Worry Wart #10

I have written loads of pages of Worry Wart since I moved to Ireland for the year. During the latter half of last year, I weened myself (all cold turkey like) off all the drugs I was on and took regularly to combat my anxiety. So I am now au natural but boy does that mean I have to take my time to analyse what's going on before acting/reacting to anything. It's sad for me to report that I am still fighting. I so hoped that I would have 'gone back to normal' by now... it's been years! I feel so hard done by because I remember a time when I wasn't like this! I would get on any bus with almost reckless abandon! I didn't even think about it! Since moving to Ireland though, I have flown back to the UK ON AN ACTUAL PLANE once, and back again! I can not stress how important this is to me!


 Anyway, if I can sort through my notes and my diary, maybe I can make more comics because it sure helps me.


Isn't crying weird!?

OFF PANEL: Indie Comics Battleground!

Check this out folks! RAZARHAWK is featuring as part of an Indie/Small Press UK Comics Top Trumps style gamey thingy!

What!?

DO YOU like small press comics?
DO YOU like Top Trumps?!
DO YOU LOVE the amazing talent that seeps from this awesome islands mountainous teats!?
Well, you know that Nich Angell guy? He does that 7String!? For a number of months he has been
beavering away at making a card game starring some of the UKs favourite small press characters! Look how gorgeous:

As a small press fangirl I am so excited about some of the artists included in this card set! LOOK! JESS BRADLEY! MARK PEARCE! JON LOCK! JAMES STAYTE! There's so many more! 

BUT LOOK AT THE CARDS! They're so frigin' preeeetty!! 

For more details Nich has set up a facebook page and if you're going to LSCC then he'll have some sets for you to preview! As soon as I know more about when I'll have my fat mitts on some, rest assured, I shall post! :D 

THERE'S OUR GIRL! 

I can't wait to play and see who beats who! :D

So go 'like' the FB page and support your Indie heroes! 

CHECK THIS SHIT OUT!

Preparation of CICAE 2013 is ongoing! :D :D :D

RAZARHAWK #1 is complete!

On the 20th January 2013, the last few letters were added to RazarHawk! And the people rejoiced, for it was finished ^-^ 

Here is the cover! 

We can not wait to launch it Cardiff International Comics and Animation Expo 2013 on the 2nd March! You'll come won't you!? It's such an awesome con and I can't wait for my first table experience to be there :D 

A Story for Eva

Whilst I am living in Ireland I have been keeping myself busy with arts and writing and cooking and stuff. Before I left I met my friends baby, Eva, and fell madly in love! ^-^ I made her a little teddy and when I met her she ate it and wouldn't put it down :D She was so cute! I wanted to make her a special present for her first birthday and so I am making a book for her to read! I hope she will love it as much as I am loving drawing it! Here's a page or two in progress...

What do you think!? I have never made a book as a pressie before! I hope she dribbles on it good and proper!

RAZARHAWK - page preview with letters!

RAZARHAWK has currently moved production to Ireland ;D Here is the page I previously posted but all lettered and lovely! We can't wait to come back to launch it at Cardiff International Comic and Animation Expo! Will you be there?!

RAZARHAWK Page Preview!

Razarhawk #1 is one panel and one splash page away from COMPLETE ART COMPLETION :D
So here's a page. Look there's some new characters!

CICAE 2013

02.03.2013

RAZARHAWK Character sheets

Here is the character sheet for a team of monkey scientists. Just read that sentence again :D

Which one is your favourite?

RAZARHAWK Jetsuit concepts

 RAZARHAWK has been coming along nicely lately, so I thought it was about time I blogged something! Here are some early ideas for jetsuits for Kitty. I knocked these up and sent them to the boss (Ian) and he said '...no, no, no!' REJECTED JETSUITS. Rejectsuits?
Anyway... I'd love to post some panels but it's all top secret for now! We have a launch date though... also secret.
Damn creators and their vagueness! I hate that too!

