If you ever meet Phil Foglio he will talk your ear off at how great his comic is doing. He is posting pages of his series Girl Genus on-line instead of releasing a separate comic book. Now I have talked with Phil a few times, but what inspired me to wrote this post was something […]

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Here is an update on the page-in-progress I was working on….

I have started to detail the water in both panels and started to do some brush work on the raven. I will post the final version when it’s ready.
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I was reminded by a reader of my log that I have not posted much about my Graphic Novel lately. This is in part that I have been busy with some other projects: Teaching cartooning at a youth center, freelance illustration and graphics, private teaching, etc. So I though it was time to post a […]

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These are concepts of possible building in my Graphic Novel. I am trying to find a way to avoid fairy tale buildings that look like there a rip-off of Disney’s Pinocchio. Click for a bigger image.
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I am happy to report that the rough pencils of the first chapter (28 pages) of the Graphic Novel is done.
I am trying something new for the novel where I do rough pencils for the entire chapter first, allowing for me to flesh out the page layouts and catch my artistic mistakes before extra time […]

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A rough pencil concept sketch of Victor and his father going into town.
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Rough sketches of the Raven from October 2006. These are only rough concepts and the final character varies in the novel.
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