Learning animals |
Friday 22 May 2009 |
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| I haven't blogged much this month, things have been somewhat hickeldy-pickeldy. June will be a time of intense work and will include the 40th of June, more of which in a week or so. I've been collecting so many links to share and comics I want to write about that my head's a bit over-full, so for now, here are some recent sketches I've been doing for Rainbow Orchid volume two. |
| I love drawing elephants - they're like two old men in baggy trousers.
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| posted 22.05.09 at 11:54 pm in Sketchbook | permalink | |
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And I will not suffer a monster to live! |
Thursday 23 April 2009 |
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| A post on Andrew Wildman's blog sent my mind racing... where could that stray speech balloon have come from? Here's my take from an imaginary comic, and because it's Andrew, I included a robot - though perhaps a little more old fashioned in style than he usually draws! |
Cross posted at the Super Comics Adventure Squad. |
| posted 23.04.09 at 11:15 pm in Sketchbook | permalink | |
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Dororo |
Wednesday 4 February 2009 |
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| I have just finished Tezuka's Dororo volume 3 - what an excellent piece of work. The tale of a child (Hyakkimaru) born bereft of body parts, supplied with prosthetic limbs and things by an adoptive father (a proto-Black Jack), he comes of age and goes on a quest to regain his real anatomy from the 48 demons that now possess them, accompanied by a child thief, the titular Dororo. |
Here is a drawing I made of the two adventurers, Hyakkimaru and Dororo, rustled up this morning.
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| posted 04.02.09 at 2:49 pm in Sketchbook | permalink | |
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Tozo |
Tuesday 2 December 2008 |
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| I have been thinking about doing some Tozo fan art as an appreciation of a superb comic strip for quite a while, and so it became this morning's warm-up/procrastination sketch. |
If you're not aware of Tozo, go and get reading, and you can also see the interview I did with David O'Connell, the strip's creator, here. |
| posted 02.12.08 at 6:14 pm in Sketchbook | permalink | |
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Brush pen |
Thursday 21 August 2008 |
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| I bought some new pens a couple of days ago with one of them being a brush pen - something I've heard lots about but never used before. This is just a quick sketch to try it out (grey-washed with the water from my rinse-pot!) |
In other news, go and watch this video - it features Hergé, Goscinny, Uderzo and Franquin! (via) |
| posted 21.08.08 at 7:35 pm in Sketchbook | permalink | |
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Super Animal Adventure Squad - Beesley |
Sunday 10 August 2008 |
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| The latest issue of The DFC (no.11) has just seen the final episode of Super Animal Adventure Squad in 'The Teatime of Doom' by James Turner. Every single episode has given me hearty chuckles aplenty, but one of my favourites was in issue 8, which featured Beesley taking on a giant mutant ant all by himself. |
| As with Neill's Mo-Bots, I thought I'd have a go at James' 'Learn to Draw Beesely' (download the sheet from this link) and here are the results!
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| posted 10.08.08 at 6:24 pm in Sketchbook | permalink | |
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Back to School... MoBot High! |
Friday 8 August 2008 |
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| A funny thing happened to my mobile phone the other day... it suddenly started blipping and downloading something odd. The next thing I knew I was being challenged to a duel by a 14-year old girl who appeared to have a huge digital robot standing right behind her. This is what happens when you go to Mo-Bot High, a school with a rather unusual break-time activity, and the name of the comic strip created by Neill Cameron that has been running in The DFC these past few weeks. |
| Recently Neill put up a 'How to draw a Mo-Bot' sheet on his blog, so I thought I'd quickly get one together, as per his instructions. After all, I've got a 14-year old girl to fight!
(Click on the pic to see the finished version)
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| posted 08.08.08 at 6:34 pm in Sketchbook | permalink | |
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Quick sketch |
Wednesday 18 July 2007 |
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| Have been away from drawing for a while, so a quick ink sketch of Tardi's Adele Blanc-Sec to oil the gears. |
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| posted 18.07.07 at 11:13 am in Sketchbook | permalink | |
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Thirty years of Star Wars |
Friday 25 May 2007 |
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| It was thirty years ago today that Star Wars had its release in the US (we didn't get it in the UK until December 1977). Like all children of a certain age (I was 8) that film, and its two sequels, had a profound impact on me. To celebrate, here's another from the archives - my first ever published drawing in a fanzine from 1984... |
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| posted 25.05.07 at 7:23 pm in Sketchbook | permalink | |
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Happy birthday Hergé |
Tuesday 22 May 2007 |
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| Today is the 100th birthday of Georges Remi - Hergé - creator of Tintin. Here's a portrait I drew back in 1991 (16 years ago... yikes!). |
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| posted 22.05.07 at 9:53 am in Sketchbook | permalink | |
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Little Nemo |
Saturday 14 April 2007 |
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| Quick drawing for today - Winsor McCay's Little Nemo, off and away into dreamland again. |
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| posted 14.04.07 at 12:08 pm in Sketchbook | permalink | |
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Happy Easter |
Saturday 7 April 2007 |
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| Have a good Easter weekend - make good use of it! |
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| posted 07.04.07 at 1:52 am in Sketchbook | permalink | |
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Astro Boy |
Wednesday 4 April 2007 |
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| Today, a quick drawing of Astro Boy... |
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| posted 04.04.07 at 3:02 pm in Sketchbook | permalink | |
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Donjon |
Tuesday 14 November 2006 |
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| Here's a quick drawing of Sonya the Huge and Herbert from the Donjon (Dungeon) series by Lewis Trondheim, Joann Sfar, Christophe Blain and Kerascoet. Sonya is quite a maternal figure, and with that in mind this is dedicated to Paul (fellow Dungeon fan) and Rebecca, who have just had a brand new daughter, Olivia. |
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| posted 14.11.06 at 8:00 pm in Sketchbook | permalink | |
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