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September 14, 2017

Social Media and online presence is super tiring. Anyone else feel that?

Week forty eight - Just quit your day job

January 19, 2017

A comic about a big life decision.

Week forty six - A day in the studio

November 25, 2016

Just an average day in the studio with your friendly neighbourhood artist.

Week forty two - What is a 'Patreon'? - Special announcement

November 1, 2016

In which our hero sets up a patreon account.

Week thirty four - Goals and To Do lists

September 6, 2016

Those who have met me for longer than, say, 10 minutes will know that I am a worrier. I'm also a planner and an organiser. Although these qualities can bring on little spells of anxiousness, for the most part they help me achieve my goals in a timely fashion.

Week twenty three - In which our hero checks in

June 7, 2016

We are about 6 months through the year and I thought you might be interested in how I am going with this graphic novel project.

Week seventeen - In which our hero learns how to market herself

April 26, 2016

A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough be able to attend an Enterprise Bootcamp. It was teaching me all about how to market myself as an artist and how to produce work and be professional at design markets. Interesting stuff and being the nerd I am I kept some notes.

Apr 29, 2023

Oh Brother Prep work, Part 2: Getting Emotional

Following on from my last post about how the design of the characters in my graphic novel, Oh Brother, have changed over the 7-ish years I’ve been working on the book, this post is about my absolute favourite thing: drawing emotions!

Feb 1, 2023

Oh Brother thumbnails finished!

Last year I spent most of my studio time working on re-drawing my Oh Brother thumbnails for my publisher. I have now finished and it’s finally starting to feel like a real book.

Jan 27, 2023

Drawing Buddies - January Challenge

This year my pal Jake and I are being drawing buddies. Each month we’re going to take on a different drawing challenge together. This month we had a go at drawing each other’s characters.

Jan 24, 2023

My Top Reads of 2022

According to my book tracker app, I read 128 books last year. Here is a list of my absolute top reads for 2022 (and the reasons why I liked them).

Nov 10, 2022

Oh Brother Update 2022

Back in 2016, I started work on a project I thought would take me a year (hah!). Flash forward to 2022 where I’m working with multiple editors at Penguin Random House to publish the book in 4 different territories.

Feb 17, 2017

Week fifty two - I'm all Thumbs

An update on how the book is going and step-by-step description of turning my script (words) into thumbnails (very basic drawings).

Jun 29, 2023

Oh Brother Prep work, Part 3: Pushing Poses

Following on from my previous posts about designing my characters and then practicing drawing their emotions, I had one final task: to practice drawing these characters in different poses!

Mar 29, 2023

Oh Brother Prep work, Part 1: Building Character

The first thing I do when starting on a comic project is create the characters and draw up character reference sheets. Have a look at how the Oh Brother characters have developed over the 6 years I’ve been working on the book.

Dec 31, 2022

Map-Making

One of my very first loves was map-making: as a kid, they were one of my favourite things to draw. I would make maps of treasure islands, maps of our neighbourhood and maps of my bedroom.

Dec 23, 2022

Death

Here, for your reading enjoyment, is one of my early “published” works (from when I was 7). Probably one of my more experimental pieces of writing, but still incredibly influenced by the works of Terry Pratchett. The story is intriguingly titled "Death".

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