Author: PJH

PJ Holden is a comic artist and this is his blog.

Terran Omega

Posted on 14th February 2024 by PJH

Terran Omega came out of the idea of a last human, travelling the galaxy having adventures. A tale of Kung Fu in space. This particular Terran Omega story was partly inspired by an idea of my pal Jim Lavery’s and
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STORYTELLING!

Posted on 14th February 2024 by PJH

Hey, so my Pal Steve Denton drew up a page of Dredd and I thought I could help him beef up the story telling. I thought this would be of interest. (Steve’s ok about me posting this btw, but he’s
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Silhouettes

Posted on 14th February 2024 by PJH

Talking about comics one day, I remarked to John McCrea “I love your use of silhouette”. John, a comics-professional’s comics-professional said “Oh yeah, I try and do one every page. It’s a real time saver” This, for me, is up
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S/FX

Posted on 14th February 2024 by PJH

I love S/FX I think they’re vastly underused, and – certainly as an artist – I think, when possible they should be drawn on the artboard. I draw my s/fx in Clip Studio Paint, and it’s a technique that’s really
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It’s for the birds

Posted on 14th February 2024 by PJH

Was listening to a radio show that touched on the fact that the short story the Alfred Hitchcock film ‘The Birds’ was based on (also called ‘The Birds’) was really rather good, as well as being set in Cornwall (where
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dredd wip

Posted on 14th February 2024 by PJH

Slightly frustrating weekend. Had intended to get two pages done, got one done. So tomorrow I’ve a dredd to finish (and it’s a week late) I’ll catch up the next week (fingers crossed) been struggling with pencils (in every sense
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Trapper Hag

Posted on 14th February 2024 by PJH

Doing a thing for a thing, can’t talk about it, but doing it. Have asked someone to ink it. Can’t talk about it.  Hopefully this thing gets used in the thing and the person I can’t talk about gets to
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Storyboards

Posted on 14th February 2024 by PJH

Spent today doing a last minute storyboarding job for a chum. There are things I’m good at and things I’m bad at. Things I’m good at I like to talk about, and I like to make big pointed reference to
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