For the next in Paranormology, I’ve gone back to the beginning in terms of my front cover, except that, unlike Grosvenor Lane Ghost, Jolimont is a fair bit darker and nastier. Now, for the past three covers I’ve been the […]
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Take the Win
When it comes to defining success, context is king. Status? Money? Power? Sure. If that’s the goal. Sometimes it’s an all-or-nothing affair. Other times it comes in degrees. Like cider. Cider? Cider. As in, fermented apples. You see, last year […]
Read moreJolimont Street – First Draft
This time, no mucking around with silly plots. What am I talking about? Well, if you look back a fair few posts, Hampton Court Ghost started life as a train-wreck. There was a mangled plot and a weird premise that […]
Read moreThe Struggle of the Artist – Doubt
Imagine you are standing on a wooden stage. There is a big, thick curtain in front. On one side is a massive, nattering, rumbling crowd. On the other side is you, listening to the noise coming from the other side, […]
Read moreNext in Paranormology – Jolimont Street Ghost
OK, I lied. I promised I wouldn’t do any writing over the holidays. The laptop was there, I managed to squeeze a spare hour out, one thing led to another… The Series Keeping with the idea of a “ghost story […]
Read moreTwas the Night After Christmas
And all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except for the cat, who insisted upon going outside, the boy, who needed to get tucked back into bed, and a scruffy oaf stumbling about, cursing the manufacturer of the […]
Read moreThe Struggle of the Artist – Time
Artists are a crazy bunch. We spend our time complaining that we are tired, that we need a break, yet when a break comes up, we spend it… working. I don’t know if it’s a compulsion, or an attitude, or […]
Read moreAdaptation Animation – Dynamic Changes
There is a temptation, with everything we create, to fiddle and poke and prod to get it ‘just so’. This applies to writing, of course, but also to drawing and, as I’ve discovered, animating. The Conundrum We start the creative […]
Read moreExport, Upload and Done
The Adaptation – Part 1 animation is now up on YouTube! A few of the posts regarding the scenes and whatnot didn’t make it, pardon my user error. They’re there, they just haven’t been ‘published’, most notably the ‘thermal’ imagery […]
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