Thought Bubble 2012: Improper lowdown

Hello, Hello! just packing up our stuff for Thought Bubble convention this weekend so thought i'd just share the Improper Books rough plan of what we're up to. You can see our details HERE Anyway must dash, should hopefully have some pics and news to share up next week. if your going , don't be shy, come say hi and have a chat! I'll be sketching at the table probably doing a charge of £15 a sketch as usual but i wont be on the desk all day as we're doing a bit of a rotation of Improper Artists throughout the day. Hope to see you there!

Porcelain: the final stretch

Hey Guys just thought i'd post a little piece of Porcelain on here. were on the final stretch of the book now. this book has been too fun and had some big learning curves for me.

This here is a panel i had a lot of fun and stress over, thanks to Marc Laming for giving me some tips on how to attack those windows!

Action Short

Just wanted to get back into a bit of posting as it's been horribly quiet here. This here is a little action sample i did recently. I'd been guided towards an advert about an artist looking for someone who would like to submit for a Saturday morning cartoon style action comic. I honestly didn't think i was much good for such a thing but the guy took a shine to my work and asked me to do an action sample showing how i could deal with a Monster, Jet-pack and a grappling hook. being that i'm in the heat of Improper Books deadlines at the moment i tried to pull off something as quickly as possible. so i put together a little 3 page piece, i gave myself a day to do it all so i only managed to get two pages inked and quickly grey shaded.

I had a bunch fun doing it a but i think it's obvious i'm not very well versed in POW POW action scenes! I pretty well came up with the showdown on panel one of page two first and drew around that. I'd be the first to admit there is plenty wrong with this piece and was a bit reluctant to show it but here you go... Anyway i actually got the job on the short but instantly realized i would be biting off more than i could chew with everything i'm on at the moment so i had to back down which is a shame and the guy sounded like a lot of fun to work with and it was nice to get a thumbs up as the guy is a pretty big name in one of the big two so a nice bit of an ego boost. anywho, feel free to give me any pointers, as i say i know this is not the best actin sequence.

Update With A Warm Up

It's been horribly quiet on here, sorry. Here's a quick warm up from this morning will have some updates on Improper projects soon, i promise!

The rather splendid chaps at Scotch Corner Blog are celebrating their third year of bloggery today and asked me to be one of their guest artists to have a brief interview. they have one a day for the next couple of weeks. they have a great line up so keep checking their blog and then after if you haven't as all the talent of Scotland seems to give off a bit of their work in their so well worth following. A big thanks to Graham and all involved in the blog tis an honor to be mentioned. You can see my interview HERE

Sketches from Grinning Demon in Maidstone

Quick post, just wanted to show some of the sketches i'd drawn up for The Grinning Demon comic shop in Maidstone on Saturday, i had a lot of fun doing some commissions and have come home with a couple to get on with too. Everyone made me feel very welcome and had great requests. hopefully i'll be doing another in October if they'll have me! Apologies to anyone who had a request and i didn't get it done but it's in the works so i'll have them done soon. the day just went so quick! I think there are a few preview copies of Porcelain and Butterfly Gate left at the shop so if anyone in Maidstone wants to grab a look at the first chapters of both be sure to head over there and soak up some dark tales!

Sketch Session: The Grinning Demon, Maidstone

Hi folks, Just a quick heads up. This Saturday (30th June) i'm doing a Sketch Saturday Session at The Grinning Demon comic shop in Maidstone.i should be there from 11-4. Mostly i'll be a brief sketch slave for anyone willing and also we've arranged to be selling some of the Porcelain and Butterfly Gate previews in the shop too so i think that makes it you're very last chance to pick up a copy of that before we hide away until November for Porcelain's Launch at Thought Bubble!