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!
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Four cartoon drawings of a young boy (my brother) from four different angles. He has his fingers in his ears and is wearing a pink tee shirt and pink track pants.
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.
Read MoreOh 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.
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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.
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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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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.
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A Dog's Life
A Dog’s Life is my third 24 Hour Comic (a 24-page comics written and drawn 24 hours!). You can read the entire B&W version here for free.
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Oh Brother, it's a book update!
A little update on how work on my graphic novel, Oh Brother, is going.
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The 24-Hour Comic Challenge
The 24 Hour Comic Challenge is an annual challenge where comics makers write & draw a 24 page comic in 24 hours (that’s a page an hour). Here’s a comic wrap up of my experience taking on the challenge.
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Curiosity Care
We all get stuck sometimes. It's a pretty common ailment of making something. Putting your heart and soul into a project, whatever it is, can be super rewarding and satisfying but also super tiring and scary. It can take all my brain power just to write a few words, because getting started is, at least to me, the hardest bit.
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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!