I just backed this art book printing and reprinting project!
I kept seeing bits of the artwork copied into places like Instagram, and I didn’t know where it came from. But then I stumbled across the book reprint project on Kickstarter. And that led me to the source, the Etherington Brothers out of England:
https://theetheringtonbrothers.blogspot.com/
The website has hundreds of little segments giving tips and tricks on drawing and writing topics.
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This is a drawing I did recently of an idea I had when I was in Cara Coulson‘s children’s literature class at Durham College: “The Lonely Little Fridge”. Versions in English, Esperanto, and very bad French…
A first test of the cover for “Little Lost Lamp”.
What happens when a lamp id shipped to the customer and then forgotten?
This is the short eight-pager I hope to have ready for TCAF in the first week of May (whether or not I take part in TCAF).
Here’s Version 5 of the cover for “Parts: An Industrial Fantasy”. I’m getting closer. And I realized that Gordin and Laisa may have red circuit boards for greater visibility.
I’m still learning more about these watercolours. I am going to layer them more; I’ve been treating them like Photoshop paint-bucket fills or comic-strip colours…
I got an email recently that TCAF, the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, is happening this year… online! The physical version of TCAF has been one of the highlights of my year, but of course recent events have forced changes. After it was cancelled in 2020, TCAF will be online in 2021.
The deadline to apply was Wednesday March the 3rd.
I applied. It’s a long shot, but what the hey.
The book launch party for Nineteen Tales will have door prizes, and as one prize, I’m doing a drawing of a scene from my story. I’m starting with experiments and reminding myself how I draw… important artistic note: the water colour goes on before the india ink…
The next day: test drawings for the door prize. 
One drawing is watercolour and pencil only, the other has india ink added.
This is the same technique I’m going to use for my story Parts.
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