Saturday was a glorious day where I had no obligations outside my studio (well, I did have to mow the lawn and weed the front walk). So most of the day was spent on creative pursuits! My favorite Saturday nights
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Tag: doctorbaer
Building Doctor Baer’s Home
The Blender model of the Doctor’s house is almost done! It’s very reassuring to know that I now have his house as an asset to drop into any scene in future stories. I wish I had done this with the
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Doctor Baer Thumbnails are Underway
And here’s chapter 1 of the next Doctor Baer book in sticky note thumbnails (my first guess at how the pages will look). I’m slowly adapting to teaching full-time and squeezing in time for personal projects. I found myself stopping
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From the Sketchbook: New Doctor Baer Story
I’ve recently finished a draft for my next Doctor Baer story. My plans are to serialize it as a webcomic, so I’m free to share as much of the process as I want. Which is to say, if you don’t
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Negotiating with Baba Yaga
Another development piece for a short Doctor Baer story. In some of the stories featuring Baba Yaga her house is surrounded by a fence capped by human skulls, whose eye sockets glow eerily. I’m playing with that image to see
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Baba Yaga, Pickles, and Taft
Here’s another development piece for an upcoming Doctor Baer story. Practicing drawing new characters and new vehicles! I’ve been consuming a lot of media around the Slavic witch Baba Yaga. One of the many fascinating features of the character is
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Mercenaries on the Move
Here’s an image with a few stories behind it. Story one: the pub date for The Inscrutable Doctor Baer and the Case of the Two-Faced Statue has been pushed back for a third time. It’s now coming out in Fall
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The first drawing of Boulder
Twelve years ago I sat down to do a live stream (I think on Justin.tv?) and drew a bunch of 3×3″ sketches on bristol. No expectations, no purpose, just drawing whatever came to mind. This was one of the drawings.
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Count Fishravin’s Sky Hydra!
(special thanks to my buddy Zack Giallongo for the name idea!) It’s been a packed summer of camp workshops, A2CAF, and events surrounding the Facing Feelings: The Art of Raina Telgemeier exhibition (curated by my wife Anne!). So I’m slowly
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Baba Yaga the Ambiguous Cat Witch
Penciled in Clip Studio Paint, inked on watercolor paper, then painted in Clip Studio Paint using Ray Frenden’s terrific watercolor brushes (affiliate link). I’ve been working on several ideas for a new Doctor Baer story, and one that’s in a
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