This week I’ve been teaching a group of 13-16 year olds about making comics. We’ve talked about storytelling, writing, drawing, comics terms and forms, character development, perspective and page layout. It’s been a very busy week! IDEAS On Wednesday I gave a short presentation on how I made my graphic novel,ย Upside Down: A Vampire Tale,…
This week I’ve been teaching a 5-day workshop on making comics and our class has been having a blast learning about grid systems, writing, drawing, story structure and comics terminology. See if you can identify each part of a comic and find each comics term in the pages below. (Click on each image to view/print…
Last week I introduced my new print,ย The Kiss, and now I’m happy to announce that I’m offering FREE SHIPPING! ย The offer is only good via this link through June 16–so order now!
This week I’ll be teaching a 5-day workshop for teens on making comics. How cool is that?! I love working with teenagers because they have so many ideas and are willing to explore new areas and take risks. It was always a bit of a downer for me in college when my fellow art students…
HIC + HOC Matt Moses is making a big noise in the indie comics scene with his Hic + Hoc titles. The comics publisher has been making the rounds at various festivals and conventions, as well as book stores and comic shops for author and artist signings. Hic + Hoc makes everything they do all…
Inspired Designer just posted an in-depth interview with me, covering everything from my books and illustrations to sources of inspiration and style. The interview was a lot of fun and I couldn’t be happier about being included in Inspired Designer. Read the full interview here.
GET IT Yesterday I posted my new illustration,ย The Kiss, and I was surprised to get dozens of messages, requesting that I make the picture available for purchase as a print! I was so excited about the positive response that I dropped all my duties for the day and set up a little shop. I’m happy…
Testing out a new palette and dreaming of making prints. What do you think?
LEARN HOW TO MAKE COMICS | JUNE 10-14 Just a quick reminder that I’ll be teaching a 5 day comics workshop next week for children ages 13-18. Classes will be held atย Higher Ground Learningย in Salt Lake City, June 10-14, and will cover everything from generating and filtering story ideas to developing characters and story arcs,…
A few pages from my sketchbook. I love exploring the qualities of graphite and ink together–a fine pair, don’t you think?