An Expressive Cat
Just a quick post tonight — It’s been a long day of watercolour painting! I thought it might be interesting to show some different expressions of Spam the Cat from […]
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Technique-of-the-Week — Comic page in watercolour
Today I painted the first double-page spread of Spam and the Sasquatch, and took pictures as I did each stage! So follow along if you like, and help me celebrate […]
Inspiration Recharging Break
Today I made no art. None at all. No drawing, no inking, no painting, no writing, no music. Instead I took a day to “inspire”, in the sense of the […]
Stalled by the Motorcycle
I’m one page away from finishing the inking part of the graphic novel. One mere page. Merely one page. But my weakness is technology, and I have to draw a […]
The Little Artist that Could
I ink I can, I ink I can, I ink I can… I’m almost finished with the inks for Spam and the Sasquatch, and so my mantra. Serious eyestrain happening […]
A Mighty Conflagration
Days like this keep me humble. I put aside the inking of the story I’ve been working on in order to try painting the first page, which I had put […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A Day at a Comic Conference
Visual artists and writers spend a lot of solitary time immersed in creating their art. The need to connect with other artists and the public, face -to-face, has led to all […]
The Evolution of Spam-the-Cat
Drawing-a-Day number 20 I’ve been pencilling comic pages all day, and itching to get my hands on some colour. This is drawn from one of the panels I penciled today […]
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 […]
Drawing-a-Day — Fortnight!
Today’s sketch marks two whole weeks I have been doing this. Sometimes I’ve only gotten a sketch in before midnight by the skin of my teeth, but I’ve done it, […]
Anime, Manga, and Another Day, Another Drawing.
I had a great time at Tsukino Con this weekend, hanging out at the Camosun Comics and Graphic Novels Program table in artist’s alley, going to panels, admiring all the costumes, […]
Testing Watercolour Paper with Renfrew the Raccoon
Renfrew the Raccoon is a character in a graphic novel I’m working on with author Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, and as I’m just about to start on the full-sized drawings, I […]
Character Study — Renfrew the Racoon
Another character in the Spam and the Sasquatch graphic novel that I’m working on, in partnership with author Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, is Renfrew the Raccoon. (see yesterday’s post for links […]
Character study — A Young Lady Sasquatch
Just a short post tonight — I’ve been working in the studio all day doing various things, including this character study for a new maquette. The graphic novel I’ve been […]
Spam the Cat Becomes a Character Maquette (Part 1)
I’m looking forward to tomorrow’s mentoring session with Joan Steacy. We’re going to work on character maquettes all day, one of my favourite things to do. It doesn’t even seem […]
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