Creating a Graphic Novel : Art – Food – Photography

During Gary Erskine’s visit to Sydney, I had the opportunity to get another sketch done. I opted this time for one of the Authority characters and we settled on Midnighter. Some of the detailing was lost in the below picture when scanned so you’ll have to take my word for it that it looks better […]

Gary Erskine (Dan Dare, Authority, Army @ Love) made an appearance at Kings Comics all the way from Europe! Although sporting a cold from climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge during a hail storm, he was exceptionally pleasant and chatted about his various experiences from his amazement of Dark Knight at IMAX to his love of […]

In Week 2, the class was given 15 seconds per gesture (nonsense) drawing. However as the first exercise in Week 3, the time was extended to 30 seconds then a minute per pose. This allowed the gesture drawings to be more fleshed out. Unlike in contour where the single line is important, in building up […]

Rich Hennemann has one of the most incredible art styles. Scroll down to the bottom of this post if you want a quick look at his work. He also maintains a blog where he posts up new pieces of work. I managed to catch up with Rich to ask him a few questions. Where are […]

Following on from Week 1, two different techniques were shown this week. The first technique was a gesture (or nonsense) sketch. It’s meant to be disassociative, where you start from the middle and build out, as opposed to contour where you start from the edges. This technique is meant to be able to capture a […]

Jack Redd is an English based artist who has been doing some amazing superhero pin-ups. He took the time out to have a chat with me in regards to his work and allowed me to showcase one of his pieces. What originally got you into comics? I originally got into art through comics, I mean […]

Back in August I enrolled in a new drawing course and picked up the required equipment last Thursday. The course was different to what I expected but it was really good fun, with the two hours flying by in an instant. It was a small course of ten people run by artist Karl Mattas. The […]

Michael Bridges does some of the most incredible paintings with a focus on superheroes. More of his samples can be found in his site Superhero Portraits. If interested in purchasing any of Michael’s work you can check out his eBay Auctions. I was fortunate enough to ask Michael a few questions in relation to his […]

The new drawing course starts next Monday. I did a little shopping Thursday night and I’m ready with all the supplies. This will be the first time I will be experimenting with willow charcoal. It’s all very exciting for me! Will be posting up some of my work when I start the course.

Tim Tyler is the inker and artist on several independent titles including Faust, Razor and the newly released Engine (full review of Engine coming soon!). Engine #1 is available now in Diamond Previews so hassle your local comic book store to order in a copy if you like his work. I had the opportunity to […]