Steve Bee
@stevebeecartoons.bsky.social
Comic-book writer, penciller, inker, colourist and letterer.
A screenshot from my iPad Pro this morning showing my progress so far on comic #7. Page 13 is now laid out and ready for (quite a lot of) pencilling. I started this issue at Christmas and I’m just about halfway through it at the moment. It’s a lot of work to draw a comic book.
March 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
A screenshot from my iPad Pro this morning showing my progress so far on comic #7. Page 13 is now laid out and ready for (quite a lot of) pencilling. I started this issue at Christmas and I’m just about halfway through it at the moment. It’s a lot of work to draw a comic book.
Another one of my hundreds of unused outtakes from the last book…
March 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Another one of my hundreds of unused outtakes from the last book…
I used the reflected sky as the flat river surface in the distance.
(At the suggestion of @iesornozines.bsky.social -Thanks.) I think it works well.
(At the suggestion of @iesornozines.bsky.social -Thanks.) I think it works well.
March 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I used the reflected sky as the flat river surface in the distance.
(At the suggestion of @iesornozines.bsky.social -Thanks.) I think it works well.
(At the suggestion of @iesornozines.bsky.social -Thanks.) I think it works well.
Good to be getting back to drawing some of my old familiar characters again.
March 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Good to be getting back to drawing some of my old familiar characters again.
I think I’m addicted to churning out foliage foregrounds. Is there a special term for that?
March 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I think I’m addicted to churning out foliage foregrounds. Is there a special term for that?
The first page of the second part of comic #7 is now taking shape as the posse reach the Chelmer River on their way to Silver End.
March 14, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The first page of the second part of comic #7 is now taking shape as the posse reach the Chelmer River on their way to Silver End.
Here’s another one of my skies. I did dozens of them one weekend a few years ago. And now use them all the time. Probably should do some new ones.
March 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Here’s another one of my skies. I did dozens of them one weekend a few years ago. And now use them all the time. Probably should do some new ones.
Thanks - I did that with my Chalk brush.
March 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Thanks - I did that with my Chalk brush.
Here’s the actual picture. Easier to see when it’s not jumping about…
March 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Here’s the actual picture. Easier to see when it’s not jumping about…
Here you go. I filmed it in real time. It’s not sped up or anything like that. I had to do it fast though because Bluesky limits video clips to 3 minutes only.
(I think this is just over 2 mins). Normally I’d spend a little more time on this kind of thing.
(I think this is just over 2 mins). Normally I’d spend a little more time on this kind of thing.
March 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Here you go. I filmed it in real time. It’s not sped up or anything like that. I had to do it fast though because Bluesky limits video clips to 3 minutes only.
(I think this is just over 2 mins). Normally I’d spend a little more time on this kind of thing.
(I think this is just over 2 mins). Normally I’d spend a little more time on this kind of thing.
This now becomes a comic I may or may not draw one day…
March 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This now becomes a comic I may or may not draw one day…
Bit of fun with that last one…
March 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Bit of fun with that last one…
A composition constructed in part with the foreground I put together this morning with my new foliage brush. With a few other bits added in.
March 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A composition constructed in part with the foreground I put together this morning with my new foliage brush. With a few other bits added in.
OK so this is something I’m calling foreground foliage (foliage with me, as ever although there’s nothing to stop me doing stones like this).
This was produced solely with two (rotating) brush heads. One the one I developed yesterday and the other, one of my old ones called Tamarisk.
This was produced solely with two (rotating) brush heads. One the one I developed yesterday and the other, one of my old ones called Tamarisk.
March 13, 2025 at 8:07 AM
OK so this is something I’m calling foreground foliage (foliage with me, as ever although there’s nothing to stop me doing stones like this).
This was produced solely with two (rotating) brush heads. One the one I developed yesterday and the other, one of my old ones called Tamarisk.
This was produced solely with two (rotating) brush heads. One the one I developed yesterday and the other, one of my old ones called Tamarisk.
I’m probably giving away some kind of trade secret of mine here or something, but I’d find it hard to explain what I mean with just words. The design here is a brush-head I’ve constructed as a direct result of this week’s Burgos experiments. I’ll show a picture I made with it in a moment.
March 13, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I’m probably giving away some kind of trade secret of mine here or something, but I’d find it hard to explain what I mean with just words. The design here is a brush-head I’ve constructed as a direct result of this week’s Burgos experiments. I’ll show a picture I made with it in a moment.
Using some new techniques here that are accidentally coming from my recent experimentation based on the 1950s work of Carl Burgos. A treasure trove of ideas; rich avenue - thank you @iesornozines.bsky.social
Will probably make this a two-page spread in the latest comic book.
Will probably make this a two-page spread in the latest comic book.
March 12, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Using some new techniques here that are accidentally coming from my recent experimentation based on the 1950s work of Carl Burgos. A treasure trove of ideas; rich avenue - thank you @iesornozines.bsky.social
Will probably make this a two-page spread in the latest comic book.
Will probably make this a two-page spread in the latest comic book.
March 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
The start of another page of the never-ending story…
March 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The start of another page of the never-ending story…
Another day, another tree. I’ve nearly got my own forest already.
March 2, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Another day, another tree. I’ve nearly got my own forest already.
