Aug 20 2009
In the second part of my series, “Excuses for why I’m not posting stuff more regularly to my blog,” here’s a shot of the now-inked introductory section of Oyster War. I’m still not 100% happy with my hatching technique, but what I’ve got is passable–and I’m certainly more confident than when I first started inking. …
Aug 12 2009
Of the potential “rogues gallery” sketches from my last post, the only one that seemed to hold much potential was the lanky knife guy, so I had another go at him and refined him a bit:
Aug 05 2009
At some point in Oyster War, I’m gonna have to have a crew of “bad guys,” so I’ve been working a little on that in my sketchbook. I don’t think any of these designs are particularly inspired, but you gotta start somewhere…
Aug 03 2009
Hand… cramping. Must… finish… hatching. Yeah, it’s been a while since I’ve used dip pens rather than brushes for inking, and all the hatching is really running my arm through the wringer. (I pretended today that my worn out arm was the reason I played squash so horribly, but I guess that’s probably not really …
Jul 30 2009
While it’s true that I’ve not posted anything here for a good while, there’s a compelling reason I’ve not done so: I’ve been hard at work on the initial twelve pages of Oyster War (12 pages of art/15 pages counting flip). I just completed pencils on the pages and am set to start inking this …
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