So, what do you think? :D

UPFEST 2012

This was me right at the start of the day! I had no idea what to do as my piece, but as luck would have it I received a big pot of blue paint that morning so there was really only one true choice...

KITTEH!

Here is the first rough sketch which I scribbled with purple emulsion! Infact, nearly all of this piece was using emulsion - the differing shades of blue were made mixing acrylics!

Once I'd roughed in the block colours I messed around with shading the light bits and fixing/tweaking her proportions. This was so hard as everytime I stepped back it was almost into someone. I am very grateful for all the people who watched and took photos and even asked me questions though! You lovely people make it so much fun! I chatted to loads and tagged many sketch books :D

I then used a black chunky paint pen for her outlines, this is always when I start to get happier as it looks close to being finished! Up to this point I am one stressy binty!

Stick a blade in her, she's done >:D (she'll fuck you up though buddy!)

I was so busy during the day painting that I didn't get much of a chance to run around and check everyones pieces out! I caught a few and everything looked AWESOME! I have no idea if my canvas sold yet as I had to leave the fest early to join in some other Jubilee events! If you spot it let me know ^-^

Animation Showreel 2012

Please enjoy my latest showreel showcasing examples of my recent commercial work! Be careful though - contains adult and offensive language ^-^

I am currently looking for my next exciting project :D

UPFEST 2012 - 10 days to go!

The Urban Paint Festival is taking place in Bristol again, this time over the Jubliee weekend! The festival will have an extensive canvas and art exhibition showcasing pieces from all the artists taking part - some BIG names people! :D All the artists will also be live painting on boards all over the streets and in numerous locations along North Street and in and around Southville! IT'S SOOOO COOL!
I have also somehow managed to get invited along for the second year in a row to paint and exhibit! Yay!
Here are some photos of my canvas (Sorry for the quality! One day I might buy a camera!)

This piece is 24"x12", mixed media on canvas and is all yours for £145! :D

Razarhawk - A Small Press Big Mouth exclusive!

It's only 9 days until Bristol Comic Expo! I am so excited I could poop! Anyway ~ we have some news and our wonderful friends over at SPBM have written a lovely blog post for you! They have also revealed a page as a teeeaser! Big teases! So go have a read - maybe we'll see you there!?

Bring sweets.

Bayou Arcana is released today!

Click here or here to buy! Or come and pick up a copy at Bristol Comic Expo! I can't wait to attend! I'll be wearing a Razarhawk t-shirt and talking crap about comics to anyone who will listen.

I will also be hungry.

I like Haribo.

Just sayin' >:D

Gareth Cavanagh knows his shit!

Funny how people become part of your support network without you meaning them to! It's Gareths last day at the studio today and I am throwing my toys out of the pram about it! He is such a brilliant animator and I have learned loads from him. You would all do well to follow him on Twitter @GarethCav :) I guess this is a #FF! :D ***EDIT*** AND HIS LOVELY WIFE MAKES THE BEST WHEAT FREE CUPCAKES :D

You can find her facebook page here!

Worry Wart pg 9

Wow 9 pages already! Although this is a cheaty one I guess... not really a comic. Just an image! To read from the beginning click here!

Worry Wart pgs 6, 7 & 8

Here are some new Worry Wart pages ^-^ To read from the beginning click here!

Kitty Hawk preview cover!

TA DAA! Here is the cover for our FREE preview that we will be circulating at cons this year :D Look! There's the title! That's that exciting news I was blabbering on about! Oh and it's FREE. I'll be sticking some WIPs up on the Kitty Hawk blog soon too so clicky!

Worry Wart pg5

To read from the beginning click here!

Worry Wart pg4

To read from the beginning click here!

Worry Wart pg 3

Oh it's fun... o_0

I will just be updating these as and when they come to me. It's a little bit of a break for me from my other comic stuff so there are no rules :D

To read from the beginning click here!

