Art can easily be dismissed out of hand, misdiagnosed as simply a leisure activity, or compartmentalised as a skill of production, thus reducing the…
Trufflejoggen
In late 2022 I embraced winter in our new backyard, the Anninger, a mountain full with forest trails for walking and riding. On one…
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…
The goal of this comic was to expand more on what HALT does in its efforts to counter mental health stigma and suicide in…
I’m a keen drawer- always have been. For different reasons, it’s an ideal pastime for me. I’m a little bit obsessive-compulsive and can tend…
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…
Some months ago I caved to my tech tendencies (even more difficult to resist where they Venn with my penchant for drawing) and bought…
I grew up enamoured with Monkey Magic. Something about the liveliness of the show, the kooky characters, the music, the absurdity of it, as…
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…
A weird request from Kontext, the German Psychology Journal I create comics for. This was the brief:
A client comes to therapy because of a…
During 2020 I had the opportunity to create a series of illustrations for CNBSafe, focused on James Wood (Woody) and his experiences resulting from…
My final DVA studio output and the culmination of my Doctoral research. I have been slowly redrafting this over time, but here is the…
Developed in 2014 by Dr. Peter Moyes, I had the opportunity to work on Wise Up Kid in developing the lead character, Carlos, and…
The second Aztec god in the Entwined roster that I gave a design overhaul is Death/Lightning, the deity formerly known as Xolotl. Dr Mike describes him…
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…
Drawing is equal parts experimentation, exploration, design, and play.
It’s also about the willingness to stay with it. To keep going.
In the last two posts, I was…
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…
Last week I was asked if I could draw a picture of my Honours and Doctoral supervisor and friend Andi Spark, to the theme…
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….
Inks and washes on A3 Strathmore Bristol
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…
We live in a world where it is usually cheaper to buy a new, superior product than to repair an older, now obsolete one. Case…