Dialogue Balloons and Caption Boxes, Oh my!
I’m feeling a little quantum just now. The myriad potentialities of adding the dialogue to Spam and the Sasquatch have now been collapsed into one sleek and unified whole, and […]
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Celebrating!
I have finished the painting of Spam and the Sasquatch, a few minutes past midnight, so I’m too late to post today, because it’s now tomorrow! The work is not […]
Up a Tree, with an Eagle
In today’s painting, Spam the detective cat finds himself up a tree with an unsatisfied customer! I’m very, very close to being done with the painting; here’s what my table […]
Technique-of-the-Week: Polishing a Page
Making a graphic novel involves a lot of steps! I’m getting close to finishing the artwork, and running all the pages through Photoshop to get each one ready for publication. I […]
The Disappearing Fish
I’ve taken a day off of painting today — it was time for some life-things that needed to be taken care of (eventually the laundry HAS to get done), and […]
Meeting the Sasquatch
The Sasquatch of Spam and the Sasquatch finally makes her appearance! And right away there is trouble… Not long ago I posted the ink-only page with the first two of […]
Rocky the Vampire Cat
Today I’m going to post a whole page, just because I like the way it came out. Spam has encountered his pal Rocky the Vampcat, or Catpire if you prefer, […]
A Handsome Villain
Tonight’s sneak peek into Spam and the Sasquatch has Spam encountering Sven, the good-looking, ladies-man (or so he thinks) villain. I’m not going to tell you why he’s the villain, […]
A Deer Encounter
Tonight’s sneak peek into my Spam & the Sasquatch graphic novel painting marathon involves Spam and Renfrew, uh, running into the deer. The deer are the biggest gossips in town; they […]
The Zen of Inking Motorcycles
I have finished inking Spam and the Sasquatch! The motorcycle that had me singing the blues yesterday has been drawn properly, more or less, and inked. I present that panel […]
The Muse’s Calories
What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate. ― Katharine Hepburn A sequel to yesterday’s muse comic! For more muse comics, go to the […]
Chocolate and the Muse
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.― Charles M. Schulz
Sneak Peek 3!
Spam, his friends, and the Sasquatch are seeing more of each other than any of them expected. In today’s isolated and therefore hopefully not spoiler panels, the Sasquatch looms large […]
Spam and the Sasquatch — Sneak preview!
As those of you know who’ve been reading this blog regularly, I’m working on a graphic novel called Spam and the Sasquatch, written specifically for this project by Elizabeth Ann […]
New — Colouring Thursday!
A few days ago, I got a message from a lady in New Zealand who had found my line drawing version of Eostre, Saxon goddess of the dawn, and downloaded […]
Let the Inking Begin!
Like just about anything in life, there are different stages to drawing comics. The hard part comes up front, starting with hammering out the story and stretching and compressing it […]
Life and Life Drawing
I’m back. It’s as if I’ve been to another country, a strange one, and yet I didn’t go more than a mile from my house the whole time. I’d been […]
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 […]
Reverse Illustration
For many years, the drawings and paintings I did were like illustrations for stories — but the stories didn’t exist yet. Many people asked me if I illustrated children’s books, […]
Shapechanger Goes Camping
The process of making a comic, step-by-step Yesterday I posted a one-page comic that I did as part of a school program, at the beginning of the year, and I […]
Shapechanger, an Origin Story
In 2012, I started a two-semester course on making comics and graphic novels at Camosun College. The first day we were asked to draw an avatar for ourselves, with the […]
The End of the Challenge
It’s the last day of my Drawing-a-Day Challenge! I said I would draw something (and post it) every day for 30 days. The theory was that it would kick-start my […]
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 […]
Dancing Muse
Drawing-a-Day 25 Iris the Art Muse has been working very hard of late. So tonight I invited her to come along to a contra dance. I play flutes and pennywhistle […]
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