Thursday 27 August 2009

Over The Sea to sky

As the title Over The Sea might give away, there's an awful lot of the wet stuff on display in Outcastes #5. Which posed the question of how best to render all those pesky waves and clouds. I'd used cloud brushes on a few scenes back in #2 & 3, so I employed a similar technique here, turning images of waves and clouds into black and white brushes which I then stretch and transform into place. Some panels work better than others, but overall it blends fairly well and looks natural enough. Plus it saves me the trouble of actually having to draw the things...


Monday 24 August 2009

Welcome to the new look True Stories Comics

Take 6 bottles into the shower? Well that's how I began to feel about maintaining all the various social networking sites that have sprung up, like Facebook and My ebook. So I've reworked the True Stories home page into a central hub for all your TS Comics goodness, with all the latest news, updates and artwork appearing on this here integrated blog for you to peruse and comment on.

As well as gearing up for BICS 2009 Birmingham convention with the release of Outcastes #5, I'll also preview issues and older works on the Myebook page, with the newest stuff listed on your left.

Hope you like the new look layout, and see you all at BICS.