May 2024 update
I haven’t posted here for awhile. Mostly, I’ve just been busy with my paying jobs. But, as I’ve said earlier, I’ve been having trouble completing comics projects. Case in point: I have given up on ...
process
July 2023 – comics update
The truth is that my comics work is foundering and has been for the past few years. I just don’t like anything that I draw anymore. I have lost faith in myself and the purpose ...
Callisto 7 – take 2
So, I’ve decided to give Callisto 7 another go. You can read about the abandoned first attempt here and see all fifteen pages of that version here. Even though I walked away from it, the ...
2022 – Year in Review
2022 has been an eventful year personally, professionally, and artistically. For this blog, I’m going to stick to the art. In January, I had some nice reviews. One for my book This Wasn’t the Plan ...
abandoned comic – “Art*ificial”
“Art*ificial” was a short comic that I started in December 2021. I really liked how the first page turned out, but really didn’t like the next two pages. In the end, I didn’t think the ...
abandoned comics ideas – 2020-2022
As I mentioned, I have decided to stop Callisto 7. While I don’t usually get so far with a story before I abandon it, I have many little pieces that I have played around with ...
ghost in the machine: nijomu on livejournal
I was searching for something I had written and stumbled upon my old Livejournal site. I had totally forgotten about it. I started it in 2006 and abandoned it in 2010. I think I only ...
Callisto 7 page 6
Here are some of the initial pencils for the page: And a closeup for the inks on Moreno in the middle panel:
Callisto 7 page 4
Here are some process shots of the page.
Callisto 7 page 2
The first set of pages will set up the situation using three different narrative threads. Callisto 7 now has a dedicated page which you can access from the Comics page. And here are some process ...