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 […]
Tag Archives: pen and ink
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 […]
Quadra Cats Colouring Page!
I’m packing for the beach — artists need vacations too, but for some reason we always seem to pack our art supplies — and all week I’ve been ticking off […]
The Cold Beasties
Sometimes, usually in situation comedies, one might end up going to the wrong party instead of the intended festive destination. Maybe the address was garbled, maybe the wrong kind of […]
Books, Postcards, and Comics Festivals
Today I went and picked up 100 shiny new copies of “Spaced Out”, the new Quadra Cats book! They look fabulous — 24 nice thick pages with a semi-gloss cover […]
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 […]
Takeout Planet!
I’ve been working like mad on the new book of the Quadra Cats stories. It’s based on the single-page episodes, but with much, much more added to link them together into […]
Quadra Cats Book!
I’ve been working on a mini-comicbook of the Quadra Cats cartoons! I’ve got the script done, which will tie together most of the existing cartoons into a continuous story. Because they […]
Opus Daily Practice Challenge
Iris the Art Muse was groaning and face-palming. She couldn’t believe I was contemplating doing another art challenge. I told her, “It’s OK—see, I’m just going to do stuff that we […]
Mistaken Identity — Quadra Cats
It’s time for another Quadra Cats cartoon. I do these quarterly for the local neighbourhood newspaper, the Hillside-Quadra Community News. These little one-pagers are a lot of fun, and I’m thinking […]
Seashell Archives Book Cover
I’ve just completed my umpteenth book cover (actually, I think this makes 21 — you can see the rest here) for Nebula-Award winning author Elizabeth Ann Scarborough! It’s for her […]
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 […]
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 […]
Making Mermaid Music
I’ve just posted page 11 of Mermaid Music, my webcomic. It’s my first full-page spread since pages 2 and 3, and I thought it was high time to do another in-progress […]
Political Cats!
I’ve been doing a little one-page cartoon for our local neighbourhood newspaper, the Hillside Quadra Community News, for several issues now. The stars are three cats, Tux, Jazz, and Alien […]
Comics Class Wrap-up!
Yesterday’s final comics class was a lot of fun — everyone had done a lot of work over the last six weeks, and had some wonderful comics to show for […]
Comics Lettering & Balloons
This is another post in the series for my comics class, expanding on and illustrating subjects we talked about in class. Yesterday we discussed lettering and colouring; the colouring will […]
Paper for Comics
Another post for comics class (see tab at right for the series)! I’ve linked a couple of products to one of our local art supply stores, Opus, because they have […]
Mermaid Music
Mermaid Music. From the latest page in my new online comic (click the link above) — this one’s moving us into the central mystery of the story. It’s pen 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 […]
Comics Class — Nuts-n-Bolts
Hi everyone! This is week three of my Friday posts for “Comics for the Curious Beginner”, a six-week class I’m teaching at Monterey Centre in Oak Bay. This post expands on […]
Meet Sami Redwing
Here is young Sami Redwing, in colour at last. She’s the hero of The Mermaid, on which I’ve been making good progress. I plan to launch the webcomic version (at […]
Creating Comics Characters
This is the second of my Friday night posts for my comics class. If you’re not in the class, don’t worry, this is for you too! I hope these posts will […]
The Mermaid Lives!
Those who have been following this blog for a while know that I’ve had a graphic novel project of my own, The Mermaid, underway since last year, but lately it’s […]
Creating Comics: Script and Thumbnails
As promised to my comics class, here is the first Friday Night Comics post! If you’re not in the class, that’s OK, I hope this will be useful for anyone […]
Karen Gillmore Art 