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  • The Gecko Part III – turnaround

    The Gecko Part III – turnaround

    Colour plays an important part throughout the Gecko* – it’s only on page three that we get full colour, and then it’s not for long.

    I’ve now submitted the comic to the Titan Undiscovered Talent competition, which is for unpublished work –  so you can’t see it all until I know that a) we have failed or b) we have won!

    Both writer (Izzy Barlow) and artist (me) are going to the Comic Art Fest in Kendal later this year to discover the fate of our work.

    *I really need to be more productive – do we really need a post per page?

  • The Gecko Part II – the trip

    The Gecko Part II – the trip

    Ah, the troublesome second page, with a tricky trip and fall sequence…

    I think my recent life drawing sessions have really helped my drawing, but you can never get a model to hold a pose like this…

    Screen Shot 2014-07-27 at 06.51.56

    Techy types will want to know that I’m using Manga Studio for the inks and colours and inDesign for the lettering. MS does some stupid things with fonts that I just can’t seem to get around, whilst inDesign is just great at setting text.

     

     

  • The Gecko Part I

    The Gecko Part I

    Daughter has kindly supplied a three page script and I’ve taken time off from work to illustrate it. Here’s a very quick post just to prove that I’m working on it – page 1, panel 2. Lots more to do, plus: the sun is shining and have a desire to spend time in it…

     

  • Drink and Draw II

    Drink and Draw II

    Not one, but three models at June’s Drink and Draw in Blackburn. The Rockit Belly Dancers were too quick for me though; I only ever caught two at a time, at most.

    Final image
    Final image

    I like to Drink and Draw

    I was only drinking coffee. Drawing is difficult enough, especially when you are instructed to draw with the pencil in your mouth.

    Later, back at the studio…

    I wasn’t quick enough capture it all during the session, so I took photos and selected one to draw from.

    Coloured it good…

    During the event we were encouraged to give this pose a fantasy feel, with added snakes for a medusa touch for instance. As it is I decided to colour it spooky!