i hope you're all having a relaxing and decent holiday π this is a character study for another short story about a maladjusted nerd who accidentally attains enlightenment while trying to improve his gaming skills.
for this project i'm using DALL-E generations to create some textures/patterns/motifs i intend to ...
2022-12-27 08:36:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Crossposting from twitter. this was another digital watercolour piece in CSP that i had a lot of fun with, it's Sonny standing in front of one of the Wyvern's forelegs (plus inadvertent reveal of his halterneck pilot skins..) sketch below!
2022-12-11 05:29:33 +0000 UTC
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cw for some minor nudity
a backlog and some newer stuff, click the images through for captions. i've recently upgraded my setup with an iMac and some other things so i've had to spend a bit of time readjusting, but hopefully having a legit professional workspace will mean artmaking becomes easier. fingers crossed. treme...
2022-12-11 05:23:19 +0000 UTC View Post
i've been trying out Rebelle over the past few weeks and i'm pretty impressed with it so far. i've been mainly using its oil painting brushes and the way the paint mixes, blends, and creates texture is pretty satisfying. never totally as good as the real thing but as a digital painter who tries to recreate traditional techniq...
2022-11-20 05:26:56 +0000 UTC View Post
first of all, an immense thank you to everyone who joined last month. i'm blown away by the level of interest in my work and i'm really excited to show this story to everyone. since posting the prologue for Wyvern i've spent my time drafting the pitch, so a big thank you to friends who have been helping me out with that. i've...
2022-11-08 10:31:38 +0000 UTC View PostLast updated 16/07/2024
Who are you?
I am average 20-something Australian man living and working on unceded Gadigal land (Sydney, NSW).
What do you do?
I am a comic artist, illustrator/painter, and writer. At the moment, Patreon is the only source of consistent inco...
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In a near future, Faster-Than-Light travel has allowed humanity to settle beyond the outskirts of our galaxy. As part of the deep space... 2022-10-16 07:18:05 +0000 UTC View Post
and with that the prologue is now fully inked! hooray!
there are a few more pages that need toning and cleanup but once everything is ready i'm going to put the chapter together into a pdf that you'll be able to download here. almost at the starting line lol!
2022-09-21 06:52:19 +0000 UTC View Post
the last few pages left in the prologue. once this is finished, that'll be one down and only... 50+ more chapters to go... LOL. i need to start sending some emails to publishers soon.
thank you everyone for your support this month <3
2022-08-30 05:30:11 +0000 UTC View Post
approaching the end of Wyvern's opening sequence. it feels like i'm finally hitting a stride and it feels good. "the next chapter will surely be easier to draw" i think to myself, and will likely keep thinking to myself for infinity.
here is a bonus sketch of Commander Dawn:
2022-08-28 05:49:18 +0000 UTC
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hi! i'm back to work on Wyvern and i should hopefully have the prologue finished soon. after that i start pitching to publishers (!) and drawing chapter one. i've been listening to eurobeat to make myself work faster. not much else to say other than my life situation seems to finally be stabilising, so here's hoping it stays ...
2022-08-02 06:32:02 +0000 UTC View Post
my first commissioned painting, for eridanusexpress on twitter. thank you for the opportunity! i've also attached detail crops, sketch, colour thumbnail, and a WIP shot in that order.
2022-07-01 12:40:29 +0000 UTC View Post
last post to make up for being so quiet for the past month lol!! i'm not good at playing cricket whatsoever but that's why its fun to make my characters do it. because at the end of the day my second favourite thing to write and draw is people hanging out... i would probably pursue slice-of-life fiction more seriously if melo...
2022-05-31 07:11:46 +0000 UTC View Post
a painted-over screenshot of well known australian election analyst Antony Green. apparently the field of political science associated with polling and elections is "psephology".
2022-05-31 06:45:30 +0000 UTC View Post
mostly piled-up commission sketches and a few doodles. sometimes i like the refined commission sketches just how they are, so its nice to have a place to post them all. the third pic is an idea for a rhythm game lol... i'm envisioning something like taiko no tatsujin in terms of gameplay and looks, but the characters are all ...
