New post on substack- arguing for more casual, less serious approach to painting.

Took my waterbrush out for a spin a second time. Unbelievable how I only need 3 small things- a waterbrush, this tiny paintbox I got as a gift, and a napkin to paint. (Okay, and paper)

Did a lot of walkcycles for this shot!

A little moving poster I animated for the conference "The Power of Storytelling" happening this March. The theme of this edition is "Connect".

Got fresh scripts to turn into comic panels today. I realize that the only way to tell the client how many panels it’ll need and how long it’ll take is to actually start responding to the text- meaning, to treat them as visual elements in panels, one step before thumbnailing images. This is why-

Hi! First post here on Bluesky! Here is my Hourly Comics this year featuring Oolong! These were all observations from Feb 1 done in quick successions. l've always wanted to do an hourly comic from the POV of a dog and I guess I finally did it. (Part 1/4)
#hourlycomicday #dog #personalcomic #Oolong

Throwin' a little timelapse to see how vids act on Bluesky!
Worked on this illustration on Clip Studio Paint, and composited in AE.

Fun fact- the elevator is going up to 19th floor, like the 19th edition of Animest Film Festival for which I made this animation trailer!

Had a whirlwind trip in Malaysia in January when I found Dear Brother, a book I recently illustrated- in Kinokuniya, my favourite-est bookshop where I spent many, many weekends growing up.

Dear Brother is written by Alison McGhee, published by Atheneum Books For Young Readers.

I made a cinema opening-film for an animation film festival last year and this is one of my favourite stills. "Urban Frames" is the theme of the 2024 edition and I sneaked those words in on passing trams :D

Now let’s test posting a video!

This is the rough-to-full anim look at one of the scenes from the trailer I made for Animest, an animation festival in Romania.

“I Love My Body” - a comic.
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Just testing out the posting Bluesky-

I totally forgot I already had an account here. Was signing up tonight after reading about the exodus and got the dreaded “username taken” response and went “who the heeeelll took my naaame- oooh wait.”

Too many apps too lil brain space.

Happy Dragon Year!

Scriptwriting: Expectations versus reality

#comic