Unintentionally it's been over a year since I've posted here. Intentionally there are many posts in the making.
For starters (and in the usual tradition), here's the Christmas Card from last year. You may not have received a card from me this year - don't worry, you're not off my list and you may even get a late one.
Working with the Dice creative director (and damn fine comic artist) Declan Shalvey last year I got to put together one of the posters for the 2014 Dice event. It was a lot of fun batting the ideas back and forth and tapping Declan's insight and experience for effective imagery - I was very happy with the finished result:
Avatars I did for people who invested in that extra option as part of the Stray Lines Fundit Campaign. I didn't have reference pictures for them so I used my imagination:
Yes, despite lofty artistic ideals I have occasion to shill comics for a living.
I've nothing against computer lettering, I just think hand-drawn letters sit better with my artwork. Unfortunately the last minute changes that these jobs often entail make it too painful to redraw the text each time so I've had to give in and get with the program as in the latter examples.
Along with a bunch of folk from the Dublin Comic Jam I'm going to be doing court sketches, comics and cartoons at the Mindfield festival this weekend - come and say hullo if you're around.