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Avid fans may recognize this kind of creature as the same that kidnapped Phin in The Hollow Earth.

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Phin, aged 17, at Fourier.

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Old Art in the Wild

I was sent his pic of some old art someone of Facebook sent to me with questions of where they were used.

The black and white one was the line art for the first edition of The Complete Phineus Volume 1. The color one in the middle was going to be the cover for Issue #6, if I remember correctly ( I ended up using a Photo of myself from photo class as Rotwang).

The third one, I completely forgot about. I believe I did some color pics for when John Burris and I ran Backwaters RPG at gaming conventions. It was a blast from the past!

I still get freaked out by art I’d forgotten I’d drawn, even 30 years ago!

Secret Santa Wizzard

Here’s an art piece I did for Draw or Die’s Secret Santa! Starting to feel better after Covid and a Sinus infection right after, been a rough month and a half.

Phineus by Andrew Lopez

Here is a great piece of Phineus guest art by Drew Lopez. It was all part of the art exchange through Draw or Die Club.

Check out Drew at: https://tr.ee/hNuqWjRiag

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We’re back with Boy Wizards, as well! This is looking to be a fun story. It’s fun to draw!

To get caught up, hit this link… https://phinmagic.net/category/83-boy-wizards/

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And we’re back! I’ll be working back and forth on M&G, Boy Wizards and my X-Mas story.

you can get caught up on the story so far by following the link… https://phinmagicstudio.wordpress.com/category/85-maynard-and-grimm/

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And this story is finally done. Took way too long. Depression and anxiety are for reals.

Up, next, Maynard and Grimm’s final 8 pages, then Boy Wizards!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

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We get our first glimpse of Ro’s Matchmagic!

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The girls are in some trouble, no?

The Complete Phineus Volume 2 second edition cover

After finishing up the bonus Phineus story, “The Lake Erie Horror “, I got the cover done for the next Trade Paperback. The Complete Phineus Volume 2 second edition will be up for sale at Amazon, soon. I have some design work to do before I send it off.

Once this goes up, I still have stories and new covers to do for Trades Complete Phineus 3, 4 & 5, and Maynard and Grimm.

All my books can be purchased at my Amazon store.

Drawing Every Damn Day

Drawing every day isn’t always easy. Seems easy. Just draw. Stuff can get in the way. You’re tired. You’re busy. You’re sick. I get it.

I used to draw every day. For years. Decades, even. There a few years, back in the early 10s where I almost did 200 pages a year. I slowed down, as stuff happened.

My daughter was diagnosed with an auto-immune disease and we spent a lot of time in Children’s Hospital for a good 6 years. Still, I drew, if not every day, most days.

Then, the Car accident happened and I lost a lot of mobility and strength in both hands, most in my drawing hand. Months of physical therapy and I taught my hand to draw again. Since then, I’ve had fits and starts. I deal with pain and arthritis from the injury, and PTSD from the roll-over crash.

But, ironically, the best medicine, for my mental health is drawing. Without art, I become depressed, anxious and miserable. So, I fight through it. I fight through the pain, the doubt, the self loathing, the fear and the desperation, because I know art is my salvation.

I usually, these days, draw digitally. I miss the tactile feel of pen and pencil on paper, so I’m doing a lot more sketching and doing stories on paper to mix it up. Drawing is drawing.

Draw or die is a very real thing. Researchers discovered that people who engaged in artistic activities, such as painting, drawing and sculpting, in both middle and old age were 73% less likely to have memory and thinking problems, such as mild cognitive Impairment, that lead to dementia.

Right now I am in a stretch of about a month and a half of drawing every day. It feels so good!

I know I’ll go through bouts of doubt and art block. I’ll fight through it and draw.

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Squishy headed Fae!

I’ve been on a roll. I’ve drawn 18 pages in the last month. And they’re GOOD! I thank you all for your patience over the last few years. My car accident not only messed up my hands, but my head as well. Hopefully that’s behind me, I’ll keep drawing!

Step By Step of a Kali Saga Page

Here’s some pics of an older page, as I drew them back in 2013. I don’t think I ever shared them. I sometime miss doing pages on paper with ink. That’s why I’m doing just that on the new bonus story. “The Lake Erie Horror”, available to Patrons on my Patreon page.

If I dig up any more shots like this, I’ll post them. A new “Barcrawl” page will be up very soon, as well.

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Magical doubletap!

Hannah Holmes

Here’s a character concept for a new Brian Babyok scripted Phineus story called, “Phineus – Queen of the Cold Night“. Coming soon, after I finish up a few other stories, first!

New Stuff is On the Way

I’ve been working on new pages and fleshing out story ideas. A lot of my time, recently has been spent working on a commission story. This has been financially helpful, as well as a good kick in my creativity! I haven’t felt this good about art and art making since before the car accident that ruined my drawing thumb. I’m so excited!

The plan is to work on the commission AND my comic at the same time. Now that I’ve unstuck myself, should be doable!

I have been working out some kinks in the two current stories, buy sketching them out in my sketchbook. God, I missed sketchbooking. So, more of sketchbooking to come, as well. Helps me think out loud.

I should have a new page of “Barcrawl” out this week. Above are what I’ve been drawing in the last few days!

Early Phin and Sara Sketchbooking

Here are some old sketches from my college sketchbooks for Phin and Sara. This was all prepping for what would eventually be “Dismember Me When You’re Gone”, the official first Phineus comic.

There was a lot of playing with looks and poses. As well as a lot of sloppy texture. It’s a fun look back at where I was way back in 1990-1991.

Phineus through the years

I updated the strip I had of this from 2015 to include the newest stuff.

Draw or Die Draw Together

So, on Tuesday I attended the second monthly Draw Together event put on my D.J.Coffman and his wife Ally for Draw or Die Club in downtown Pittsburgh at the Federal Gallery

It was super fun, and I got to hang out with some old friends and met a bunch of new artists to sit, eat, talk and DRAW together. It’s a really fun thing to do, to draw around other people and socialize. As an artist, I usually sit and draw by myself. It’s so much more fun, with company

Draw or Die Club is a club that promotes drawing, every day. For fun, for profit, for mental well-being. It’s awesome. https://drawordie.co/

DJ had a list of prompts to go from and you could roll a dice and see what to draw. I ended up doing one of each and an extra doodle, too.

I’ll probably do this next month, too. And if you’re in Pittsburgh come on down and hang out!