Tag: advice for artists

  • Huion L4S LED USB Light Pad Review

    I was asked to review the Huion L4S led usb light pad by the people at Huion, so I thought I would do that and show you some of my illustration techniques too. A light pad is a great tool for tracing and redrawing. I use it for finished drawings. I do rough pencil sketches and…

  • See inside my Wigtown Book Festival Sketchbook

    In September of 2016, I went to the Wigtown Book Festival in Scotland and painted this sketchbook while watching author sessions and other entertainments. Just drawing the people and what they were talking about. I was going to make a printed book like I did last year, but I was so busy making a mural for…

  • How to Make a Comic

    I’m working with Manchester Museum at the moment, making a fold out comic with two stories relating to the museum’s collection. Students from Cedar Mount Academy spent the day looking at the collection and thinking about how to create two stories for the comic. We were working with a five point story plan: 1. Inciting…