Sitting here at the comics festival, drawing away…
comics
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
Drawing Demo at Tel Aviv comic-con
Monday, August 16th, 2010
Duck and Cover comics- How we make them
Is all this text a drag to read in your busy day? Hey, watch a video instead!
-Here I blather about the comic we just made and how we done the pictures and words.
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Our New Duck and Cover Comic hits the printers
And if I say so myself, it’s good. 916 cups of coffee, four arguments, and one case of repetitive strain injury has all resulted in the second issue of our Comics collaboration Duck and Cover. Which is mostly a post apocalyptic comedy concerning mutant animals, but also looks at the human being and how silly we are. Or in this case, were.
And so after the frankly painful process of making it we’re printing the thing and launching it at the festival of comics and animation in Tel Aviv next week- so if you’re over here, come and say hi. We’ll be there, hanging out and I’m planning to do some live digital painting.
We’ve ramped up the process somewhat as three of us have worked on this, so I thought it might be interesting for you to see how three people work together to make it. But first, here’s a few preview pages. Characters are by the annoyingly talented Mysh, Layouts Oren Mashkovski, BG’s me, colors, all of us. Boarding and thumbs: all of us.
Oh, and there’s no speech bubbles- Didn’t want to give anything away just yet….
Next post: Process 
Sunday, July 18th, 2010
Morning inks
Since coming back from Belgium I’ve been getting stuck into the lovely inks and loose style of one of my favourite ever comics artists, Franquin. Though Belgian, in the sixties and seventies he was pretty much top of the pile in the french comics industry with his electric style and dry humour. The shark design below is his. His inks are both loose and intricate, and crackle with energy. Worth checking out is his book ‘Idées noires‘ (Dark Thoughts). Drawn entirely in black and white, it’s the darkest of dark humour, and showcases his amazing inks and acting skills.
So my morning warm up is all about inks a la Franquin. The Citroen 2CV at the bottom was the first car I possessed of any character. It lasted until I could see the road between my feet- and I thought it best to retire the thing.
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
Summer Paintings
Summer has hit us with a vengeance…. Here’s some little tidbits of work, as a bunch of things are progressing…
Here’s a sample of progress on the Viking comic that I’ll be working on for an anthology by artists at Aardman. I’m determined to paint more than ever, so this is oils and a sprinkling of digitalness to follow. The original can now be hung on the bathroom wall
In other comics work, my partners Mysh and Oren and I are hard at work on a killer issue 2 for Duck and Cover. I’m enjoying inking BG’s before all the colouring begins. Got to tell you, Mysh’s characters for this are fantastic.
And lastly, enough of all this arty business. It’s summertime, schools out, time to build lego and head to the beach. Here’s my boy graduating to big school. So proud of this little family.
Next week I’ll mostly be in the UK and will be making a pilgrimage to the Tintin Museum in Brussels…
Sunday, April 18th, 2010
Duck and Cover issue one available for online purchase
Over on the Facebook page. Just click the ‘Shop Now’ tab. You’ll get some original character art by me with every purchase. Printed on high quality paper stock with heavyweight matte covers. And here’s some issue two cover art for you.
