It’s really difficult to show another human your idea without putting something on the page. In this way, every drawing is a raffle ticket. The more ideas one puts on the page, the greater the chance becomes of connecting with someone – someone who gets it; that may be a loved one, or someone you’ve never met, or a publisher who has the power and budget to take your idea and show it to the world at scale.
Escaping the gravity of commerce
Who or what am I really looking for when I put our work out in the world? How do I know it’s any good?
The craft of digital drawing
The problem with digital art is that there’s always a piece of software between me and the work, but maybe that’s what makes it a craft?
Extending the antenna
Where do ideas come from? How does one make something from nothing? Perhaps it’s about recognising the importance of a state of receptivity?
Old cheese
Just because something takes a long time, doesn’t mean it’s old, slow or worse. In fact, in the case of cheese, it may be better.
Comics by any other name
What if the word ‘comics’ is what’s holding the art form back?