Jan 7
Tell ’em Flinstone’s comin’…
…and Hell’s comin’ with him. (If you’re having trouble seeing the image in the email, click the link!)
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Jan 2
Happy New Year!
Twenty Nineteen is officially underway and I hope you’re as excited as I am to getting back to a normal routine. With the family at home for almost two weeks, one of whom is seven years old and unceasing energy, not a lot got done. As is, practically nothing. No drawing, no shipping, no organizing,…
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Feb 15
How to Draw Comics 101: One Tip to Create Depth in your Inks
How to Draw Comics 101: One Tip to Create Depth in your Inks Here’s a quick video I did in my How to Draw Comics series to show how to create depth in your inks.
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Jan 12
Magic Time Tee
I’m making this t-shirt available for sale for the next 4 days. Click the link for more info!
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Jul 29
Meandering Musings
The older and more skilled you get, the more you’ll realize there’s always people younger and better than you are. If you’re going to have a balanced life and a career you don’t get burnt out on, you can’t keep on working weeks on end without a break. All those people asking where their art…
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Mar 17
Freelancer Files: Shut Down the Factory, We’re Making ResponsibleAdult 1.0!
I’ve been dragging my feet trying to get my tax stuff together. Yesterday the day was mostly spent doing that, on customer service with Expedia for a half hour (apparently, the hotel I had booked for Botcon scheduled a renovation for that weekend), and trying to get some invoicing taken care of. I tend to…
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Mar 8
2006 vs 2016 Mary Marvel
I thought it would be fun to dig into my digital archives and see where my art skills were 10 years ago. 2006 is about where I started keeping more stuff scanned in so I sorted through some really bad drawings to find something I might like to re-draw today for comparison. I remember drawing…
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Mar 2
Squirrels and Comics: The Drey
A few years ago fellow Transformers artist Brendan Cahill approached me about working on one of his creator-owned books called The Drey. It took me a while to figure out how to fit it in my schedule. Getting the Wacom Cintiq, Manga Studio, and spending time working on my own book, William the Last, let…
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Jan 9
How to Draw Comics 101: Choosing Paper
When I made my first attempt at drawing a comic with the intent of publishing, I had a hard time finding the right paper. This was about fifteen years ago and I knew that most comics were drawn larger than print size (11×17 for the standard American comic) but I couldn’t find that size…
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Dec 12
Dad’s Sketchbook
My Dad passed away 16 years ago today. I don’t know how much of the drawing “talent”/desire/proclivity or whatnot is passed down in families, but he was inclined to doodle earlier in life. Though by the time I came a long I can only remember a handful of times he drew and most of those…
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