Blog
-
Me painting page 14 of EOD
Eve of Destruction comic.
-
Noir Zagreb photos
Did this with my old DSLR camera. I set the mode on manual, and tried to get the exposition, aperture, iso settings right.
-
Progressing on page 15
Page 15, EOD. Had to intervene with gouache both for the firmament and the tarmac. Wasted a lot of time, even though the value sketch accurately captured the tonal scale. Oh well. I started painting p. 15 by going in lightly at first, gradually adding darker values later. The value sketch serves as a guide,…
-
Value sketch on p. 15
Thumbnail value sketch of p. 15 EOD with markers on a scaled down printout. I sometimes do that, when, confronted with mere clear-line inks, I have trouble in balancing shades and highlights.
-
Christmas greetings and a Happy New Year 2025
The image here used is a piece I did for one of the previous Christmas seasons. It is supposed to depict St. Nicholas of Myra, the real “Santa Claus,” who was a 4th-century bishop renowned for his generosity, miracles, and deep compassion for the poor and vulnerable. Known for secret gift-giving, such as placing coins…
-
A Sikorsky H-5 Christmas!
This piece captures the unexperienced nostalgia of 1950s magazine ads—images I might have stumbled upon as a kid in old, moldy books and magazines, but that I now actively seek out online, and in library archives. Here are some of the process stages:
-
Page 13
More-less finished page 13, EOD. Well into the next page, but sometimes return to fix something on the previous one. I feel like I’m only now coming into my own with this type of comic art. There’s room to improve, yes, but I generally like the direction this thing is going. Unfortunatelly, some of the…
-
What is it about the airports?
I was on my way to see Erik, with whom I’m doing Eve for a Weekend at Erlangen Comic Festival, Germany. The airport boredom took hold, so I sketched stuff around me to pass the time.
-
Visit to the Erlangen History Museum
The International Comic Salon was everything I had hoped for and more. However, my trip to Erlangen wasn’t just about comics. I spent a considerable amount of time at the city’s Historical Museum, which turned out to be an enlightening experience. The museum offers a deep dive into the turbulent history of Erlangen and Germany,…
-
A dream
I had a disturbing dream of a world where a failed alien invasion had happened several months in the past. The horror of it was that everyone was about their business, and the whole affair was treated as old news. “Life went on.”
Got any recommendations?