Illustration Comics Portraits
I am an illustrator working mostly in ink with post digitial coloring and processing. My work is the result of a hybrid process that hasn’t lost the connection to pen on paper, but leverages modern technology for final production.
I am developing a couple comics projects on my own. Some of which are meant for a more mature market targeted at adults and teens. So please be prudent in clicking on links.
While we are hunkered down under the guidance of the WHO regarding Covid-19 coronavirus, I wanted to start a set of blog posts for my Elementary School Comics Club to have something to pursue. See my blog posts below.
Virtual Comics Club:
Day 2: Working out the script details
I don’t write comic scripts in the traditional format of a comic script. This is the normal form a writer will work with an artist laying out story and dialog in a page by page and frame by frame basis. Usually with a folder of character notes attached. This is how I have often received…
Developing a comic (start to finish) Step One: The concept
I read today about a call for submissions for comics to be published in Future Sci-Fi Tales #5. I figured this is an opportunity to walk the Virtual Comics Club through my process to put together a short comic story. From concept to completion. The boring stuff Projects often start with the boring stuff. Collecting…
Character Development Motivations
Character development was one of the more difficult tasks in comics club. It’s easy to have a character do something or know what the character will do in a story. The difficult part is explaining why beyond just a practical level. Explaining motivations on a personal level is key to developing engaging characters that people…
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About Me
I love illustration. I had let it go for many years and am back at it nowl
I love comics and the process of visual storytelling and sequential art.
Since coming back into the art world I have engaged with other creators around the world. I have had the great fortune to be collaborating on a few projects:
- Tales to Enlighten
- The Story of Black Wall Street by Eric Cooper
I am educated as a mechanical engineer but spend my time as a Fencer and fencing coach
- Princeton Interscholastic Fencing
- Princeton Hillsboro YMCA Fencing
- Bucks County Academy of Fencing