2022-05-31 06:05:13 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, as mentioned previously I've adjusted my tiers and payment settings, so I'd appreciate if you take a moment to read.
First of all, pledges are now charged up-front, meaning u will be charged on the 1st of the month now.
Changes to tiers are:
$1 tier (Rookie) is now a general su...
2022-04-30 05:19:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Painting made between commissions work and regular work. this is the first time i've tried using a 3D model in my painting process. i hadn't even originally intended to paint directly over the model of the helmet, but things fell into place early on and i decided to go along with it.
painters have been using physical mo...
2022-04-23 07:22:44 +0000 UTC View Post
a bunch of bits and bobs and commission sketches that i've been accumulating. life is horribly stressful right now but i'm hoping the end will be in sight soon lol!!
starting next month, i think i will also finally increase the minimum pledge to $3 and start charging upfront, and do some general housekeeping. so heads u...
2022-03-17 05:34:21 +0000 UTC View Post
hoping to finish my current queue soon but might take on another small batch this weekend, anyone interested?
2022-02-25 05:11:54 +0000 UTC View Post
A quick proof of concept i made tonight, based on a scene i wrote the other day. i realised i haven't drawn or painted anything for myself in ages lol. have you ever seen a pinhole effect produced by drawn curtains? i've seen it twice, both times tied to very distinctly different points of my life
2022-02-10 11:02:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Sketches for previous and upcoming commissions :) i've found that adding forced perspective on some fullbody shots is a good way to add more visual interest + depth
2022-01-29 07:05:39 +0000 UTC View Post
realised i forgot to post this! i really want to be able to work on the comic right now but my life situation has been screwed up again :') happy new year?
2022-01-22 08:54:01 +0000 UTC View Post
doing another round of these! as always, you guys get first go and a 10% discount.
- price before discount for fullbody is $90 USD, bust is $70 USD (via paypal, upfront)
- plus extra $ for another character or complex props, etc
- SFW or NSFW is fine!
- visual references only, please.
- DM me here or on twit...
More inking finished. drawing on the Mari Llwyd's "hair" in each panel is very satisfying.
so i heard back about the arts grant i applied to and i was rejected. which is a huge bummer. i'm going to move onto pitching the comic to publishers, and if that doesn't amount to anything either i will just be going ahead and re...
2021-12-02 07:35:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Last crosspost from twitter for now. Sonny and Martin wait for the bus. i had been wanting to make this drawing for ages, mostly just to put the bunnings umbrella in there. i'm conflicted about putting brand logos in my art because i hate doing free advertising, but when it comes to flagging "australian-ness" i have to conced...
2021-11-18 02:56:14 +0000 UTC View Post
i got a message from a very kind patron asking to crosspost more of my art here for anyone who doesn't use social media or doesn't get to see my art appear on twitter as much, and i'm happy to oblige! patreon also doesn't destroy image quality as badly as twitter does which is another incentive lol
starting with this, w...
2021-11-18 02:35:46 +0000 UTC View Post
and the battle rages on !
not much to say bc i'm very tired... almost at the end of this chapter... haven't heard back about the grant yet... got a new job as well which is going pretty ok. thanks for looking everyone <3
2021-11-06 09:16:18 +0000 UTC View Post
CW for drug mention in captions
some bits and bobs from the past couple months. character designs/art, some experiments with a new set of paints my boyfriend gifted me. hope u enjoy :)
2021-10-22 11:03:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Well these were some of the most technically complex pages out of the entire chapter so i am glad to get these fully inked finally! the Mari Lwyd makes its debut...
2021-10-10 13:45:03 +0000 UTC View Post
hi everyone, sorry for no posts last month! billing has been paused to reflect this. the reason is the usual sort of thing (burnout, mental health etc etc) but i'm back on track with the comic again. i hope everyone is doing well. more things to come soon..
2021-10-01 05:14:44 +0000 UTC View Post
