Supplemental Video

We all want to be patted on the head. We all want to know we are part of the tribe.

Under the Hood

A convenient way to grab all my Seacritters updates in one place.

“I draw the path to walk”

There is art we make because we are dedicated to a craft and art we make because it’s an expression of our innate human desire to play.

Old Post-It

So much of this process is just trying to build a system that tells my brain I’m okay.

Drawing Board Dispatch

I just posted my second monthly update on Seacritters! over on Patreon. If character design notes and thoughts about capacity and sustainable pacing for making graphic novels and also goofy bespoke dancing gifs appeal to you, get thee hence.

A Current Impasse

How can I reconcile how excited I am by this project—how tangled up in the joy of designing new characters and solving page layouts like crossword puzzles every morning—with how utterly depleted and depressed and grief-riddled I am in the rest of my life?

Artist Brain/Worker Brain

I can’t help but be furious when I think about how many people cannot survive on the money publishing wants to pay them.

Visual Dispatch #5

IT’S ON.

All I Want

After a couple extremely chaotic late-night email threads at the start of our collaboration on Seacritters, Kate and I quickly agreed that the best thing to do would be a weekly phone check-in where we could talk about story issues, share sketches, and debrief on any notes we’d received from our editor. I’m not used … Continue reading All I Want

First Foray

I’ve made my first YouTube video! It’s a four-minute rundown on how to bring emotion, action, rhythm, and clarity to bear in writing for comics. Folks who follow me on Patreon know this came about because I’m working on a graphic novel called Seacritters with my friend Kate right now and it’s her first time … Continue reading First Foray