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Another Lake Guardian Bera Panel 27 Aug 2013 | 02:10 am
Here's another finished panel from my original Bera The Troll Pitch. I'm currently reworking the outline. And tonight I'm putting the final touches on all the art commissions I owe to people. I'm cons...
Black Crow Conspiracy Inks 21 Aug 2013 | 07:42 pm
The original inks for The Black Crow Conspiracy, written by Christopher Edge and published by Nosy Crow.
The Black Crow Conspiracy Book Cover 19 Aug 2013 | 11:20 pm
The publisher, Nosy Crow has given me the OK to post my newest book cover for them and I thought I'd post a sort of director's cut version, the full thing without text. It has been such a pleasure to...
Lake Guardian 16 Aug 2013 | 11:10 pm
Here's a panel from my Bera The Troll comic book pitch. This is ink, watercolour and a heap of digital special effects. I'm quite pleased with this panel. I realized after the fact the creature is bas...
Working On Commissions, Slowly 15 Aug 2013 | 04:18 am
It's been a pretty busy few weeks! I finally finished off editing a recent illustrated book and am just wrapping up work for a British chapter book and am preparing to take the next few days slow. As ...
Ms Giddens In The Innocents 10 Aug 2013 | 09:52 pm
This is a pen and ink and digital sketch I did recently while watching a great ghost story movie called The Innocents. It's based on the Henry James story Turn of the Screw but I actually like it bett...
A Pumpkin For The Troll King. 7 Aug 2013 | 11:58 pm
New sketch of Bera! Hope this doesn't give too much away of the story. This is pen and ink, watercolour, gouache and digital (which is how I'm doing the comic as well). Bera is still at the writing s...
Some Bera Art And Other Stuff 5 Aug 2013 | 08:57 pm
Here's a page from my Pitch for Bera The One Headed Troll, just watercolour and gouache, no digital. I just sent off a more complete outline to the editor at First Second and now I'm on tenter hooks....
Horned Wizard 3 Aug 2013 | 07:08 pm
A watercolour and ink drawing of a horned wizard....
Working Up North 1 Aug 2013 | 10:06 pm
So,I spent last weekend writing up north at a cottage and managed to get the first draft of Bera all wrapped up. Also, very ideal surroundings for telling a story about a troll. This is where I did my...
