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Mutagenesis - Cover + Thoughts

And this is finally done! I had loads of fun with this and I'm very satisfied with the result. All done digitally in CSP. Now onwards to finishing the zine...

So a lot happened this year but I still made frustratingly little in terms of comics. As usual this is because capitalism is a nightmare and ends need to be met. Hopefully things sta...

Mutagenesis - Cover pencils

The raw lines and shading for this cover painting, done in CSP. I really enjoyed experimenting with this new process and it was enormously beneficial to lay down the details and values before applying colour. it's also just really nice to be drawing like I'm using graphite again :) I will definitely be using this approach again, especially as I'...

Mutagenesis - Title

More fun stuff - designing the title. My type skills are a bit rudimentary with what I can do in CSP but I got to try another thing I've wanted to do for ages and make a hand-painted title :) I also drew up some sans serif and calligraphy versions in the fictional script I made for this project.

Going kinda slow atm since I caught a cold f...

Mutagenesis - Cover thumbnails

With upcoming cons I'm really starting to think about finishing this project ASAP - and to encourage myself I'm doing the most fun thing first :) I've also been hankering to do a piece like this for a long time so I'm pretty excited about it. Inspiration is being drawn from my favs John Berkey and Cliff Spohn, and quite strongly from the beautif...

Skate

Completed painting commission for Magnumb! Thanks again for letting me have so much artistic freedom on this - it's probably one of my favourite paintings to date now.

Made in CSP and Rebelle 5

Skate - WIP

My next painting commission is for Mag! I took a slightly different approach than normal by painting in the values of the figure first. This is a well known technique that I used when I was first teaching myself digital painting, but I was never rly happy with how it would look. Now I have a better understanding of how to paint values it felt li...

Sunset Over Orkney

Completed painting commission for Jordan! (@degrinner) Thanks again for this amazing opportunity <3

Created in CSP and Rebelle 5

Sunset - WIP and process

Many thanks to those of you commissioning paintings from me! Work is slow but steady atm so I appreciate your patience. I'm really grateful for the the opportunity to do paintings for others as I've been building up my confidence to this point for a long time. 

This one is for Jordan! I started in CSP and then tried importing it into ...

Back for more (Wyvern redesign WIP)

The more I was sitting with the Wyvern's design the more dissatisfied I could feel myself getting... typical!! I needed something light and organic that has a more prototypical, bestial feeling. I don't like overhauling designs this late in the game but I knew it was necessary lol

I wanted to have more exposed artificial muscle and skin vi...

Commission Form OPEN

Now taking responses! Please fill out a form if you'd like a slot :) I'll be leaving responses open until 30/08/23 5:00pm AEST

Opening for commissions today

Hey guys, I’ll be taking on a new round of B&W fullbody commissions over the next couple days. I’m making some adjustments to my workflow and pricing to reflect the amount of time spent on these, my upgraded equipment, and my generally improved skills. (For those that don’t know I recently upgraded my tablet to a Huion Kamvas Pro 24, h...

ToTK Fanart WIP2

Still wasn't happy with the colours and lighting but after some thinking and messing about i've finally been able to nail the look and commit to painting the bg. Very happy with how it's turning out now and extra glad i was able to dial in on the orange/teal/green palette with enough tonal complexity :] back to commission work in the mean time!<...

ToTK Fanart WIP

I finished playing tears of the kingdom recently and can easily call it my favourite game. i really don't play a lot of video games and least of all to completion so this is a big deal for me LOL  

so i've been chipping away at this between commission work. still scratching my head over the colours but i think i'm at a point where i'm...

Triangle Tangle Tango

after working with B&W for a while i always get the urge to refresh my palate with colour so i did this today for some painting practice :)

i recently discovered the Zorn palette and was shocked i hadn't heard about it before since i paint almost exclusively in those tones to begin with!! since then i've been thinking nonstop about usi...

Leftover convention stock for sale

Hey everyone, apologies for being quiet lately :') the past 6 months have been a nonstop series of events but i'm finally finding the time to get back into art. 

Last month I had an amazing experience dealing for the first time at Aurawra and i definitely plan to do local cons on the regular now. I have a fair amount of leftover inven...

MUTAGENESIS poster - Take 3 (WIP)

This project is still on the backburner but not forgotten. after sitting with the second version of this poster for some time i realised i still wasn't hitting the desired mark and decided to give the painting another overhaul. 

i was eschewing the use of cinematic/photographic effects in painting for a while as i used to use a lot of...

Activation

Finished and unmangled version of the inks i posted earlier. i spent about as much effort on detailing the colour work as i did with the lines and had a nice time :) $3 tier patrons can check out the inks here.

Activation (Inks)

Getting back into the feel for things by being self indulgent. this began as my tight sketch layer but i decided not to ink it bc i liked the lines as is. 

i've been watching scale modelling videos lately and it really put me in the mood for some gritty detail drawing. if you're ever stuck on building up mechanical detail and greebles...

Sticker designs preview

This June i'll be having the pleasure of tabling at Aurawra in Sydney, which is going to be the first time i've ever had a dealer's table at a con @_@ so i'm starting off with making sticker designs from some existing artwork and trying to come up with some new designs. 

so far i've been really enjoying myself so i hope these sell lol...

Wyvern - Cover design finalised

Sneaking in at the last minute with the finalised thumbnail for Wyvern's first volume cover. i had to wrack my brain on this for ages but i had a lot of helpful feedback from friends and now i'm very happy with the result. it also helped to revise the gravitational lensing effect once again and now i'm REASONABLY certain i have it drawn correctl...

Chapter 1 roughs - pg 12-14

Back to work on Wyvern chapter 1! always a challenge to make back and forth conversation look interesting on the page but i'm getting the hang of it. doesn't look much like a friendly work chat...

Sirius Alpha mech design (WIP)

Wow thanks everyone for being patient since my last update!! since recovering from surgery i've been playing catchup with life admin and we're also going to be moving in a few weeks so things are pretty busy atm. i desperately want to get more art out in the mean time though.

this is a rough second pass at a few of the mechs featured in Wy...

Chapter 1 rough sketches (pg 5-9) + notes

With dialogue! Sonny goes about his very normal day. some pages i think look a bit nicer than the rest of the vague scribbles i've done so far. 

a few designs crop up in the chapter such as the ISA/Gemini R&D building on pg.6 which i am basing almost 1:1 off the Surry Hills cop shop, a suitably oppressive brutalist building that i...

Cover design sketches

happy new year! aside from sketching more comic pages my first art of the year is a revisit of the design for Wyvern's first cover. i am currently tossing up between thumbnail 2 and 2a, what do you think?

i have stuck with the black hole image and really tried to push the concept to be as in your face as possible. i think it was something ...