Look at me still all grown up!

Jun17
by on June 17, 2018 at 9:15 am
Posted In: Lloyd and the Bear

So I’ve been busy of late with two back to back conventions, catching up with family and continuing with updating issue #12!

I’m now going through colouring the pages and wanted to show you the opening page (on the right) with the original page (on the left).

I’m pretty sure I mentioned it back when I posted the original page but I’m so super happy that I have a full splash page for the opener which I’ve never done in ANY other issue and y’know, it’s kind of a staple of a professional to actually have a splash page at the beginning of a comic.

So yeah, I’m trying!

More soon! Bear hugs!

PS. Issues #13 and #14 never had a splash opening page. Whoops.

Is there a lesson to be learned here?

Apr15
by on April 15, 2018 at 7:32 am
Posted In: Lloyd and the Bear

So most of last week I’d been ill which meant not being able to get on with updating issue #12 (which really looks like it now won’t be ready in time for MCM London…)

Yesterday I got back to work and started on a pretty big two panel page and I got to say I felt a bit overwhelmed after having sketched it out. I mean, there was so much to work out, structure and then finish! The smaller panel was fine but the big one, man….. But the great thing was I just started with one small portion of the panel and before I knew it I was done!

It’s like, I had a big problem but I just took it one step at a time and resolved it! I could totally make this a life lesson…

Nah.

More soon! Bear hugs!

PS. What do you think of the page?

Commissioning and that

Apr08
by on April 8, 2018 at 5:03 pm
Posted In: Lloyd and the Bear

So I’ve been busy (outside of taking some time out to enjoy the Bank Holiday weekend here in the UK) with doing an advert for @StaceysParlour with her soon to happen 24hr live podcast with money raised going to the British Heart Foundation.

And hey, please feel free to download this advert, print it out, and promote the event (and feel free to give me a shout if you want a higher quality copy of it!)

So the break and change of art direction (plus an awesome day yesterday at the Beach Comic Con in Brighton) I’m back to updating issue #12 (going on a bit ain’t it?) and realised that a panel I started on before the Easter weekend needed a redo (left pic is the old panel)…

(Excuse the colour markings)

And yeah, so much happier with the new panel! Them ‘rollerskating’ robots (which is also a total nod to Kickstarter backer Russell Hillman and his book ‘Fast and Frightening’ which is well worth looking for from Freaktown Comics) needed a bump up to show how serious a threat they are to our good heroes and I figure the new panel hit that with being that bit more zippy!

Okay, and with that, back to the book!

More soon! Bear hugs!

PS. Sure was a lot of brackets used in this post (Wasn’t there?)

How things have changed!

Mar31
by on March 31, 2018 at 8:10 am
Posted In: Lloyd and the Bear

When I was putting this issue together I had the ending of a fight scene which I then realised gave me a chance to have a conversation between Lloyd and Bear that tied back to a conversation in the first issue.

What I didn’t think of at the time until actually drawing out the panel was that I could have the guys in a similar pose to how they were back then but man I did not realise how much their look has changed over time!

What do you think?

As for me I’m back to updating the book but will hopefully have more pages and panels to show you soon!

Bear hugs!

And it’s a goodbye to two of our characters!

Mar27
by on March 27, 2018 at 4:04 pm
Posted In: Lloyd and the Bear

Okay, so how did this happen? So I’m still updating issue #12 of Lloyd and the Bear and just finished drawing page 23 when I realise that this is the last time you’ll see Youka and Lom in this book! No word of a lie, we’re only half way through the book but that’s their last scene!

I mean, the big reason is that it’s not their story and that they got caught up in everything happening. They’ve played an important part but there was nothing else for them so yeah, that’s it!

I feel kinda bad….

Does anyone want to see a Lom and Youka mini series? Anyone? No?

More soon! Bear hugs!