Last year I made a four-page comic for a friend’s zine. It’s about a woman losing a sock while doing laundry. It’s called Tumble Dry Low.
Tumble Dry Low
A wordless four-page comic about a missing sock.
Category: Art
A Look at the Comics and Illustrations from “Intentional Finance”
A handful of early illustrations and comic strips from the personal finance zine I’ve been making
I’ve been focused on making my zine Intentional Finance. It’s been an enjoyable project to work on and a fun change of pace from fiction comic creating. I recently finished laying out all of the text, so I’ve been drawing a bunch of comics and illustrations to go supplement the writing.
Here are some of my favorites so far.
Watercolor Ship Paintings
A few paintings I made in Fall 2018
When I was really into drawing spaceships last year, I took some time to paint with watercolor a bit. It’s challenging but a lot of fun. The resulting texture is interesting, and it’s fun mixing colors.
I definitely intend to do more with watercolor in the future.
Introducing “Intentional Finance”
Information about my next project, a zine about personal finance
A big interest of mine is personal finance. It’s something I started learning about in earnest six years ago and started really diving into over the past two years. I find it really fun and empowering to learn, think, and talk about finance. So I’ve been working on a zine called Intentional Finance. It’s a simple guide to improving one’s relationship with money.
It is a bit of a departure from the sci-fi and fantasy comics work I’ve been focused on in recent years, but I’m quite excited about it. The premise is simple:
Continue reading “Introducing “Intentional Finance””What if a book about personal finance was an art project?
Best of 50 Ships Drawing Challenge
Looking back at some of my favorite designs
I was in a creative rut in August 2018. My confidence was low after abandoning a project that didn’t work out. I kept doodling, but I didn’t have the burning passion I normally do. I was reading the sci-fi novel Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie during a trip to visit family and absolutely loving it. So I started doodling spaceships in my sketchbook. It was like something unlocked, and I was back to my old creative self.
The doodling of those initial spaceships led me to try to draw 100 ships throughout the month of September. I ended up only drawing 50 because I then did Inktober in October. While I didn’t make it to 100 ships, it was still a success in my mind because it was fun and sparked creativity.
Continue reading “Best of 50 Ships Drawing Challenge”Lost Ship Retrospective
Reflecting on how the project went, tools I used, and what’s coming next
Last week I wrapped up Lost Ship, a sci-fi comic I had been working on since September 2018. It’s my third finished comic, and I leveled up quite a bit while working on it.
I have been reflecting on the project and how it went as I figure out what’s next. Here’s a look at the making of Lost Ship.
Continue reading “Lost Ship Retrospective”Launching Lost Ship
A short sci-fi comic about a small crew searching for a lost ship
Today’s the day! Lost Ship, the comic I’ve been working on since October 2018, is ready to be released into the wild.
It’s 26 pages of grayscale sci-fi comics with two bonus pages of concept art. Plus, it’s 100% free. ✨
Continue reading “Launching Lost Ship”Re-Lettering Lost Ship
Why I decided to redo my hand lettering with a font
As I have been wrapping up Lost Ship, I began to worry about the legibility of the lettering in the comic. My lettering has improved over the last year, but some of it is a little rocky.
So I decided to re-letter the comic with a font. It’s incredibly important to me that people can read the comic. While the lettering lost a bit of character in the move to being a font, I believe it’s a worthwhile change because it’s much easier to read.
Lost Ship Concept Art
A look at the ship, character, and emblem designs
I’ve been working on Lost Ship for the last few months, and it’s nearly complete (woohoo!). It’s a sci-fi comic about a small crew that explores the unknown parts of the universe.
All that’s left to do is print the project and release it out into the world. Before that happens, I thought it’d be cool to share a bunch of concept art from the pre-production phases of the project.
At the time I started the project, I was really into drawing different ship designs, which is what led to the initial idea for the comic.
Initial Babylon ship design 
Initial Mesa ship design
The final designs varied a little bit from those initial ships above.
A Look Into the Process of Making Lost Ship
Trying a new step where I make a med-fi pencil mock-up after doing thumbnails
I’ve been working on a new 28-page comic called Lost Ship over the last two months, and it’s been enjoyable to work on a project that’s pretty small in scope. It’s about a small crew that explores space to try to discover new things.
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