Worry Wart

This is intended to be a personal diary, just to spring clean some of the shit that's clogging the filing cabinets of my brain, making it hard for me to function ^-^

If you know me well you will know I have had anxiety for nearly 4 years and I am currently taking a drug called Citalopram! For those that didn't know, well, now you do! I have been on other drugs and have had Cognitive Behaviour Therapy but lately I have relapsed. My life has changed so much over that time that I am struggling to make sense of possible causes, triggers, cures, safety behaviours and so on... This will hopefully help me to share and explain some of my fears, actions and hopes.

I just need to draw some of this crap out!

Launderette

I no longer have a washing machine in my life so I have to use the local launderette! I was really nervous about going for the first time but as it turns out, it was surprisingly fun! :D

Kitty Hawk Pg4 Progress

Juuust wondered if I should show the stages of a page as I work on it!? :D I added some buildings, I DON'T LOVE BUILDINGS AS MUCH AS RUNNING NOBODIES.

Kitty Hawk WIP

I've taken a week off work this week to... work. >:D Here is a WIP of page 4. It's a splash page - turns out I love drawing nobodies running in terror :D

IT'S SO ROUGH! GAH!

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

The film I have been working on for nearly 2 years is currently released at cinemas in the UK! Aardman Animations 'The Pirates in an Adventure with Scientists' has been getting awesome reviews - it really is AMAZING! :D I love love LOVE every second of this film and I am so proud to be involved! I have an anecdote about every single shot and I know every line off by heart! I would be the most ANNOYING person to watch this film with EVER!



On this film I was a CG Lip Sync Animator - working in a team of 3, we animated all the lines of dialogue and expressions that would be needed for each shot. Mouth sets were created for each character and this meant the stop motion animator in control of the shot could concentrate on the characters performance and action safe in the knowledge that the dialogue and expressions were synced and worked out ahead of time :D



The film above explains the process and I got to animate the little mouth in the box! I have never done stop motion animation before so it was so awesome to be given a unit to myself for the afternoon and work on the other side of what I'd been doing for nearly 2 years ^-^ (MASSIVE thanks to animator Andy Spilsted for the opportunity!)



This is me at the premier with my gal Cutlass Liz! :D

Go see it NOW! You won't regret it! :D

Bayou Arcana: Small World

My contribution to the Markosia published 'Bayou Arcana: Songs of Loss and Redemption' is completed! It is a 14 page behemoth penned by Matthew Craig and is released in May in time for Bristol Expo :D It has not been a smooth ride! But here, have a page!



Now I shall have a week off from working around the clock and maybe just make do with my one full time studio job? Then: KITTEH! I have some well exciting news regarding the Kitty Hawk comic but I don't know if I can talk about it yet! ISN'T IT ANNOYING WHEN ARTISTS DO THAT!?

Right... zzzzzzZZZZzzZZzzz

Ian Matthews

Ian Matthews (as some of you might know if you follow me on Twitter/nosey around on my blog) is the writer of a comic I am working on! Kitty Hawk Kicks Ass is a project born out of our bonding over action/guns/girls/comics and is due to be released this year! Infact, have a progress shot to prove I am actually beavering away (albeit slowly whilst I finish my Bayou Arcana strip!)



Anyway ~ as well as being the writer of this 42 page action-filled visual assault and having penned another comic on the way about a bad-ass Bunny, he is also an uber talented model maker! :D I happened by his CV and stole a copy to alert you to it! Slide your eyeballs over this:





Sweet, no!? He's worked on childrens tv show Igam Ogam and Aardman Animation's The Pirates! He's so clever I hardly understand a word he says! :D

Ian is available for projects and commissions so drop him a line! You can find out more about him here!

He is also my very bestest fwend! ^-^

CICAE 2012

I will be appearing at Cardiff International Comics and Animation Expo to show some animation work as part of Swansea Metropolitan Universitys 3D Computer Animation table. I will also have some works on display from my forthcoming comic 'Small World' in Bayou Arcana: Songs of Loss and Redemption Vol 1 and Kitty Hawk Kicks Ass! both due 2012! Here is a poster I will be displaying among others! Come and say 'hi!' I will hopefully be showing my showreel and chatting about the industry and animation with any one who will listen! ^-^