From kissy face to grizzly death

on July 8, 2024 at 5:28 pm

Okay, so with page 14 of Fenton Hud I got to draw my first ever kissing scene in a comic and WOW(!) I found that seriously tough! Like, to get both people in the shot evenly and make sure neither is hidden by the other? TOUGH!

Or maybe it’s just me but yeah, I really wanted to get this right so hope you all find it not only looked genuine but gave the feels.

And hey, after that we have Cuddles’ death (which worryingly wasn’t so hard to draw…)

So back when my better half was reading Fenton Hud #1 for the first time they mentioned that Cuddles was a bit of a Mary Sue and was a bit too skilled in a lot of different things. This stuck in my head and with issue #3 and deciding I was going to kill someone off it made sense that it was going to be Cuddles.

So yeah, I’m kinda saying that this wasn’t my fault…? So sadly Cuddles bit the bullet. Is it wrong that I love the second panel like A LOT?!?

And on that happy note…. Bear hugs!

Long time no post!

on July 6, 2024 at 1:15 pm

Hey there!

Okay, so I haven’t posted in an age and I’m not only sorry about that but I also kinda want to talk about it too.

I’m still working on Lloyd and the Bear and Fenton Hud and really enjoying what I’m doing but I’ve come to realise that that’s kinda the problem too! You see, when I’m working on my books they’ve got my full attention and it’s only when I’m finished for the day I realise I haven’t posted on either here or any other platform I use!

Sometimes I think about posting something while I’m working but then I just want to do one more bit of artwork and before I know it it’s late in the day and I want to get some food(!)

I don’t know how to get around that either so if I’m quiet (like some 5 months quiet – eek!) that’s why. (Sorry!)

While I’m here self-reflecting and all that I should probably mention that I won’t be doing MCM London in October. Now don’t get me wrong, I love MCM and will probably be visiting as a punter but the convention has changed and it feels like if you want to sell your books you really have to push them and become a salesman which is really not me! Much like the admin, I’m not a fan (and I was even a saleman one and boy was I bad at it!) and it’s taking me away from what I do enjoy – making my books!

I’ll still be doing smaller conventions and will keep an eye out for what other conventions are going on but for the moment it looks like I’m going to be a bit quiet this year. This does mean I need to update my online store which, again, is admin so might not happen straight away but it is on my list!

As for the books, I’ve just finished all the line work on issue #19 of LatB and need to do some hefty planning and design work for issue #20 and figure I might take a bit of time out and get some pages of Fenton Hud #4 done.

Who knows, maybe I’ll be able to distance myself enough to do some more posts? Maybe?

Anyways, that’s me for now! Bear hugs!

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Knights of the magical light!

on February 18, 2024 at 4:15 pm

I really loved the (short lived) Visionaries toy line/comic/cartoon. It was so cool! I mean, knights and magic and science? What’s not to love!?!

Anyways, I’ve been feeling a bit nostalgic and wanting to try something different this weekend so I had some fun by designing new totems based on classic pop culture characters .

I admit, I had done the Tummi one an age ago but I really wanted to have some fun this weekend by setting myself a challenge of doing some more!

What do you think?

More soon! Bear hugs!

P.S. I don’t think Alf is an animal, I just really fancied drawing him!

Page layouts, conversations and awkwardly sized characters…

on February 17, 2024 at 10:08 am

Okay, so the current page of Lloyd and the Bear has been proving a challenge. To explain, We’ve got Lloyd and Griff trying to break through a force field that’s popped up while Rizos (who’s back after being introduced in issue #14) appears and has to explain her reason for being there while also not slowing down the action.

Now hey, that in itself is enough to deal with but Rizos also has to be positioned right of Lloyd and Griff AND I need to deal with angles that will get all the characters in while taking in to account how much taller Rizos is from the other two!

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How’s it been over a month since MCM London?!?

on November 30, 2023 at 11:10 am

Seriously, how has it been a month already?!?

I mean, okay, I chilled, had Covid, did lots of artwork and then some time off but still! A MONTH!

Anyways, I wanted to talk about MCM. First of all, it was SO GREAT to be there again! It’s a tough one to get a table at so I was super happy to have been lucky to get a spot.

Also, I got to meet a ton of great people both at my table and from visiting other creators but the big thing for me that weekend was having a fan come by and say hello. His mother had got in touch previously to say they’d be dropping by and I signed the books he’d bought from me previously. It’s moments like that that genuinely, genuinely, GENUINELY make all the hours of work worth it. Totally.

But yeah, something I realised from my weekend there is that I am REALLY not cutting edge! (I mean, this really isn’t anything new but let me explain…). So yeah, this is my table;

And like, back in the day I use to have this big structure set up selling a ton of prints but I cut back. Like, A LOT! I really wanted to push the books and have just a couple of prints on the go but man, my table felt super small compared to everyone else! It’s tough as I want to keep things neat and clean and also travel to a convention as light as a I can but at the same time I felt kinda invisible compared to everyone else with signage and structures and what have you.

I need to work on this and find a nice compromise. Sot yeah, one to ponder on for next time I’m (hopefully) at MCM London!

If you stopped by my table by the way, thank you so much! And hey, maybe next time I’ll have a light show or something going on! (Probably not!)

More soon! Bear hugs!