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The first of many videos from Paul Kercal who ran the art stand at LSCC 2016 this year.
Thanks for the cool footage and the mention.


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There were many stands at London Super Comic Con 2016 this year but one stand I spent quite a bit of time at was the very welcoming art stand run by Paul Kercal and some of his student helpers.

From what I can tell there are various bits of tech and software coming together to help form this stand:

• Promethean hardware: Imagine a flat screen TV that acts as a giant touchscreen monitor, has multi-touch functionality and a whiteboard style marker as a drawing stylus. This was running windows and Art Rage software. This was great fun to use and reminds me of use a big whiteboard with markers (incidentally my current work place has whiteboard paint on the walls which is great for doodling while making coffee in the kitchen). I used this screen twice doing a couple of sketches, one I even managed to colour. 

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London Super Comic Con 2016 whizzed its way around the calendar and housed itself in back in the Excel where, incidentally, there was a baby exhibition, a classic car exhibition and a franchise exhibition on at the same time. So making my way between heavily pregnant women, businessmen and car enthusiasts I hurried my way through the crowd to make it to LSCC.


LSCC has definitely improved over the years. Each year seems to see an increase in attendees. Not even the gloomy weather and slight rain could dampen the spirit of cosplayers and comic book fans. I think there were more cosplayers this year than ever, and LSCC was prepared with several panel events and stands dedicated to cosplaying.

However I was there for different reasons. I attended panels on publishing your own comic, sequential storytelling and inking (discussed by Scott Williams). All three of these were enjoyable but I particularly enjoyed the inking panel with Mr. Williams who related his experiences of working with other creators like Jim Lee.





I met various comic creators and Comic Con is always a great place to get feedback, advice as well as network with other creators for future projects. In addition, there was an impressive list of artists and writers from all over the globe including all round nice guy, David Finch, who I interviewed back in LSCC 2013 (as a very obvious novice to doing interviews).

I bought some comics, some art supplies and even spent some time at a very interesting and fun stand (more to come on that). I will make blog posts on each of these aspects in a bit more detail but for now enjoy a few snaps taken throughout the con.






























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Fear of Strangers... No I'm not talking about you, don't run away.

Xenophobia (fear of strangers) was the theme of the third issue of the anthology series from Outré Press, headed up by Glenn Møane and Magnus Aspli. Each anthology issue was has a central theme that is explored by short stories.

Now granted, this piece of work was completed some time ago but I am resurrecting this blog and am planning to keep it up to date. So I am revisiting old draft posts that I had prepared some time ago with a view to posting regularly.

So back to the tale... I replied to an advert on DigitalWebbing (a great site for for collaborating on comics) and was assigned to pencil and ink one particular story.

"The Day the Foreigner Came"
Written by Landon Wright
Colour by Kóte Carvajal
Letters by Sean Rinehart


This was my first commission ever and I learnt a lot about the process doing it. I was far from happy on the end result but I managed to get just that... an end result. No more talking about doing a comic with no results.

The issue is available on Comixology at a bargain price, but Magnus and Glenn always intended these anthologies to be free and you can either read these online on the Outré Press site (link below) or download them for free in various formats.

>>>> READ THE COMIC <<<<

Outré Press also did a creator spotlight on me which was fun and showcased some art of mine for which I'm grateful for. Link is below.

>>>> CREATOR SPOTLIGHT <<<<

One thing I didn't expect for my very first published collaboration project was reviews!
I got a mixture of reviews and I agree with the negative comments completely and will look to improve on the next project. I was totally not expecting reviews of any kind and it was fun and exciting to read several different reviews.

Here are some snippets, specifically in reference to my art:

Sequart (Includes preview with my art ): "The art reminds me of the art in 'Trees' as there is almost a sandpapery feel to it. The facial structure to the characters are dubious, either the eyes are too far apart or the mouths too big. The panel structure was alright, but it wasn’t as impressive as the previous artist."

Geek Syndicate: "Art is by Sebastian Chow and Kóte Carvajal. Rough and ready might be a good description. Almost as if trying to reflect life in rural Georgia by odd character design and basic backgrounds."

CB: "The art was really good for each story. In particular the first two tales had solid art that fit the stories. With the second story the artist definitely saved the day since the entire story happens in one room."

Some positive and some negative but any feedback is good for me at the moment! anthology , Outre