alien planet

A quick drawing for Squashtober, a local Adelaide community's alternative to Inktober.

you can't gatekeep comics

I've been working very hard to get a pitch doc ready in time for something (not this image below, that's just my usual comics). As a fulltime solo parent, I can't afford to abandon my baby in order to focus on art, I have to balance my life. I am typing this one handed right now, and it all drives me a bit batty.

Also, to get to the topic of this post: you can't gatekeep comics.

Being someone whose been unwell, I haven't had the bravery to attempt comics. Until I have experienced something big. It's big to me. 

Despite sharing a lot of art online, I'm also applying for heaps of literary and comic themed opportunities, as I've just said. 

Comics aren't about how long your webcomic has been going for, I see too many people plodding along with no substance and not very thought-out pages. And as for me? Well, I've stared at Berserk on a daily basis for the last half a decade, no doubt, people think this hasn't helped me. But surprise surprise, it has totally helped me. As not only do I read comics a lot, but I have worshipped the best of the best for a very long time: Berserk. That counts, a lot.

To be quite blunt, seeing as everyone has always parroted how: 'you have to play games to be a good game dev' and 'you have to read to be a good writer', and well given all that rhetoric, you should've ogled Kentaro Miura's Berserk manga every day for the last 5 years if you want to be a comic artist! Don't argue with me on it, bud.

(I'm aware my spelling is wrong in this handwritten speech bubble I always final check my typed words. My quickly scribbled words are always rough.)

the inky darkness

I can wax poetic lately about how much I'm enjoying comic making, but its all there, in the lines I draw and the words I type. Its in the 'inky darkness'. That being something I've often babbled on about in regards to Kentaro Miura's use of ink in Berserk, but I am now thrilled to announce, I finally am making progress in regards to my own implementation of the 'inky darkness'.

I have taken from Berserk and done something creative for once. Turned the memory of Tobins' on the hill into something constructive.

Life feels good. What.

Exhausted tonight again, seems like a trend for me.

The (sinister?) Margaret Tobin centre, part of the Flinders hospital precinct.

Cirno Day

I do really want to chip away on my comics, burning the proverbial midnight oil every night as they say, but I do feel too tired past 8:30pm. Alright guys, no excuses, better just put some lines down.

Another Cirno day*, another dream....

09/09 was Cirno's day!

printing, folding and stapling addiction

Makin' some cool zines way ahead of time, as I got a table for Zina Warrior Print Fest happening on October 18th. Will post more details closer to the event. Check my site and this blog later.