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Jun05
Featured Post
by on June 5, 2021 at 3:55 pm
Posted In: Lloyd and the Bear

Welcome to the home of Lloyd and the Bear, Urp!, Fenton Hub Member of F.A.C.T. and all things Mac & Cheese related!

I’m not great at posting but it’s my intention (and hope) to keep you up to date with my work on Lloyd and the Bear, Fenton Hud, Urp! and any other projects I’m working on! And hey, if you find I’m not posting enough let me know! (I could do with a good nudge every now and again!)

I’ll be dropping Urp! strips at random intervals when a thought enters my head. Is Urp me? Um……. maybe? (But then, maybe not?)

And hey, I LOVE Mac & Cheese but with 2020 being what it was I’ve been kind of limited with my venues! In the spirit of wanting businesses to bounce back from *that* year I’m only going to be posting about good experiences I’ve had (be it when eating out, getting delivered, in a pack or even just a recipe I found! Is that okay? (I hope that’s okay).

Scroll down to check out our different posts or click on the blog buttons to the left if you’re after particular posts!

The second short story for #17 is done!

Oct12
by on October 12, 2021 at 8:32 am
Posted In: Lloyd and the Bear

And seriously, finally! This story took me an age but it was my own fault for not doing more prep for it and instead designing as I went along which meant I had to keep going back and redoing scenes.

So this is very much a nod to the original TMNT comic although I feel it’s style at times went more towards the newer cartoons as I worked on it. It was real difficult finding the perfect mix of original art with my own style.

I’ve yet to colour any of this but I’m thinking of going with the original black and white shading look rather than full colour like the rest of the book. Will I explain this in the book? Oh, for sure! (Long time readers will know that I do like to tie everything together and I do have a plan for this one)

So yeah, on to my next short story and this one I’m going to plan out! Promise!

More soon!

Bear hugs!

Looking back at issue #2 (Part 7)

Sep29
by on September 29, 2021 at 8:29 am
Posted In: Lloyd and the Bear

So the big message/metaphor I was trying to push with issue #2 was with the new characters having been captured and forced in to slavery much like in the real world there are bears being captured and mistreated.

I admit I don’t think I did a great job on this and really wish I had the skills to push my point that bit better back in the day.

But I was new to this and not sure about the tone of the book knowing it was for kids and I got scared.

I had meant to put in a spare page with bear adoption links but got worried it could be a bit of a headache in case I provided links to agencies that actually weren’t that legit.

Back then I was actually adopting a bear named Mitsos (a name I ended up using for Mira’s brother) but sadly the bear disappeared and the adoption all became a bit vague (See where the worry came from?).

But yeah, I really could have done more with this story point.

On a brighter note, I haven’t forgotten these three characters and it’s my intention to bring them back real soon in the arc I’m currently working on (if I can fit the storyline in as my planned story is a bit big in scope and links up with a dangling plot point from another issue!)

Ooooh, mystery!

More soon! Bear hugs!

PS. I now adopt a polar bear Highland Wildlife Park in Aviemore and have been up visiting a good few times.

PPS. I realise going through issue #2 that none of the new characters got named until a good few pages in to issue #3(!). That’s baaaaaaad.

Looking back at issue #2 (Part 6)

Sep26
by on September 26, 2021 at 5:29 pm
Posted In: Lloyd and the Bear

Hey there, okay so I’m still (slowly) working away on issue #17 of Lloyd and the Bear and I realise I’ve let my look back at early issues slip so I’m back with more reflections and going to discuss two panels from issue #2. First of all the start of an ongoing joke with characters hugging too tightly(!)

I had no intention at the time of using this joke again but I’ve ended up using it A LOT. I dunno, I just liked it and I think the second time it got used I was reflecting on this scene and from there I kept coming back to it!

Heck, in issue #16 it’s kinda become a thing!

The following panel also brought up something for me.

HOW DANG LAZY I WAS AT DRAWING FINGERS BACK THEN!!!

I mean, seriously. I don’t think it was until the last arc did I really crack how to draw decent fingers (which when you consider how long this book has been around for that’s pretty poor)

But yeah, really bad/lazy at doing fingers at that point (and also shading it would seem….) 

Oh well! More soon!

Bear hugs!

MORE issue #17 stuff!

Sep19
by on September 19, 2021 at 2:35 pm
Posted In: Lloyd and the Bear

So the next short story has had me working and reworking it A LOT!

I was wanting to go with a Ninja Turtles look – especially the original books – but I found myself struggling with the first page and it wasn’t until I’d finished did I realise what the problem was!

Originally I was hand drawing the page (in some instances making it just look hand drawn) but I realised (eventually) that what I was really coming out with was poor fanart rather than a merging of the original look along with my  own style (like I do with some of my parody prints).

So yeah, second time around was much more my style but hopefully a look and feel of the original Turtles comics (and original cartoon thrown in as well at least with some of the designs)

Y’know, this book is proving a lot tougher to put together than I had imagined but I’m really enjoying the challenges and (hopefully) coming out with results that really work.

I’m really stoked to get working on the next page and will be sure to post updates on here with how I get on!

Bear hugs!

Issue 17 stuff!

Sep05
by on September 5, 2021 at 8:39 am
Posted In: Lloyd and the Bear

Okay, so I’ve been busy the last week or so with my new day job (yay!) and also working on issue #17 which is kind of a work in progress.

I think my Fenton Hud book has given me some bad habits as the initial three pages (it was originally two) of this book has got me reworking the idea, design and layout as I went along as I really don’t have a solid plan in place for  this  issue.
It’s been a big messy as I’ve kept changing the idea (plus adding that one page) but I’ve got a stronger vision of what I have planned for this book.

So my initial concept for this issue was different people telling their interpretation of Lloyd and Bear and I was going to use different art styles  to tell the tales so digital, ink, paint, that kind of thing.

As time went on I found myself staying with digital but by using my parody prints as inspiration I would copy other artists styles.

My first ‘story’ I was working on was going to have a transforming robot in it and I straight away went towards manga and specifically Robotech. I realised though that without an artist in mind for this tale it meant that not all the stories would have an ‘artist’ working on them and therefore the overall theme felt disjointed.

But then I thought of the Transformers (duh!) and from there I went with one of my all time favourite – and inspirational – artists, Geoff Senior! So yeah, I’ve looked in to his work in the series and tried to recreate in the above panels.

What do you think?

I have to say this has been a challenge but an enjoyable one – especially as I get to go over and over work from an artist whose work I absolutely love!

So…… who’s next?

I’ll tell you soon! Bear hugs!