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…
Getting sick- a stomach bug, to be precise. Ain’t nobody got time for that.
What a week. On Wednesday the 20th I had the great pleasure of accidentally stumbling into a guest lecture by Kim Farrant, the Director…
Following on from the last post in which we jump across time and space, here is a short wordless (for the moment) scene that…
Time is a slippery thing. In comics we, the creator, have the option to present time in any number of ways. We can use…
This scene is set within a typical working class Australian birthday celebration setting. Packs of Longbeach (or Lung Bleach as they are affectionately known)…
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…
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…
I am always thinking in making comics, how can I make things as clear as possible? To that end I rely on a great…
Say what you will about digital drawing but custom brushes are great. I drew this tree silhouette in about two minutes using a custom…
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…
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…
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 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…