One Hour in Heaven
Managed to squeeze in an hour at the Cintiq today to work a little more on page 29. It’s coming along!
Entwined goes to Manchester
Great news- I’ve been accepted as a presenter at the 2019 International Conference on Comics and Graphic Novels in Manchester! I put together an abstract… Read More »Entwined goes to Manchester
Semiotics for dummies
Tomorrow I need to impart a few key concepts of semiotics to the third year animators at Swinburne. This is an overview of things I’ve… Read More »Semiotics for dummies
Harley Quinn: Enabler/Innoculator
Today was an interesting one. I attended the Media and Comms organised Cinema and Screen Studies Research Seminar (first for 2019) after a late start… Read More »Harley Quinn: Enabler/Innoculator
1994: Teenage Travel Diary
1994 was produced in two parts. Melbourne (2013) and Brisbane (2014). 1994 is an early attempt at autobiographic comic storytelling. A diary-based reflection of a… Read More »1994: Teenage Travel Diary
Chasing Shadows (2014)
A 24-Hour wordless Autofictographic comic in brush and ink. Available for purchase as a physical print in the Storybordello shop.
Ashcan X (2016)
Ashcan comics is a collaborative space for Australian comics creators. I took over the imprint in 2014. Dedicated almost two years in organisation, coordination, editing,… Read More »Ashcan X (2016)
Buddy, his Beat-up Gibson and the Gods of Guitar
Story and narration: Peter Moyes Visuals: Darren C Fisher Buddy, his Beat-up Gibson and the Gods of Guitar takes its cues from the Jewish Mussar tradition… Read More »Buddy, his Beat-up Gibson and the Gods of Guitar
Wise Up Kid
Developed in 2014 by Dr. Peter Moyes, I had the opportunity to work on Wise Up Kid in developing the lead character, Carlos, and putting… Read More »Wise Up Kid
Lettering and…
Hand lettering is something I haven’t done much of and usually try to avoid. The idea that I’ll never be able to change the text after,… Read More »Lettering and…
Site planning
Website planning on Procreate 5th July. Got into the zone, and well beyond it into de Bono parallel thinking. Drawn on a budget 2018 iPad using… Read More »Site planning
Scars- 2018
Created for the Squishzine Brunstown comic anthology Development and production here and here A4 inks on Strathmore Bristol As it appeared in Squishzine Brunstown Director’s… Read More »Scars- 2018
Tribute
In 2017, Squishface Studio put out a call for stories for the second issue of their Squishzine Brunstown comic, with the inner city-suburb of Brunswick… Read More »Tribute
Burnout (2012)
In 2012 I enrolled in the Joe Kubert School of Cartooning’s correspondence course in inking. This led to me discovering traditional inking tools of dip… Read More »Burnout (2012)
Communication Comic 3.0
Following on from what looks to be an unnecessarily inflated behind the scenes that no one asked for, and in the interests of wrapping this… Read More »Communication Comic 3.0
Fault Lines (2008)
2007 saw me complete my undergraduate degree in animation. 2008 also unfortunately coincided with the global financial crisis. The GFC could not have happened at… Read More »Fault Lines (2008)
Aaron Sims- Masterclass and Demo
Aaron Sims has been an integral part of Hollywood’s creature and monster movies for decades, working behind the scenes to bring to life some of… Read More »Aaron Sims- Masterclass and Demo
Communication Comic 2.0
I’ll start by making clear that this second draft was mostly a bit of an experiment, I had gotten hold of an iPad Pro and… Read More »Communication Comic 2.0
Communication Comic 1.0
I have decided to try to rectify one of the shortfalls in conservation science and human progress in general, inter-group communication. Helping different groups to… Read More »Communication Comic 1.0
Entwined- White Mamba!
White Mamba is one of the protagonists of Entwined: A Recurrent Romance (see HERE for a recap on what that is!). He is Alejandro Vargas,… Read More »Entwined- White Mamba!
Long may she reign
Somehow, despite a series of blog entries outlining the design process of the Queen Sparkle commission (found here, here and here), I didn’t yet get… Read More »Long may she reign
CG Futures 2018_Alex Alvarez
CG Futures (formerly known as Gnomon Live) is a weekend-long gathering of VFX, games and animation people ranging from industry legends, through to students. A huge… Read More »CG Futures 2018_Alex Alvarez
Friend of Failure
We admire successful and ‘talented’ people for their ability to make the difficult seem effortless, beautiful. It’s easy to think that these gifts are God-given.… Read More »Friend of Failure
Entwined- Tlaloc (pt2)
Based on the reference drawings for Tlaloc (see my last post) I wanted to flesh the character out further. I was aiming to incorporate the… Read More »Entwined- Tlaloc (pt2)
Entwined- Tlaloc (pt 1)
Dr Mike 2000’s brief for the Aztec god Tlaloc aka Rain and Fertility. She appears as a small fertility figure with large weepy eyes. To… Read More »Entwined- Tlaloc (pt 1)
2017 Reflections
2017 was a big year for me. I turned 40, finished my Doctorate, settled into a new life in Melbourne, and began my first permanent… Read More »2017 Reflections
Alarming Diary Comic
I haven’t made many diary comics since I drew a moonlit bushwalk for New Year’s Eve, 2015 but I still make the occasional one here and… Read More »Alarming Diary Comic
Entwined-Xolotl
The second Aztec god in the Entwined roster that I gave a design overhaul is Death/Lightning, the deity formerly known as Xolotl. Dr Mike describes him as… Read More »Entwined-Xolotl