Creating a Graphic Novel : Art – Food – Photography

Click for Act 2 – Page 1 Roughs. Act 2 builds on the conflict as the new family of cats begin to steal fish away from Tabby’s family. It’s also the chance for the B-Story between the 2 kittens to develop. A second chance meeting as the 2 kittens literally bump into each other again. […]

Click here for the Kickstarter project. Gods of War, Demi and Kya take up arms as the Pæcekeepers to become the last line of defense the world has from itself! Pæcekeepers is currently on kickstarter seeking funding to complete the artwork and fund the publication. The story revolves around two re-incarnated Egyptian gods (who comes […]

Link to Betty Wicked Kickstarter Betty Wicked lives in a haunted house,her car is possessed, her cell phone is lost in another dimension and those are the good things! Created and written by John Daniel Taylor IV with pencils provided by Juan Francisco Moyano. This project is current on Kickstarter. Support the project to make […]

A quick showcase of the difference between the Roughs and Detailed Pencils for Act 1 Page 4 with artwork by P.R. Dedelis. The family of cats sadly watch as their local fish market is closed. This is the initial catalyst which makes this family of cats move into Tabby’s neighbourhood. Page 4 Pencils : Page […]

Click for Act 2 – Page 1 Roughs. Act 1 serves as the setup or the catalyst of the story. With the closure of their local fish market, another family of cats enters Tabby’s neighborhood. Act 2 sees the conflict build as this new family starts taking fish away from Tabby’s family! Page Act 2 […]

Act 2 starts with a new day. It’s really a setup page with Tabby’s life on the left and the Fish Market Family of cats on the right. While Tabby gets up in his cozy bed and struts the neighborhood, the other family of cats had the brave the outside and are now planning their […]

Project Tabby‘s roughs of Page 15, 16 & 17. (Check here for previous roughs.) This completes the roughs for Act 1. The Fish Market Family (from out of town) have now regrouped under the clock tower. Each of them of sharing what they have learnt about the new neighborhood. This ending to Act 1 is […]

Project Tabby‘s roughs of Page 14. (Check here for previous roughs.) This is the continuation of the B Story. It’s meant to be sweet but a very innocent meeting. The shape of the centre panel is more than enough to explain to the reader what is happening without words! Page 14 roughs :

Project Tabby‘s roughs of Page 13. (Check here for previous roughs.) I’m particularly fond of this page. It’s the start of the B-Story where the male kitten from Tabby’s family meets the female kitten from the other family of cats. It’s really a chance meeting where the 2 kittens bump into each other. It’s a […]

Project Tabby is progressing well with only 2 more pages from Act 2 to be pencilled and inked. I’m currently in a position when I’m starting to get ready for the project to be put onto kickstarter (it’s a crowd sourcing website). The initial rewards are pretty straightforward e.g. PDF copy of the work, published […]