Award Shortlist: Hi all, my “Elizabeth I: Women Who Were Kings #3” was shortlisted for the 2021 Ledger Awards, which celebrates excellence in Australian comic arts. Congrats to the other shortlisted creators, and to the winner!
Manga Exhibition: I’m part of the National Cartoon Gallery and the Japanese Embassy’s “Manga Mania” exhibition in Coff’s Harbour. Running from 18th June to 15th August 2021, the exhibition features Australian and Japanese manga artists, and winning works from the 14th International Manga Awards. Check it out!
I did an interview for Inner West council, on women in gaming. Here, I talk about taking some of my skills and applying it to video game art. If you’re a comic book artist and am interested in wandering into video game art, this may be an interesting area for you to have a look into.
On International Women’s Day on the 8th March 2021, my graphic novel series “Women Who Were Kings“ was celebrated by women’s empowerment organisation SheSaw and the shopping centre World Square in the Sydney CBD. I was one of twelve women hand-picked to have a commemorative portrait done of me, and I also gave a talk/interview about my biographical series.
Many thanks to the organisers at SheSaw, the wonderful artists who created my portrait (one of a series), the people who attended my talk, and to those who bought my books! I also want to thank World Square and the City of Sydney for hosting my talk.
The portrait series is at World Square, at the corner of George and Goulburn St. It’s smack bang in the middle of the CBD so you can’t miss it, and it will be there for the rest of March 2021!
Here’s me next to my portrait with my books#NowYouSeeHer at WorldSquare, corner of George and Goulburn StThanks to Donna form SheSaw for coordinating the interview/talk itself and organising itMany thanks to Annie who attended here, and to everyone else who came and bought a book!
There is also a SheSaw app that you can download from the app store, that creates a virtual statue (augmented reality) of me in the middle of World Square.
To use it, download it and locate my statue using the app, and then stand at the designated spot (which happens to be in front of the SuperDry store at World Square), then use the camera. You’ll see a virtual “pin” of a statue pop up that describes some of my achievements.
Download the SheSaw app and use it at the right spot with location detection……and Viola! Here’s a pin that represents me (in front of the SuperDry store in World Square)
The exhibition will continue through Women’s History Month in March 2021! Visit World Square at the corner of George and Goulburn St in the city of Sydney to check out the portraits!
Here’s an A4 piece of #AustralianBushfires charity art I did for the “Toons 4 Wildlife“ exhibition, to raise money for WIRES due to the horrific 2019 bushfires last year.
It’s organised by Mark from TIPPETTURES and The National Cartoon Gallery in Coffs Harbour, and the exhibition runs from the 22nd Aug 2020 ~ 25th Oct 2020. Please visit and buy a few prints to raise money!
Sales: If you want to buy a print of this, please contact the National Cartoon Gallery to arrange it. All proceeds will go to help Australia wildlife and WIRES.
This piece is an A4 digital piece, and its first print was sold on opening night. There will be more postcard prints made of it to further the fundraising cause, and be sold as part of collections.
I’ve finally shifted to fully digital production of comics and illustrations in Clip Studio, and I’m looking to try new digital painting styles/techniques, particularly when it comes to light and shadow.
Attack on Titan fanart of Mikasa, done using digital chalk.Attack on Titan fanart of Levi and Beast Titan, digital oil painting brush.Face of a girl done using grisaille method (a first! Real big help!), digital airbrush.
