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Costume Design

I’ve been working on a mini graphic novel project for a while (you may remember this, this and this) and recently I’ve been doing a lot of research into clothing. It’s set around 1300 but much of it falls into ‘vaguely medieval’. There are very few source materials for clothing in Scotland at that time.Continue reading “Costume Design”

Inktober 2018 #13 – Manaus

Manaus is Rudy’s son and as such has been through many of the trials she has. There is something very interesting about the ‘relationship’ between a writer or artist and their characters. It’s possible to be very cruel to them to serve a story. I don’t remember thinking much of it at the time, butContinue reading “Inktober 2018 #13 – Manaus”

Sketches at the Museum

I was in Edinburgh yesterday for an animation event, so I spent some time drawing in the museum on Chambers Street. I sketched a sperm whale skull and a haughty-looking llama as well as some of the visitors. The sketches are pen on paper, but the tone was added digitally.

Character and Story Masterclass

Last month I got to take part in a fantastic two-day masterclass with Wouter Tulp and John Nevarez. On one day we came up with different character poses and situations for someone saying ‘Go ahead, I’ll wait.’ The drawings above were my first rough ideas. I wanted to show a little girl waiting outside herContinue reading “Character and Story Masterclass”