Thing 2010

Well, this time last week I was sat behind my table at the UK Web & Mini Comics Thing 2010.

It was such an amazing fun day that it's taken me this long to write about it (that's my official excuse and I'm sticking to it ;) ).

Anyway, I met so many amazing awesome people it was unbelievable. I have a gallery of pictures over on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/keozen/sets/72157623726321686/

Here are a couple for you right now though:

Convention Countdown

Well, it's that time and the nerves are starting.

In but a few weeks is my first ever convention appearance as something other than an average person walking in off the street.

Expect some posts coming up with my little bits of preparation.

Matt

More stuff soon

Hey there everyone. I hope you've had a good 2010 so far. I've not been posting much here mainly due to rehearsals for the play I'm directing having been stepped up (Tuesday nights, Thursday nights and all of the day on Sundays no longer belong to me :) ).

Anyway I'm intending to get some new sketches up here soon for no other reason other than it's good practice to sketch things outside my usual fair.

Ok, a couple of new ones for you. I did these for a friend who really likes Rogue from X-Men. I've changed the style ever so slightly between the two and both are of Rogue in different costumes.

Rogue in her most famous costume

And in one of her costumes from the 90's

I did some other Marvel characters a while back, I'll try and dig them out at some point for you all.

Matt/Keo

Sketches and new desk

Right, I thought I'd chime in with a quick update again before the end of the year.

I've spent the day re-arranging the front room at home to try and give me more workspace. I've also re-oriented my second monitor to portrait rather than landscape for some more deskspace (also it looks cool).

New setup

As a bit of a treat here are also a couple of sketches I did recently. The first is a nice winter scene with Moo & Keo in a snowball fight.

Moo has the right idea.

These were both done for some friends, I asked them to name anything for me to draw and I would give it a go (it's always good practice to draw outside your comfort area). That first one was pretty easy, Moo & Keo are an easy draw for me nowadays. Now this second sketch was a bit different, I was asked to draw "A T-Rex shooting lasers out of it's eyes at a Shark that is flying because it has rockets under it's fins oh and the T-Rex is doing an ollie jumping over a car or something". Suffice to say that sketch was WELL outside my comfort zone, having said that I was quite pleased with the outcome.

I drew in a Narwhal watching, just because.

I swear I want a T-Shirt with that on it.

Ok, that's all for now. Whatever you're doing have a good New Years. See you in 2010.

Matt

A Few Days to Go!

Well, I'm just about ready for Christmas.

As well as the usual presents & wrapping I've now got Moo and Keo all drawn and ready to go live until after Christmas. On top of that I was sat in my usual spot in the famous coffee chain yesterday and managed to write scripts for all the strips to the end of the first week in January!

Santa, my stockings are here!

I've been doing a bit of random sketching too. I did a very rough doodle called "Square One" which is an image that came to my mind when a friend said that as far as relationships were concerned he was back to square one (join the club).

"Square One" sketch and this week's M&K script sketch.

That's all for now. I'll try and get some new sketches in before Christmas.

Matt/Keo

Christmas Time

Well, it's that time of year again. Christmas has come around quite quickly this year, sneaking up on me from behind November like a Jack in the Box. I'm more or less ready present wise, just a few bits and bobs to get for the family at the weekend and I'll be fine.

The Comic is ready again this year, while we're in the middle of our mini "Moo & Keo in South Africa" storyline we won't be touching on Christmas as part of main continuity we will however be marking the occation with a special two part strip on Christmas Eve & Christmas Day. Both strips were inked at the weekend and I'll be doing the colouring this weekend, so there should be nothing stopping them being up on time.

I've been doing a lot better time wise with the comics of late, I'm finding that writing in bulk helps very much. Also I've acquired a few more copic markers, and will be getting a few more again for Christmas. This gives me a lot more flexibility with what I can draw.

New Copics

Drawing Time

Sometimes I sit at home to draw the comic and I can't. It's not that I'm out of ideas or too tired, it's down to the fact that sometimes I'm weak to distractions.

Today is one of those days. If I'd have let myself I'd have spent all day playing Borderlands on my 360 (and I did indeed waste an hour on it this morning). What I like to do in such times is to bring myself away from the home distractions to do the work.

I'm currently sat in a branch of a well known coffee chain that is located inside a book shop near where I live. I've been here for the last couple of hours working on Monday's strip.






Not only is it much easier to work without the temptation to slack off but it's fun to see people's reactions too. I've been approached by 3 different sets of people asking about the strip so far, it's nice.

The view is quite nice too. To one side of the balcony the coffee shop is on I have a busy street view to the other side I have this:






Anyway, back to work.

Keo

Location:Piccadilly,,United Kingdom