Being a fan of stuff kind of ruins reality for you a bit.

I Heart Awesome Commissions!

A commission for a 6 year old girl's birthday. She loves Optimus Prime.

Transformers Mosaic Preview!

This is a preview panel for a Transformers Mosiac I've just drawn, written by my rather spiffing boyfriend. After literally months of putting it off I finally got it done and despite my fears of drawing non-Jess style robots and vehicles, think I did okay! How the fans feel about it will be another story entirely...! As soon as it's posted on the TF Mosaic site, I'll put up the whole page. I'm looking forward to doing a few more of these as they're a bit out of my comfort zone. A great program that JP showed me which I used for certain vehicle views and which I think is pretty indispensable as reference for artists is Google Sketchup; you can download a free version and it's bloody brilliant. Basically, you can create buildings and environments and play with perspective to use as reference for drawing. You can also upload pre-made 3D vehicles, furniture - you name it. It's easier to play with than it is to explain what to do!

New Look Squid Bits Daily Comic that may not be so Daily!

Okay, so you may have noticed a bit of a lull in my Daily Comics for which I apologise. After a bit of a crappy week of creative block/doubt, I'm hopefully now back on track and with a new look Squid Bits Daily Comic! Well, I say new look; more like new frequency of posting! As much as I love doing my Daily Comic, I've realised that the worry of getting it done every day has kind of pushed back more important work. I have a part-time job too so I can't always get the time I want to do it. Until I get a better timetable, I've decided to keep the Daily Comic as merely a comic, posted as and when. I will miss all the feedback from doing them daily, but hopefully they'll be just as good!

I haven't been totally moping this week though; I've been working on a Transformers Mosaic comic with my talented boyf, which has been fun and frustrating in equal measure! I've had to suck it up and draw cars and stuff! Well, as much of a car as I can draw anyway...! I'm looking forward to doing some more though, so here's hoping my vehicle drawing skills improve a bit!

More exciting news in the form of a table at the London Film and Comic Con where I will be selling more character paintings. William Shatner is the guest of honour which means Star Trek pictures will be a big yes! Looking forward to it as it's always a fun con and to be an exhibitor will be even better. JP will be selling some exclusive TF prints too so we're officially a comic con couple! XD

I'll also be doing a big push on the Milk Town website and finally adding new buildings and more goodies for members as I've left that on the side for a bit. Already looking forward to it!

Feedback on the Daily Comic situation is very much welcome. Here's to (hopefully) a less grumpy week!