic Challenge is coming up, an event that sees people from all over the world spending a consecutive 24 hours in making…
Notes on a presentation by Professor Trish Fitzsimmons, Deputy Head of Griffith Film School. Please excuse any errors or omissions. This is not intended for…
After receiving my feedback from the confirmation assessment and another meeting with Andi on the 29th April I have a rough trajectory to follow.
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It’s “the Avant Garde, not the Avant Guard.”
The lovely and prolific Professor Jodie Mack- animator, filmmaker and artist- came to visit the university, direct from Dartmouth….
On April the 8th I finally got to present my work and findings from the previous year. It took four and a half weeks…
Confirmation is coming up. Looming like a great shambling beast of gargantuan proportions, thick ropes of saliva shining sickly, it seems at first glance…
Teaching seminar notes. Not for citation or referencing. Please excuse the brevity and any errors or omissions.
Learning as conditioning (memorising) or rewards/reinforcement.
Active learning- get…
Well I hate to start a post with this but here I go…
It’s been a while between posts.
Which is not strictly true, the diary…
Last month saw my first ‘proper’ exhibition at the Petrie Terrace Gallery along with other Higher Degree Research students and academics from the animation…
On the 23rd August 2013 I had the good fortune to meet Myrna Gawryn.
According to the blurb Griffith University produced, Myrna comes from a…
I have had quite a few meetings since my last update, so this is going to be a mixed bag of the most notable…
It seems that my entries have stagnated of late, and I would like to ensure my army of readers (hi mum!) that I have…
Of late there has been far too much reading, writing, working and not nearly enough studio work. It has been a little soul destroying….
At the beginning of July I was lucky enough to be invited to take part in the GUPSA (Griffith University Postgraduate Student’s Association) where…
The first meeting with my ancillary supervisor, Dr Peter Moyes went down in early June. He had some cool suggestions, and introduced me to…
Throughout the last few months I have found myself in the fortuitous position of being allowed to sit in on the confirmation seminars of…
As a foray into biography and opportunity to make a better than average birthday card I put together this small comic for my mother….
The following material references a 2013 lecture by Dr. George Petelin titled Refining the research question, at Griffith University’s Queensland College of Art in Brisbane, Queensland.
In…
Inspiration strikes at last! ‘Twas a brisk autumnal afternoon and all the students were stressed with the realities of study. Whilst attending a confirmation…
In the spirit of exploration and growth I have here a couple more ‘honest copies’ of work I consider to be masterful and visually…
The following material references a 2013 lecture by Dr. George Petelin titled Refining the research question, at Griffith University’s Queensland College of Art in Brisbane, Queensland.
There…