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
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Free comics catchup- Part 3
Autumn Winds This comic was inspired by a moment where my new life was starting to become settled. That is to say, it was no… Read More »Free comics catchup- Part 3
Illustrating alternative energy solutions
In 2022 I had the opportunity to delve into the intricacies of three pivotal technologies: microgrids, hydrogen power, and advanced electricity networks. Through a series… Read More »Illustrating alternative energy solutions
Behind the myth of ‘I can’t draw’
After writing and researching the paper ‘Graphic Storytelling: Teaching Experience and Utility’ (now published and available to read here- https://www.closure.uni-kiel.de/closure8/fisher), I wanted to share it… Read More »Behind the myth of ‘I can’t draw’
Mimicking the Masters- Kevin Maguire
In this activity I’ve taken a drawing by comic artist legend Kevin Maguire (below) and attempted to redraw it, adding light and tonality. Pretty neat… Read More »Mimicking the Masters- Kevin Maguire
Monkey King
I grew up enamoured with Monkey Magic. Something about the liveliness of the show, the kooky characters, the music, the absurdity of it, as well… Read More »Monkey King
Creative Pipeline Diagram
In my ‘day job’ I recently worked with some brilliant people on a trans-disciplinary assignment task. The idea was that students from Creative Writing came… Read More »Creative Pipeline Diagram
Life In The Gutter (2017)
My final DVA studio output and the culmination of my Doctoral research. I have been slowly redrafting this over time, but here is the comic,… Read More »Life In The Gutter (2017)
Entwined in Flat Colour
It’s coming to the pointy end of Entwined. The black and white pages are 90% there, and I’ve got pages trickling in with flat colours… Read More »Entwined in Flat Colour
Burnout (2012)
In 2012 I enrolled in the Joe Kubert School of Cartooning’s correspondence course in inking. This led to me discovering traditional inking tools of dip… Read More »Burnout (2012)
Communication Comic 3.0
Following on from what looks to be an unnecessarily inflated behind the scenes that no one asked for, and in the interests of wrapping this… Read More »Communication Comic 3.0
Alarming Diary Comic
I haven’t made many diary comics since I drew a moonlit bushwalk for New Year’s Eve, 2015 but I still make the occasional one here and… Read More »Alarming Diary Comic
Digital life drawing
Just getting back to life drawing after a bit of a hiatus, and within the context of in-class demonstration. So everyone in the class can… Read More »Digital life drawing
Watercolour speed paint
At the last watercolour class, I wanted to complete a piece in the 2 hours. I used these 2 photos as reference and bam! I… Read More »Watercolour speed paint
Queen Sparkle (part 2)
After settling on a rough layout, the drawing phase began. I used reference of an eagle so it wouldn’t come out looking like a turkey… Read More »Queen Sparkle (part 2)
Aquarell praxis nummer zwei
For my second watercolour practice piece, I wanted to learn restraint in colour palette. I chose a reference image with a limited amount of colour,… Read More »Aquarell praxis nummer zwei
Aquarell praxis nummer eins
Last month or so I started taking watercolour classes at the Victorian Artist’s Society. It’s a beautiful old heritage listed building that’s recently undergone renovations inside… Read More »Aquarell praxis nummer eins
Brunswick comic pt2
Continuing on from my post about reference or cheating, here is some more progress on the pages for Squishface Studio’s upcoming anthology, Squishzine Brunstown. After… Read More »Brunswick comic pt2
Detail and focus
The next few posts will look at some of the things I’ve been drawing in my free time lately and break down some of the… Read More »Detail and focus
Oz Comic Con ahoy
Last week I got news from the good people at Oz Comic Con that I’ve been elected from a pool of hundreds, if not thousands… Read More »Oz Comic Con ahoy
2017 Bringing it home
It’s been exactly four months since my last post, and I owe it to myself to get back on track with posting again. So, what’s… Read More »2017 Bringing it home
Estrangement and Engagement
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 artist… Read More »Estrangement and Engagement
D.I.B. Yeah, you know me
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 exhibition… Read More »D.I.B. Yeah, you know me
Keep on learning
Yes- the diary comics continue (there are well over 500 of them now), and I thought some of you might like to read about my… Read More »Keep on learning