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Category Archives: design
A closer look: the website update
As I mentioned yesterday, pretty much since the last version of this site went live, it was out-of-date. Now I know that this is the nature of websites in general, but I just found that no matter how much I … Continue reading
jump 7
So today we get a little bit closer to the end of the “jump” section… I would think at this point that you’re probably realizing that I spent a good deal of time figuring out the “design” of this section. … Continue reading
jump 5
I’m nervous that today’s spread doesn’t make as much sense in “web” format as it does in print. Here’s what I’ve tried: Michael jumps into the gutter on the left-hand page. I like playing with the design of things and … Continue reading
jump 3
Can I just say that this is the page I had in mind when I started putting this whole “jump” scene together. So far I’ve talked about the overall philosophy of my approach with this set of pages and page … Continue reading
jump 2
Today’s art continues with this spread which I guess is as good an example of a “non traditional” comic page as I can think of… Page layout and design For this week’s post I really want to focus on probably … Continue reading
influences
Influences are a funny thing. I mean everybody has them but if you point them out people sometimes take that as a slight. Personally, I’ve always found myself on the fence about them. I know I have influences and if … Continue reading
Behind the scenes – making a pinup for reMIND
I illustrated a pin-up for the reMIND pinup contest last month, sent it off and it finally got posted earlier this week so I wanted to do a post to go behind-the-scenes of how it all came about. I was … Continue reading
New promo art
As I’ve mentioned a couple of times in the past week or so, I’ve been taking a break from working on new pages to focus on some promo art that can be used in a number of different places. Anyway, … Continue reading
Cover design – THE BEGINNING
After a lot of back and forth I decided that for the printed copy of The Beginning, I would come up with a new cover. The cover that I originally used and published online here definitely works for the opening … Continue reading
Going to print
The topic of getting your comic printed has been covered to death online and probably in much better detail than I would cover it. But, this blog is supposed to be a record of the process of making On the … Continue reading