So, I decided to go watch Sin City 2 last Sunday, our cinema decided to show it as a double bill with the first film, so I watched them both back to back. I'm going to refrain from writing too much of a review here but needless to say I thought that the sequel was … Continue reading Sin City Marv comic
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baby Groot
decided to draw a baby Groot just to relax between drawing comic pages, obviously there's no where near the effort of my adult Groot but it's just a bit of fun. i'm two comics ahead of schedule now on Helheim so I don't have to stress about the next two Thursdays worth of updates huzzah!
Nausicaa – graphic novel
Yesterday my partner and I took a trip to Manchester's Forbidden Planet. They have a massive selection of comic books downstairs and for the first time since I visited Japan I found copies of Myazaki's Nausicaa and the valley of the winds! The books come in a nice big box that keeps them together and … Continue reading Nausicaa – graphic novel
Huginn and Muninn
Illustration of Odin's ravens from my comic Helheim. In mythology they where a gift from Hel in thanks to Odin for presenting her with her realm Helheim. Odin used to send his ravens round the world to gather information for him. I created this in photoshop using my Surface Pro 🙂
Hel illustration
I have added a characters page to my website! Here is the illustration I created for Hel, I tried to keep her look mysterious and not reveal too much of the character I plan on using for the comic. I used Photoshop and Surface Pro 2 and tried to get a painterly effect to the silhouette..
New webcomic page
Due to aforementioned death in my family/Stress etc I've been neglecting my webcomic Helheim I decided to redraw my last page in Manga Studio instead and it looks a looooooot better, I feel more confident keeping up with the schedule I've set myself (every Thursday)- Check it out! I tried to get across the cold … Continue reading New webcomic page
small rant, trigger warning: discussion of abuse and rape…Can art be separated from the artist?
I haven't written much in the way of rants since I started this blog, I've mostly been using it as a creative outlet. I have been thinking a lot recently about the issue of separation of art from the artist, especially with the growing number of pedophiles, abusers and rapists spawning from actors, musicians and … Continue reading small rant, trigger warning: discussion of abuse and rape…Can art be separated from the artist?
Placing Audiences: Studio Ghibli Museum 2013 essay
Placing Audiences: The Studio Ghibli Museum Introduction This is the Kind of Museum I Want to Make The museum must be run in such a way that… Small children are treated as if they were grown-ups The handicapped are accommodated as much as possible The staff can be confident and proud of their work Visitors … Continue reading Placing Audiences: Studio Ghibli Museum 2013 essay
Malagasy woman
i saw a photo of a woman from Madagascar and loved her hair. my picture doesn't look much like her but i had fun painting her and playing on my tablet.You can view the original photo here.
The Art of Katie Whittle 