manga project

A rough page of the manga style comics project I'm entering into the Manga Jiman competition

Caption Oxford

I don't usually make non-art posts but thought I should comment about the Oxford creator's comic festival, Caption, which I attended this weekend.

Despite a nightmare journey (three and a half hours each way, horrible weather, completely inappropriate clothes - and cheers, whoever threw up in the sink of the Oxford Tube bus) I really enjoyed it. I was a bit nervous about going on my own, but it forces me to talk to people, which is a good thing (Whether the other attendees thought it was a good thing to be accosted by me is another matter) 

The highlight, for me, was the DFC panel (http://www.thedfc.co.uk) which is a UK weekly comics for kids, available on subscription only.

I also sold all the copies of my comic "Journey"which I brought with me. Surely, everyone in the small press scene has read it by now? It paid for sushi at the train station. I was very grateful.

Parable project

These are the pencils for a story I'm drawing for the anthology Parable 2. (written by John Gunningham, published by Viper Press) I'm really looking forward to drawing this story as I haven't drawn a fantasy story since my debut in online comics, about nine years ago. It's also got quite sparse dialogue. I like that as an artist:) 

Rejected paintings from work

Some messy paintings from work. I've been drawing away at a couple of new comic projects recently, though: one for the next Parable 2 anthology and one for the Manga Jiman competition. More on that later.
PS; Jamie Hewlett's opening animations for the Beijing Olympics BBC coverage are amazing, and are here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blast/art/olympic_monkey_movie.shtml

Boats

the writer

Another hard day at the coalface....

I am an art assistant for a children's TV show.