Jim mentioned to me politely that perhaps I have too much work available for you to flip through to get the best idea of my Character Universes. And he’s right… I use this space to call your attention not to the best looking posts, but to particularly good examples of process. Get Thee Back! –Continue reading “Submission Notes: Please Read!”
Category Archives: Visual Diary
Visual Diary – How do I wash my clothes?
If I was feeling cheeky, I could have stretched this over two days’ worth of visual diary. Lots of good fun work, getting back into the sketchbook to make some physical work. The ink loosens my hand and makes me happy. I think I’ll probably upload my writing on here in full today, because IContinue reading “Visual Diary – How do I wash my clothes?”
Visual Diary – Guide to my Page
For the new year on Instagram, I spent some time creating a baseline guide to identifying the characters I love so much. This is good, because I occasionally get new followers, and I know how hard it is keeping track of other people’s characters. This is a simple who’s who that you can hold upContinue reading “Visual Diary – Guide to my Page”
Visual Diary: Well, Well.
I keep meaning to make more sketches, but quickly colouring work to give it the sense of atmosphere I need it to have is quite good fun. I spent some time working with this one and I’m really happy with the mood it gives out in the end. The character speaking is the sword, WhackusContinue reading “Visual Diary: Well, Well.”
Visual Diary – Antonia – It Worked!
This is a good moment in the scene where Antonia and Mitzi try to break into the bath houses. Getting the pose right, keeping the composition interesting, and still keeping this faith to the image I have in my head is very difficult. You have to be very good at all this stuff to avoidContinue reading “Visual Diary – Antonia – It Worked!”
Visual Diary – We are Finding You Some Soap.
I can see my art tending towards slightly coloured monochrome recently – and this is because when I’m creating a whole scene, to fully colour it too would turn it from a practice illustration into a whole project. I’m pleased with this one! I drew it before I wrote about it, and I’ve written andContinue reading “Visual Diary – We are Finding You Some Soap.”
Visual Diary: So… You’re Whackus Bonkus…
Brace for critique. A big success. A good angle, helped considerably by four or five messy ink thumbnails in my sketchbook. You should really see them. You’re going to have to trust me that … oh, for god’s sake, hang on. honestly, I do so much work, and then I do even more documenting it.Continue reading “Visual Diary: So… You’re Whackus Bonkus…”
Visual Diary – Did you… find any girls?
I realise we need some context here. I was going to summarise it, but the context for this is only a couple of hundred words long, so get ready either for some scrummy world building or to scroll. Harriet, the Halfling girl who met them earlier, was still at Reception. The thick red book detailingContinue reading “Visual Diary – Did you… find any girls?”
Visual Diary – Christmas Posts!
I took time this year to create some posts to acknowledge my work in 2022. This took the form of two posts I created in advance on Christmas Eve and one I drew on Christmas Day. This first one is actually a redraw of a Christmas post from 2016. This final one was the oneContinue reading “Visual Diary – Christmas Posts!”
Visual Diary – Vampires
Spending some time up in Southerndown this Christmas bought back the Vampire universe in my heart. The Vampire universe was born right after I visited my dad last July, and was in full swing in mid-August when I was moving house. We can take a Freudian dip into my sudden enjoyment of permanent, unchanging statesContinue reading “Visual Diary – Vampires”
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