Mirroring
Mirroring and repetition; whether it be with image, or text, or metaphor, or motif, is a powerful tool. It reinforces meaning, draws attention to itself, and acts… Read More »Mirroring
comics
Hackey sack
This page harks back to enjoyable group activities back in the days. Hackey sack- a university cliché for good reason. Far more beneficial for exercise… Read More »Hackey sack
Character
This is one of the first scenes where I’m digging a little deeper into one of the supporting characters. The dialogue is still clunky, and… Read More »Character
Static momentum
Scott Bukatman, in his essay Sculpture, Stasis and Hellboy found within Critical Inquiry, Comics and Media (Chute & Jagoda 2014), ponders on the ideas of connection,… Read More »Static momentum
The red pill
More drawing like a madman, recording and adding commentary. This one goes for six minutes. My voice is like warm butter. Enjoy.
3 minute bender
I’m really getting into these screen captures. The process of recording my drawing has become quite natural, which is odd when I remember the first times… Read More »3 minute bender
Half target
Day one of my ten page a day goal is off to an uninspired start. Five pages, though pretty good, is only half the target.… Read More »Half target
Fast and loose
I have the next four and a half days for drawing. Aiming for ten pages a day. Should be possible!
Drawing is a way of thinking
Working on aspect to aspect transitions again. I originally had this scripted: Upon drawing the scene out thought I had two intentions. One, to show… Read More »Drawing is a way of thinking
Keep Rollin’
Following on from the previous entries where I emailed Henry Rollins’ management about the use of some of his text and image in my autofictographic… Read More »Keep Rollin’
Rule # 3
There is a site where comic creators put forward their 10 rules (commandments?) for making comics, titled the 10 rules for drawing comics. I particularly like… Read More »Rule # 3
Speed connector
These pages are part of an attempt to work faster. 3 pages in just under 50 minutes, as opposed to the usual minimum 1 hour… Read More »Speed connector
Flow
I’ve always enjoyed drawing. I’ll always maintain I’ve never had an inherent talent for it; I’ve just drawn a lot, and improved as a result. This page attempts… Read More »Flow
DCC 2015
Super happy fun Diary Comics 2015 compilation time. All the images are in place, now dropping in entry titles throughout. I’m halfway through April. Nice!… Read More »DCC 2015
Digital Impatience
These couple of pages show a little of the character’s inability to play it cool. Texting, changing his mind, regretting, wanting, hurting… making bad choices… Read More »Digital Impatience
Pulling back
When you stay zoomed out to full-page view and focus only on the storytelling, you can knock out a page layout pretty quickly. Helps to… Read More »Pulling back
Slow no
Everything is happening too slowly. I should have had at least 300 pages drafted by now. Every morning I wake up and think of the… Read More »Slow no
Video referee
This is my new alternative to using a mirror to get proportions. Video record, find the right angle, copy, paste. Too easy. But! Is… Read More »Video referee
Metastructuring
Playing with different approaches to combining the source diary entries with the pages. Trying and get across more of the internal world of Clint without… Read More »Metastructuring
Organic story
I’ve been reading through Critical Inquiry: Comics and Media, edited by Hillary Chute and Patrick Jagoda, recommended by my friend and trusted supervisor Andi Spark.… Read More »Organic story
Contrast
I love strong contrast of black and white. I can remember falling in love with Frank Miller’s gritty noir crime series Sin City for the way… Read More »Contrast
HR says no
Received my reply from Henry Rollins, stating he doesn’t want me to use his words in my work. Bummer. The thing is, I don’t… Read More »HR says no
Diary Comics 2015
I’ve begun work on the Diary Comics Compilation for 2015. The 2014 collection involved actually learning InDesign, a ridiculous amount of colour correction of each image,… Read More »Diary Comics 2015
Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins is a personal hero of mine. One of his more quoted quotes is “keep your blood clean, your body lean and your mind… Read More »Henry Rollins
Prezi
On Thursday 5th I gave a presentation about my Doctoral Research thus far in the Film School Research Seminar, followed by Trish FitzSimons and Angus Veitch’s intriguing… Read More »Prezi
Stay on model
I’ve made an effort to keep each character as distinct as possible in their likeness, to varying degrees of success. This character is Alphonse (the… Read More »Stay on model
Style
Style is a hard thing to pin down. When we refer to a visual style, what exactly is it anyway? When asked about his style… Read More »Style
The text unsent
In this page the character is doing something that was familiar to me in another life. Writing multiple texts and not sending any of them.… Read More »The text unsent
Music
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 the… Read More »Music
