I’m working on a new illustration of Baba Yaga (for an as-yet-unannounced project) and I was taken by the ink lines while flatting. Something has happened in the last 15 years or so where I absolutely love the way ink
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Tag: inking
A Barbarian Horse in the Snow
A wintery panel from my upcoming book, The Inscrutable Doctor Baer and the Case of the Two-Faced Statue. I thought having a chapter of the book take place in the arctic would make things easier on artist Jerzy and his
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GoBots
As Hoover and I explored repeatedly on the Four Million Years Later podcast, GoBots was a brand I hated as a boy, but grew to love as I got older. I learned to appreciate another take on the transforming robot
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Talkin’ Bifocals/Progressives
I’m live streaming on Twitch at 3pm ET/2pm CT/Noon PT Saturday, March 25. Join me while I ink and we can talk comics or about how our bodies decline as we get older!
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Lizard man’s smile at the river card means you should fold. #comics #inking #clipstudiopaint #lizard #scifi I post lots of nice things on Instagram
Thunder Punch Daily 150 – What Tools Should You Use?
For the 150th episode I break format and answer an email rather than come in with a formulated essay on comic-making. But I think there’s an essay in there somewhere as I give a report on what tools I use
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Thunder Punch Daily 110 – Categorizing the Process
Today I revisit a topic I don’t think I’ve touched on in a while (maybe not since the Your Comic From the Ground Up series!): namely, whether or not an artist should finish each page of a project in its
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Thunder Punch Daily 98 – One Week Later Observations
Sharing a few thoughts on what I learned and what I fought against in making a mini-comic in a week! Surprises, sadness, and finding my courage to press on. By the way, the mini-comic is complete! You can read it
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Thunder Punch Daily 69 – Crow Quill Tips
It’s a pun, get it? Today I share some thoughts on using crow quills to ink, based on some good discussion going on in the forum. I talk a bit about my first experiences working with the crow quill while
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Thunder Punch Daily 12 – More Steps = Faster Work
Chris Oatley recently shared a thought in his ArtCast about how you can speed up your illustrations by slowing down and taking more care with your structure. I agree, and today I share a few thoughts about how increasing the amount
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