A continuation of the sketches made during Angouleme. I have been using landscape to work out composition, there is a lot of leaning towards abstraction. This will then ( Hopefully ) improve my comics layout and design.
If you have time please have a look at two friends work, as they had some bad luck on the journey back from Angouleme. Francesca lost a very important sketchbook, and Oliver lost his wallet.NOt news you like to hear. Fingers crossed for it all working out.
First outdoor sketch of the year. It was very cold and I was hungover. I’ve been posting these to Instagram, so sorry for the repeat posting. I really want to improve my drawing this year. Any time away from the computer and engaging in observational drawing can only be a good thing.
Here is a cleaned up version of a sketch posted a few days ago.
Chris and Taylor have reviewed Same Day Return on the recent Pop culture hound podcast. You can read more about the comic here. It seems to have produced a really positive response from people. Thanks for reading.
This is a cleaned up sketch posted yesterday. Another drawing in Hyde Park. It was freezing, and my hands turned blue. I like drawing from life, and using a pen means that it’s just go for it no prelim. Feels fresh, like the weather. For a contrast i’ll be travelling to Malta for the Malta Comic Con. I love attending this event and it’s great to be meeting up with people involved. They are such a friendly and enthusiastic group. It makes for a special time.
Finally a reminder that Same Day Return was reviewed by Richard Bruton today.
Have a great weekend and will blog about Malta next week.
A scanned version of sketch from yesterday. Not been outdoor drawing for a while, this session was truncated due to frozen fingers.
Andy Oliver has reviewed Necessary Monsters 2:1 over on his column.
Barrel scraping time. I’ve run out of recent sketchbook material, blog stories. the well is dry. I’m currently working on Necessary Monsters 2.2 and this is taking up all of the time. This blog image is from 2006 which seems like a lifetime ago. Six years, so much has happened in that time with my creative stuff. A lot of the angst laden self-doubt of this time has now dissipated. There is always questioning moments, why, what etc, that is part of the process. I’m nearly 46 so it’s reasonable to assume that a blinding talent that will sweep me to the to the very summit of comics alongside all creative geniuses, may not be arriving. Over this six-year period has been a growth in UK comics. There is a lot of talent. A lot of amazing talent, actually. It’s inspiring, but also daunting. My work seems suddenly very old. I’m amazed at the speed at which this has happened. Should it matter. Maybe the tear everything up and start from zero moment has arrived. Adopt a new online persona and start posting new work. All of these thoughts have been and gone over recent years. But there is something in Same Day Return that excites my art brain. I’ve been working towards this kind of story telling and there is a little of where to travel next in here.
Rambling away now I realise it’s time to go to the day job.
Summery. To late to chase, just keep making.
Sean Azzopardi 