July 2024
There are broadly two dominant fields of thought and approach to drawing. These are Observational Drawing (also referred to as life-drawing, visual realism, and view-based… Read More »July 2024
Diary Comics
June 2024
Comics are widely studied by academics in the humanities. Discourse around metaphors and messaging found in the superhero genre is abundant, while comic narratives on… Read More »June 2024
May 2024
Art can easily be dismissed out of hand, misdiagnosed as simply a leisure activity, or compartmentalised as a skill of production, thus reducing the broader… Read More »May 2024
April 2024
April 2024 diary comics. By me, Darren C Fisher. I refuse to have AI write my post for me, knowing it’d be something like ‘welcome… Read More »April 2024
March 2024
Collecting diary comics from March 2024. One comic each day. This month I was working with more wet media- watercolour, inkwashes. Mixing up the format,… Read More »March 2024
February 2024
In the second month of daily diary comic making in 2024, I already felt the stress of invalidation from posting on social media. The diary… Read More »February 2024
January 2024
All through 2014 and 2015 I created daily diary comics- experiments in autobiography, the comic medium and visual style. And now, I’ve picked up the… Read More »January 2024
Christmas triptych
For these diary comics I wanted to get back to paint. I’ve been working quite a bit with a focus on line-work and felt the… Read More »Christmas triptych
10th-13th December- Bluetones
Here I’m having a go at mixing blue and black ink washes over brush pen. I love how the ink washes move around and form their… Read More »10th-13th December- Bluetones