Little Bitty Paintings
Miniature paintings are something I never thought I’d do. I’ve always had a yen to paint big — really BIG — and a couple of decades ago I was doing […]
Category Archives: Ink
Witches and Mermaids and Bears, Oh my!
I’m almost caught up with my musings about last year’s art — just this one more post about my brief foray into doing Witchtober and then it’s on to more […]
Sketchbook Roundup 6: The Rest of the Gang
I’m coming to the end of the hand-drawn sketchbook creatures I want to share as part of this series; tomorrow I’m going to end the series with some digital drawings […]
A Midsummer Night’s Comic
Happy Midsummer, folk of the northern hemisphere (and happy Winter Solstice, folk of the southern hemisphere)! Here’s an eight page comic I completed recently, which will soon be published in […]
Inktober, Part 2
It’s time to share some more Inktober drawings! At halfway through the month, I’ve been flagging a bit, trying to keep up with all my other drawing work, in addition […]
Happy Inktober!
Once again, folks, it’s time to indulge ourselves in an ocean of ink. I participated for the first time last year in Inktober, which is a month-long challenge started by […]
Black Cat Evolution
I’m on a roll with these black cats that I’m doing for Inktober. I’m really enjoying the challenge of trying to capture the sheen of their fur, and the intense […]
Inktober Black Cats
More Inktober goodies — this time I decided to tackle the challenge of black cats. Shiny black cats. Black cats are notorious for being hard to photograph, and drawing them […]
More Inktober Drawings
I’m really enjoying Inktober (see my last post for more about that), especially with these little elf characters I’m designing! Here are three more little guys that I’ve done in […]
Inspired by Inktober!
I’m doing Inktober! I’ve been hearing about Inktober for several years now, watching my friends post their ink drawings on their social media, but didn’t know what it was about. […]
Of Cats, Gardens, and Diets
It’s been a while since I posted anything at all, and what better to jump back in with than a Quadra Cats cartoon? I’ll make a longer post soon and […]
Art Supplies for Comics — Ink!
This is the fourth in a series of posts based on the weekly handouts I give my comics class – if you’re just happening upon it now, there is a […]
Colour the Muse!
Summer Art Challenge Day 36 — making art every day! I’ve finished the ink stage for Iris’s latest adventure; I’m looking forward to colouring it! It occurred to me that other […]
Sneak Peek 2 — In Which Spam Meets the Sasquatch
Yesterday I started a series of postings of the work I’m currently doing, which is inking Spam and the Sasquatch. I’ve finally gotten to the part with the Sasquatch, and […]
Down by the Sea
Living on the coast as I do, one of my favourite places is down by the water. Whether it’s a beach on the wild west coast of our island, or […]
Sheriff Bill in Colour
Just a small post today — a while back I drew a little character study of Sheriff Bill Platypus, suggested by my comic jam buddies when I asked what to […]
Who is Iris?
Iris and I are seriously thinking about putting together a little min-comic for the comic conventions coming up. We decided she needed an introduction. I’ve known Iris ever since I […]
Quick-Draw! Sheriff Bill Platypus
Drawing-a-Day number 29 (one more to go!) I’d been drawing the graphic novel all day, and needed a change of pace. Tonight was the weekly gathering of several fellow comics […]
Intrepid Explorers
Drawing-a-Day number 28 Meet Miss Ophelia Bluefeather and Mister Cecil Ravensfield, the latest in my characters-from-doodles series. They are a famous pair of scientist-adventurers, known for their daring exploits on […]
Procrastination and the Muse
Drawing-a-Day 27 Just in case you’ve been wondering about the back side of Iris the Art Muse’s sash:
White Wolf Woes
Drawing-a-Day 24 You know how some days, no matter what you do, you just can’t do your best? That’s how I’m feeling today. This should have been an easy little […]
The Muse Never Sleeps
Drawing-a-Day number 19 Iris the Art Muse is back. Well, really she never left. Now she’s thinking she might want her own zine. What do you think?
A Feline Swashbuckler
Drawing-of-the-Day 17 Here’s another character from my doodles of last Sunday night, turned into a finished painting. I tried an experiment that was suggested to me by my mentor today […]
An Irate Mama Eagle
Drawing-of-the-Day 16! Blog post number 50! Whoo-hoo! In the graphic novel I’m working on with writer Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, there is a lady eagle who is quite irate, and telling Spam […]
Technique-of-the-Week — Combining Pen & Ink and Watercolour
It’s time for another dive into my vast pile of workshop handouts! I have been using this technique a lot lately, as it is my favourite method of colouring comics. […]
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