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
Comics
Chapter 4: planning sketch for the town panorama
I’ve been taking a break from The Boy with Nails for Eyes for a few weeks, and I intend to do nothing more on it for a few weeks more, while I work on a few other, shorter projects. So … Continued
Why does it still have to be said that comics are a medium not a genre?
In today’s Guardian, an article was published entitled ‘Frank Miller and the rise of cryptofascist Hollywood‘. It was written by Rick Moody, whom I presume to be the American novelist and short story writer (the Graun doesn’t provide any details … Continued
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
Chapter 3 preview part 2
Just another quick post – here’s the latest image from Chapter 3 (next chapter plus one, just to keep things confusing). In order to keep things fresh from here on in, I’m going to stop putting up previews (excepting test … Continued
Quick preview of Chapter 3
A quick post tonight – just finished scanning and putting all this together. Quite pleased with the results, after some wobbly starts – this was inked using a brush and Indian ink onto Bristol board, over pencil.