Dryad - 'A Dream of Awakening' begins here!
I don't know why it is, but I almost feel more anxious about releasing this second Tales from Outside The Circle story than I did with the initial one, The Wilds Will Bide. Don't ask me why that is,...
View ArticleDryad: A Dream of Awakening page 2
Well, I'm back again with page 2 of Dryad's first solo story, A Dream of Awakening. Here it be...So I promised yesterday that I'd reveal a little bit more information about this unusual character...
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Day 3. Page 3. Can somebody remind future Jay to allow more lead-in time for these things? Future-future Jay would no doubt appreciate it!I like the colours on this page. I went for subtle and less...
View ArticleDryad: A Dream of Awakening page 4
Congratulations everybody, we've made it halfway in one piece!This was a really fun page to do. I've been drawing these eight pages not necessarily in order, and this page turned out to be the sixth...
View ArticleDryad: A Dream of Awakening page 5
I was naughty last night and didn't do any drawing. I blame Captain America and that pesky Winter Soldier... So I've been playing catch-up today. But here is page 5, hot off the presses.I've been...
View ArticleDryad: A Dream of Awakening page 6
I know, I KNOW... I'm a day late with page 6! I'm terribly sorry about that. It's because page 6 took a very long time to draw...As you can see, there's a lot going on in it and it had me up until...
View ArticleDryad: A Dream of Awakening page 7
And here I am again with page 7!I'm running a little bit behind with everything, I'm afraid. So the final page, which was supposed to be done by today, will have to be delayed a day. But you know, I'm...
View ArticleDryad: A Dream of Awakening ends today!
And we've made it to the final page of this little tale of Dryad.It's been a hugely enjoyable couple of weeks producing these eight pages and I hope that that comes through in the work and that you,...
View ArticleDryad: A Dream of Awakening collected
And now, for your viewing pleasure, is the Dryad: A Dream of Awakening story all in one convenient spot as a perty looking PDF. Enjoy...Dryad: A Dream of AwakeningAs I mentioned a couple of weeks ago,...
View ArticleSpot the Easter Eggs!
I've started a little contest over on The Circle's Facebook Page.Basically, there are four secret things I put into page 6 of the Dryad: A Dream of Awakening story. It's your job to find them.The first...
View Articlerazzum frazzum
Guess what happened!?! My blasted PC broke! That means I don't have Illustrator, Photoshop, Audio editing programs... heck, I don't even have something to hook my scanner up to. It sucks. Hard. So...
View ArticleThe River Watcher
I've never been one for poetry, nor short prose either. Actually, let me rephrase that... I've never really gone out of my way to read poetry or short prose.But I do like to write the odd little poem...
View ArticleThe Circle Line-up
I thought it was high time that I formally introduced you to all of the members of my strange gathering of beings that make up The Circle. Say hi everyone!Here's a little bit of hopefully...
View ArticleThe 31 Day Drawing Challenge has returned!!
If you haven't heard of the 31 Day Drawing Challenge, then ruddy shame on you! Go check out previous years over here and here. The 31DDC is a substantially awesome event, and I'm really looking forward...
View ArticleThe 31 Day Drawing Challenge - Day 2: You as a Bird
Doing this 31 Day Drawing Challenge has got me thinking about a challenge I did a few years ago, my 100 Heads in 100 Days. I treated those 100 posts as a sort of autobiography, and I thought I might do...
View ArticleThe 31 Day Drawing Challenge - Day 3: Redesign Fortycoats
Today's challenge was a tough one, as the character called Fortycoats featured in a children's TV show in the late 80's, and only in Ireland. As I didn't grow up in Ireland, I have no &#=")(&}@...
View ArticleThe 31 Day Drawing Challenge- Day 4: Favourite Musical
Ahhhh, musicals... not a fan. And I can't believe it took me until Day 4 to get a Tolkien reference in! Deplorable...There's just something about folks breaking into song for no apparent reason to...
View ArticleThe 31 Day Drawing Challenge - Day 5: The Scream
Today's challenge is to depict what Edvard Munch's The Scream is actually screaming at. What fun!I was initially thinking something like the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man or even Godzilla. But then I saw...
View ArticleThe 31 Day Drawing Challenge - Day 6: The Crystal Maze
The Crystal Maze was a British TV game show back in the early 90's. The host is the fella who done wrote The Rocky Horror Show. I've never seen it before. It's another thing that never made it to...
View ArticleThe 31 Day Drawing Challenge - Day 7: What Would da Vinci Design Today?
One week down, three and a bit to go...This was another tough challenge, I had some truly dull ideas for it. Truly dull.But I want this V-Book to become a reality, that would be pretty sweet! It's...
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