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Lego Dreams

About a year ago I drew this in my sketchbook.  I still think it’s kinda funny: I had a dream once that I was back at the Savannah College of Art and Design and in one of my comics courses, we were...

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George Apostrophe

So I’ve started meeting once a week with a super talented artist friend.  We learn new software together, watch Lynda.com documentaries on other artists and designers, critique each other’s work, and...

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Grisby Manor Update

Grisby Manor is puttering along – I’ve had some setbacks and delays, but work continues.  The website is finished now, and three pages of the comic are up now.  It will be awhile before I officially...

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My New Treasure!

Grisby Manor is a lot of fun to write because I get to do research for it.  While it’s not a hard-set historical fiction story by any means, there are things I want to feel authentic. For my priest...

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Mucha Manor

I love Alfons Mucha.  But who doesn’t?  His work is iconic, instantly recognizable and breathtakingly gorgeous.  So when I got my very first large format flatbed scanner a few months ago, the first...

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Grisby Manor Maquette: ALL DONE!

Whoa, it’s been awhile since I updated everyone here on my maquette.  It’s finished.  It’s been finished for a while, now.  Heheh.  Oops. Here’s some pictures: You know what? It’s not perfect.  There’s...

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Grisby Manor Sneak Peek: Designing Schroeder

I thought it might be interesting to follow the design of a character from start to finish.  We’ll take a look at Reverend Schroeder Calvin Whitefield, one of the library ghosts of Grisby Manor. I knew...

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Progress, I guess?

Found this the other day – one of the very first sketches I did of a young Walter and Kate. I’d guess it’s a little over a year old. This is from a few weeks ago.  I’ve been reading a lot more about...

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Sketch Dump

Following the example of an artist I admire, I’ve started doing warm-up sketches before working on whatever project I have to do each day.  She uses warm ups as an opportunity to work through design...

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Hi!

Oh hi! If you’ve come here by way of the Ordinary Days Project page, thanks for stopping by! This is just a blog of random art-related stuff, most of it concerning my current work in progress, Grisby...

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DOODLES!

Doodling is great.  I listen better when I doodle.  I think  better when I doodle.  I like to doodle while I plan out plots or sort out script problems.  When I’m drawing the actual comic pages, I get...

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A Grisby Teaser: How it’s Done

Now that you’ve seen the finished product, I thought it’d be fun to show you how it got there.  On all of these images, you can click to get a closer look. First, I wrote a script.  I use the template...

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A Grisby Teaser

While I was working on the Ordinary Days Anthology project, I wrote a Grisby Manor story as a fun diversion from the heavier story I submitted.  I challenged myself to tell a concise story in two to...

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Sketch Cards

For the Ordinary Days anthology, I was asked to make some 3×3 sketch cards that would be given to each donor along with their book.  I’ve never really done anything like this before, and it was a bit...

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The 2013 Christmas Card Project

Hello everyone!   It’s that time again, the card design for the 2013 Andrew S. Millette Memorial Fund is here!  This year’s design features snowflakes. Here’s a little info on the cards: A pack of ten...

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