I've always loved putting together an outfit, although it wasn't until high school that I admitted this.
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Week thirty eight - Scout patches
How to earn your Rob Scout Patches.
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Week thirty seven - In which our hero meets 'The Slump'
A comic about the process of finishing a draft of a big comic and getting critical feedback.
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Week thirty six - Self portraits
Self-portraits I’ve drawn over the years. Compare and contrast how I’ve drawn myself!
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Week thirty five - In which our hero is defeated by a box of papers.
This is just a little comic of a time about a month ago when I was feeling low. It's only recently that I've been able to sit down and actually write down some of these feelings.
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Week thirty four - Goals and To Do lists
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.
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Week thirty three - In which our hero talks about her process
Holding my first draft manuscript of part one of Oh Brother, I’m finally starting to have an idea of what my process is for making a graphic novel or long form comics.
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Week thirty two - In which our hero sets the scene
I’ve never been great at including backgrounds in my comics, but I knew I needed to learn how toto help ground my graphic novel memoir in the real world.
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Week thirty one - My time in the Gong
In June I went to Wollongong to visit my mentor Pat Grant. For two whole weeks we would be hanging out, talking about my graphic novel and pulling apart my script. I was thrilled and terrified all at once (a fairly normal feeling for me).
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Week thirty - Hair Guide
As the stories in my graphic novel jump all over the place chronologically, I decided to create this illustrated hair guide to help me keep track of the story timeline.
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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!