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Head of the beast (WIP)

taking another pause on comic work to model a bust of the Wyvern, mainly for reference but also to improve on its design in some small ways. i took a different approach to the helmet and decided to...

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Prologue - Pencils pg. 6-8

this sequence is taking a long time to fully draft! as i was kinda expecting!! though my helmet model is already helping a LOT once i figured out how to correctly position it on the canvas, so i'll...

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Prologue - update, and Blender things

Hi! dropping by to say i'm still working on completing the prologue for Wyvern while i wait to hear back about the grant. it's gonna be 18 pages, i've completed the layout up to pg 11 and now i'm w...

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Prologue - Pages 1-5

Aaaand we're done! for now! here are the first completed 5 pages of the comic that will be going to my grant pitch. hopefully all of the drawing is done now, and i can focus on getting the rest wri...

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Hair up (+ more page sketches)

Hi! work on the next set of pages is taking a while, since it'll be a whole scene (11 pages) instead of just 5. so here's a sketch of Sonny i did on the side.

this part actually occurs a litt...

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Wyvern - Ch. 6 preview

next story excerpt! the start of Sonny's first day on the Astrolabe. one panel has been left blank for the time being as it's too complex and rn i don't have the time/energy hehe. of all things i n...

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Wyvern - the first five (sketched) pages

first of all: thank you everyone for your words of support. it means a huge amount to me and i'll be working to my best ability to make this come to fruition, no matter what ends up happening.

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a change

so, i have a small and fairly personal update. Mutagenesis is going on hold for a bit, which i'm loathe to do because i started this project with the full intention of finishing it. i WILL finish i...

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Mutagenesis - Process journal VI

i'm still plodding through this project whenever i'm not at work and still making gradual progress through the planned 35 pages. most major illustration components have been finished now, aside fro...

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Mutagenesis - Enemies gallery

finished this set of illustrations of the various bad guys. i decided to use just a pen and ink style (with some minor exceptions using toning) akin to old D&D monster manual illustrations and ...

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Mutagenesis - Group Shot

finished this drawing for the cast page! it took a bit longer than anticipated because after some mucking around with the flats i decided i wanted the look of a marker/watercolour illustration, so ...

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Mutagenesis - Process journal V

not a huge amount of stuff this time since i've started a new job. it's nothing special but it means i can only do project work on my free days. i'm glad at least to have a more reliable source of ...

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Sleepwalker - Alt vers & Hi res

Completed result of the WIP i posted a little while back. this was a fun experiment in colour and light. in the end i didnt quite achieve the look i originally had in mind, which would have involve...

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Mutagenesis - Process journal IV

CW: surgical imagery/gore for the last pic

an update on this thing! it's happening! with most of the writing done i'm cracking down on finishing all the illustrations i need ...

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Sleepwalker - WIP

a new painting in the works to add to the pile. after drawing mainly in monochrome since the start of the year i had the urge to experiment with colour and CSP's new colour jitter brush setting. th...

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Mutagenesis - Plus

Not much to show in the way of project work lately since i've been busy with commissions, but here's a character sketch i did in the mean time. I've named the four-armed android lab assistant Plus ...

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Opening for B+W commissions

helloooo, i'm taking on a few commissions in this style so as promised, you guys get first dibs of the slots.

- price is $70 USD via paypal, upfront (+ extra for another character or comple...

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Mutagenesis - The Trireme (+ sketches)

The Holophor Space Defense Force space carrier HSD-4 Trireme, a ship that acts as the base of operations during the "game's" story. this illustration will appear in the intro pages.

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New digital collages

"Happy" 2021! i'm still making these things. the orange one is "Parts List", the blue is "Untitled". i want to try playing with new software next time so i might download electric zine maker.

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Nightmare hobby horse

for something different and even a little bit festive, here's some design work i've done over the past while on the antagonist's mech for my story project Wyvern. this is the Mari Lwyd, named and d...

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Mutagenesis sample pages - Io and Arien

Character illustrations and bios for the main "player" characters. i really beg that you fullsize the images, because patreon HATES displaying anything with screentones in a flattering fashion lol....

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Mutagenesis - A short chat

The scientist and her assistant have a conversation about the nature of their work. a 3-page comic that'll be appearing in the game manual. not the most exciting thing ever, but it was fun to draw ...

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Mutagenesis - Process journal III

Work has been a bit on-off because of life things happening, my rly unreliable mental (& physical) health, etc etc, but i still have some things to show. i've started production on the actual p...

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Burning bush - WIP (CW: fire)

A new painting in the works. the car is a holden kingswood hl wagon, assembled in australia from 1977-80.

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Mutagenesis - Poster timelapse video

here's the recording of the process that went into this illustration from start to finish. i've been wanting to record a timelapse video for ages so i'm really happy i was able to put this together...

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Mutagenesis - Release poster (& notes)

Completed one of two illustrations planned out for this project. please click the image to see the full res! this is a poster that would be released as advertisement for the "game". there is some m...

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Mutagenesis - Process journal II

Making steady progress, though i keep getting sidetracked by experimenting on making stuff that won't appear in the final zine/booklet. but thats half the fun imo. here's a little update.

Fir...

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Mutagenesis - Process journal

An update on the manual i'm making for a fake game. this time, tying down specific gameplay aspects and the design of the player ship (the Imago; latin for "image" and also referring to th...

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Three different paintings of buildings

architecture is not something i'm particularly good at drawing or painting but i've always been interested in being able to do it. i kinda hate painting straight lines and repeating patterns as i d...

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experiments in digital collage

something a bit different... i've been enjoying curating images to use in pinboards for my design work, so this was a sort of natural progression of it. i was also specifically inspired by the View Post