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…
Comics are widely studied by academics in the humanities. Discourse around metaphors and messaging found in the superhero genre is abundant, while comic narratives…
Art can easily be dismissed out of hand, misdiagnosed as simply a leisure activity, or compartmentalised as a skill of production, thus reducing the…
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…
Collecting diary comics from March 2024. One comic each day. This month I was working with more wet media- watercolour, inkwashes. Mixing up the…
In the second month of daily diary comic making in 2024, I already felt the stress of invalidation from posting on social media. The…
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…
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…
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…