So, here’s something I’ve literally just finished – it should be spoiler free, you’ll see it in 2000AD eventually. Page 1, panel 1 (I’ll paraphrase the script here) Opening page. Establishing shot of the exterior of a large refinery (smoking
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Day: 14 February 2024
Yoyo!
Page 1! This strip has only appeared in the irish language, despite the fact it was written in English and stuffed to the gills with puns. In about a year I think I get the rights back and I can
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Research
More tanks. Books like this are probably better for writers than artists though. I have a couple of big difficulties with drawing tanks (beyond all the normal difficulties of actually drawing). They are: How big are people in relation to
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Drawing board updates
Ah, my dudes, been so busy – three different projects have accidentally collided – it’s a pain when two do, I actually have four but managed to push one back a week or so. All TV storyboarding today (it’s a
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Drawing board update
Comics on hold for today as I ended up doing some TV storyboarding, more of that maybe in my future. Quite enjoy the process of sitting down and figuring out story telling, rather than the usual thing of receiving a
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YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TOOTH!
Dentist today. Possible one of the most painful visits I’ve ever had to the dentist (marginally beating the last visit when I popped in to replace a bit of a filling that had popped out only for the dentist to
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The only thing worse than being busy
Is having nothing to do. This weekend finished part four of the Dredd story I’m doing (it’s six parts – two more to go! Always excited to finish something, a final sprint towards the end) it started with me determined
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Attic attack
Everything has to be designed. EVERYTHING. Here’s an attic sketch. It starts with a quick google sketch and then picking some elements of an attic I think will quickly distil the essence so we can see it’s an attic from
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This sentence has five words
I can’t remember when or where I first read this little bit of writing wisdom, certainly it was a long time ago and it’s stuck with me, though not for writing. It’s from the book “100 ways to improve your
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Current working methods
If you’re a reader of my old blog, you’ll have read periodic updates on how I work – primarily because like me in a party, the moment I feel like I’m comfortable I have to upended a table and jump
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