Last week’s plans: Monday Dog tag layouts. DT pencils 1-3. Colours TO pg5Tuesday DT pencils 4-7Wednesday DT pencils 8-10Thursday DT pencils 11-14Friday DT pencils 15-18Saturday TO Pencils 10-11 (double page spread) Inks 10-11Sunday Catch up on anything I missed. So: 20 pages of pencils (hahah probably not)
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20 solid ideas for writing Future Shocks.
I’m going through my notes on my computer, just culling and tidying and stumbling across ideas. I wrote this out for a workshop some time ago, 2017 to be precise. At that point I’d written ZERO futureshocks (later on I’d
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Neo news is Good Neows.
So, look, I relented, and bought myself a Macbook Neo. This is, I think, my fourth macbook in my life I’ve bought. The first way back in 2006? – I think I bought for £900 at currys (iirc there was
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Working out the week
So last week looked like this: Monday – 2 pages of inks / one page of colours (F part 2 pages 5&6, colours T 02.04)Tuesday – Inks 3 pages (F 7,8,9)Wednesday – Inks 2 pages (F10, T 02.05)Thursday – Layout day. D ep 5,
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Terran OMEGAZINE
HIs, this month the Judge Dredd Megazine has an exciting interview with yours truly, as well as the start of the new Fargo and McBain strip I’m drawing and A PREVIEW OF THE FIRST FIVE PAGES OF TERRAN OMEGA! Sadly,
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The Play’s the Thing
I’m afraid blogging is going to be a little less consistent for the next while, big news to come, but if I was busy before, now I’m insanely busy. And it’s all my own doing. Less cryptic updates to come.
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Mid week check in…
Well Tuesday didn’t go according to plan at all. I started behind and sort of stayed there. I half inked two pages (so maybe one complete page) and now this morning, I’m staring at two half inked pages that I
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Planning the Week
(Image is a photo of the magazine PREDICTION, taken in 2010. I knew I’d need it eventually) I find myself somewhat irritated by the use of the phrase “Project xxx” for things people can’t talk about. I don’t know why.
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Walking it off
(photo Helen’s Bay a few summers ago, went to pick my son up from a beach party – was amused at just how many beach parties there seemed to be) Went for a walk this morning to Helen’s Bay. It’s
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The Tools of the Trade: Brushes
When I first broke into comics, 25 years ago kids! (16th March 2001 is my first 2000ad credit!) I somehow convinced myself that only by using a brush – a proper tool proper artists use – could I somehow be
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