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I recently saw a thread on social media about advice for beginners wanting to make comics. Of course the best advice is just jump right in. Want to be a writer, write. Want to be an artist, makes things. While this is the best advice it might also be frustrating for true beginners that don't know what that looks like. It can be easy when you've adept at something to forget what it is like not to know it. This is known as the curse of knowledge, that is once you know something, it's almost impossible to imagine not knowing it. On that note here are ten non-comprehensive steps for beginners to dip their toes in. These are ten practical things to start 'just making comics'. At the end are a few philisophical tips to help you practice and avoid some beginner traps.  Practice Read a lot of comics , think about what you like about them, why do they work? Analyse every aspect of them. This can either be detailed notes or just vi...

It's been several years since I added a new design to Redbubble. I came up with this idea based on a story someone told me about mistaking Someone's name as 'Sir. Wolf'. I immediately pictured this image and had to see it come to life.  Sir Wolf T-Shirt

  After learning of Joe Matt’s passing last year I was in shock. All those years ago when I started making comics I came across Joe’s work and it changed how I saw comics and what I wanted to do with my work. A few years later I came across David Collier’s work which had a similar and subsequent effect on my work. But now that Joe Matt was gone, it felt like a big part of my artistic dream was gone. It sounds dramatic and perhaps a touch silly, but that was my immediate reaction.  Before I heard the news, I had already been intimately studying Joe work for the umpteenth time. I’d been exploring lettering and art sizes, trying to find the perfect one for both. I loved Joe’s comics and so I got out my ruler and measured his panels, lettering sizes, brush work. Copying and redrawing pages. One thing that struck me is the deceptive simplicity of his work. There was nuance and subtlety in his line work that wasn’t immediately obvious unless you tried to copy it.  I knew the be...

After years of development, I've finally released a Procreate brush pack ! The delay was partly because I'm always striving to improve the brushes I use, a habit from being a stationery fiend. You always think there's a better pen just around the corner. Well, after using these brushes for the past few years, I realized they were indeed ready to share. 5c Penny Brush Pack (Procreate)

The Cosmic Gutter is a free monthly dispatch of a new comic or drawing on UFOs. I've been into reading about UFOs ever since I picked up Timothy Good's book Need to Know over 17 years ago.

My brand new Christmas card for 2023 is here!

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