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Copy-right?

    I’ve emailed Henry Rollins, and the management of Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Rodriguez and Ben Lee asking for permission to use their lyrics within… Read More »Copy-right?

    Bike crash redux

      In The System of Comics (2009) Thierry Groensteen uses the term Spatiotopia to refer to comics’ system of structures that sit within each other working independently and interdependently. Frames,… Read More »Bike crash redux

      Kim Jung Gi

        Watching Kim Jung Gi’s live drawing demonstrations gave me permission to draw in my sketchbook directly with ink pen. No planning, straight-ahead drawing, allowing the theme and… Read More »Kim Jung Gi

        Equilibrium

          Drawing a page on the Cintiq again after a few weeks away. Focusing on attitude and body language. And a timelapse of the process, if you’re… Read More »Equilibrium

          Hand to eye

            When watching television or movie, even the most mediocre of offerings, the enthusiastic artist, I’ve found, can keep the pen moving and the hand to… Read More »Hand to eye

            Gone

              Here are some storyboards I put together for a student film. I was strapped for time with this and used photos and reference images directly… Read More »Gone

              10,000 hours

                There’s an adage that 10,000 hours of practice is what’s required to become a master. While that is more of an incentive for persistence than… Read More »10,000 hours

                Interpreting

                  Following on from the last post and still using the cover of Action Comics #1, here I’ll investigate different  modes of interpretation. Formalist reading. What are… Read More »Interpreting

                  Describing

                    Traditional art writing and critique can be broken down into a system of steps, including describing. The description is crucial because it draws attention to… Read More »Describing

                    Sign of a sign of a sign

                      Here’s something interesting. Jonathan Culler in his book Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction says: Traditionally, Western philosophy has distinguished “reality” from “appearance,” things themselves from representations… Read More »Sign of a sign of a sign

                      Emden

                        A day trip to Emden, North Germany. I really need to practice more at drawing water.

                        Autoethnography

                          What is Autoethnography? According to Dictionary.com, it’s a Noun. Yay research. Wikipedia goes on to say that: “In its early guises Autoethnographies were insider accounts… Read More »Autoethnography

                          Logocentric

                            “Logocentrism” was coined by the German philosopher Ludwig Klages in the 1920s and refers to the tradition that regards words and language as a fundamentally important record of… Read More »Logocentric

                            The hump

                              I’m at the stage of the graphic novel that I’m referring to as the hump. The big, horrible, hump. I’ve turned 15679 of a total… Read More »The hump

                              Flu commentary

                                If you’ve always, ever since you were a tiny kipper, desperately wanted to hear someone battling with Man-Flu talking about their work making comics, then… Read More »Flu commentary

                                Man Flu

                                  I felt a scratching in my throat on the opening of Paul Cleveland’s Sins of Academia exhibition on Friday. Woke up on Saturday feeling decidedly… Read More »Man Flu