Chapter 5: first preview
I’ve had a bit of a chance this week to return to sketching for the next chapter of The Boy. It’s been hard going getting back into it – I’ve had to swop my musical hat for my drawing hat, … Continued
Art
A page stage by stage
End of the week, and it’s been a busy one. I’m in a play that’s on in about a week – A Christmas Carol, and I’m playing Marley’s Ghost, which means I essentially get to be as scary as possible … Continued
Tonight’s sketching
Here’s how tonight’s sketching went – this is the last page of Chapter 3, after which point the animation begins. I am an artrat inside a wheel inside an enigma inside a stoat.
Another small preview: Chapter 3
Another quick preview of the next chapter of The Boy. This makes a grand total of about three sets of completed pages (since each ‘page’ in the final Flash-animated chapters represents two traditional pages, I never know whether to count … Continued
Illustrating The Boy with Nails for Eyes: B onwards…
I suffered a bit of a setback with the latest round of Photoshopping – the file was partially corrupted during saving, Lord alone knows how. So, one round of disk-checking later (which took several hours, and in stress terms is … Continued
Illustrating The Boy, part 1: from A, almost all the way to B
I thought it’d be interesting to try and show how an individual image progresses from the time I scan it into the computer, through to the finished, polished product. And as luck would have it, the image I posted last … Continued
On the road again…
First, I wanted to let everyone know that, as I am officially useless at Facebook, my girlfriend (and editor/encourager/model/a million other things I couldn’t-do-without-er) has set up a Facebook page. If you want to keep right up to date with … Continued
What the hell’s taking so long?
I’ve had a few people email me recently to ask when the next chapter of The Boy with Nails for Eyes is going to be available. I’ve actually been asking myself the same question more and more of late. I … Continued
The Boy with Nails for Eyes: Making of the Dream Sequence
Several people have asked me how I go about creating the artwork for The Boy with Nails for Eyes. I have given a fairly brief answer on the programs and methods I use, and went into a bit more detail … Continued
Preview: Chapter 2
Okay, I know that I’ve posted a couple of preview images before, and that I said I wouldn’t do so any more, but I figure the next chapter is a long time coming, so I wanted to share a bit … Continued