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Plum Dumplings
It’s only a brief window in Late August when the Italian Plums are available. I don’t know what anyone else uses them for, but my grandma made them for plum dumplings, which was a favorite treat of childhood. So, a couple of weekends ago, I consulted my grandma’s hand-written recipe, (Later in life, she cultivated…
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Tom Strong Compendium, by Alan Moore and Chris Sprouse
I’m sloooowly winding my way through the Tom Strong Compendium by Alan Moore and Chris Sprouse, which collects the entire Tom Strong run that floated across a couple of publishers during it’s initial debut. I remember picking up a few of these issues in pamphlet form when they first debuted 25 years ago, but didn’t…
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Reading The Daughters of Ys
Written by M.T. Anderson and illustrated by Jo Rioux. Graphic novel. Gorgeous art. Brilliant storytelling. Haunting. Tragic. It’s about a pair of sisters…you know, I’ve said too much already. Oh one more tease… “Based on an ancient Breton folk tale.” Recommended by Moonbound author Robin Sloan, whose newsletter you should absolutely subscribe to. You should…
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The Captain’s Hair – Part 1
The Captain’s Hair – Part 1 I wanted to have a few episodes in the can before I posted this first part, but I’ve been struggling hard with drawing part two. I’ve got at least 8 drafts of part 2 that I hate. So I decided to post this one so that I have my…
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another strange new worlds joke
Or is it a Lower Decks joke? I don’t know. Star Trek Strange New Worlds has been great, and I love Ethan Peck’s Spock, but, man, he’s jacked. SNW’s skinny Kirk wouldn’t stand a chance at a Pon Farr fight to the death thing…
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New Star Trek Strange New Worlds Comic
It’s been so much fun watching SNW with my dad and my little guy. I’ve been doodling on Procreate to learn it a little bit. I started the sketch for this one in Procreate, then ended up finishing in Photoshop. I should have just inked it… Anyways, hope you dig. Process Here’s the procreate…
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Procreate Star Trek Drawings
A couple of sketches in Procreate. Captain Pike and a Captain Kirk. My work is so…sketchy. Can’t seem to bring a level of polish to anything…
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x-files fan art
Digging around the archives, found some X-Files fan art I made a bit back. The idea at the time was to watch every episode and practice my inking and watercolors with a page devoted to the episode. I don’t remember why I stopped. Life got in the way. Or maybe I got in my own…
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ipad procreate dream sketch
Bought my first ipad. Picked up Procreate. Sketch I made from an image I remember from one of my dreams the other night. I’m always late to the party, but I discovered Procreate automatically takes a little timelapse while you paint. You don’t even have to ask it to. That may also be a…
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Trek Heads
I think I posted about this about a year or so ago. But it’s so silly it’s worth dipping into again. A friend of mine sent me a bunch of memoji designed to look like Star Trek Next Generation characters. And since I can’t help but follow silly ideas through to the end, I drew…
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Alasdair Gray
Haven’t seen Poor Things. It’s on the list. Had no idea it was based on a book by Alasdair Gray, whom I’d never heard of before I watched this video him about a few years ago. Inspiring stuff, especially for me, who always feels at war with the drawing and writing parts of my brain.
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Story Xperiential Fall 2023
Here’s my final story reel for Story Xperiential Fall 2023, with some behind the scenes of the work as it was in progress… Ernie & Fitz The untrue story of Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s real life friendship. Acts 1 & 2 Act 1 Story Spine The story spine gives your story structure.…
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Story XP x3
I’m embarking on my third go around with Story Experiential, the online course from the makers of Pixar in a Box, that shares how to make your own story reel using the same methods they teach at Pixar. I wrote a guest blog article for them that you can read here. And my story reel,…
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learning to craft a story the pixar way
Started a class at storyexperiential about ‘creating a story the pixar way.’ Here are a few images as I try and figure out the character for my story reel. I’m in week 3 of 9 so far, and the experience has been great. The class is forcing me to push…
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daisy ridley caricature
Painted this caricatured portrait of Daisy Ridley from a 2017 sketch I did. Wish I could find the original photo reference. Here’s a look at the sketch.
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satellite string
Dreamed (dreamt?) of a string of satellites tracking across the night sky. Made the still sketch in to a gif to show the movement. What’s weird is, sometimes the satellites track right to left across the image as intended, but sometimes they appear to track left to right. Is that just me or is that…
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caricature sketchbook
Sketchbook I filled up with caricatures a few years ago. Some are better than others. All from reference. Did I already post this one?
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oceanlines painting
I first drew these battleships back in 2015 and haven’t forgotten about them. (Though a lot has happened in the last almost six years since i first got them down in my sketchbook. For the last month or so I’ve been trying to paint more. Mostly digital. I knew I wanted to tackle these giant,…
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dream comic
I’ve been recording my dreams for the last few months. Why? I’m not sure, exactly, but it feels foolish not to pay dreams any attention at all. I’m also trying to improve my painting skills, both digital and analog. So, here’s a recent dream sequence in painted comix form. What does it mean? Who knows?…
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hobbit sketch
been reading the hobbit the last couple of months should explore some more drawings of bilbo baggins
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luigi in colored pencil
Little guy has been getting more and more in to Mario Bros lately. So, I drew him a Luig, in purple colored pencil. He was not impressed:)
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unlimited wonder comics lab january challenge day 9
unlimited wonder comics lab january challenge continues with day 9 prompt: shark i’m running with a theme i established on day 1 of this challenge here’s a look at the pencils: my pencils continue to be better than my inks… and i don’t have any ideas yet for the next prompt: unknown…
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unlimited wonder comics lab january challenge day 8
unlimited wonder comics lab january challenge continues with day 8 prompt: pajamas i think the only panel here that i love is panel 4 with the bat – signal. the rest are just ok. inking is hard. i want to keep my ink lines loose and energetic, but inking seems to demand precision. maybe tomorrow’s…
