Computer Loopy
My macbook pro (which I love) has started to feel a little slow, so I decided it was time for an upgrade. It works fine for digital drawing (though it can get noisy when the fan kicks in for painting...
View ArticleEnniskillen Comic Fest
www.facebook.com/Enniskillen-Comic-Fest-1030761763641321/ Hey. I’ll be at the second Enniskillen Comic Fest next weekend, if you’re coming. Paul Trimble has lined up a stonkingly good set of guests...
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Future Shocking
Yesterday was the first of day of a six week course on creating future shocks (and really any short comic book story) I was running for the Irish Writer’s Centre in Dublin. It’s on a tuesday running...
View ArticleThree things
I do love drawing comics, but after 16 years as a professional (and after leaving a long career in IT about 10 years ago – 10 years of it as my only job) I feel it’s time to do something else. I admit...
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Future Shocking Week 3
(To catch up: teaching a class in Dublin on writing / drawing short stories – specifically around “Future Shocks” – four page shorts with a twist in the tail, but that spine lets me build out how to...
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Hunted: Furies
The new series of Hunted starts this week in 2000AD. Written by Gordon Rennie, superb colouring by Len O’Grady fab lettering by Ellie DeVille. Here’s the first three pages unlettered and in glorious...
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Futureshocking week 4 Schedules and Perspective
This week I’d planned to talk scheduling, and techniques for working flat out. The fact that I was late to arrive and that the Irish writers Centre didn’t open until later than it was supposed to is...
View ArticleFutureshocking Week 5: Back in Black
So, this week’s class on comics was much more along the lines of a workshop. I bought a blueline print of some of my art to Dublin (printed on Canson Bristol board) along with a selection of tools, a...
View ArticleFutureshocking Week 6: All good things…
Apologies for how long it’s taken me to post this final blog post for the Irish Writer’s Centre Workshop. A couple of deadlines had to be slain, and new things started. So, week 6. The final. I started...
View ArticleClip Studio Paint: Paste Into Layer
There’s lots of things I love about Clip Studio Paint, and a few things that annoy the heck out of me. Luckily, I can often fix the latter with the former. One feature I miss from Photoshop is “Paste...
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