Put a few more slots up, plus another slot for a figure drawing!

"The City Silent" page 267. Smatt spotlight. Work has been sucking all my creative energy away lately and will be for the foreseeable future.

I was asked to draw an illustration for the game "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33", but so that the main characters of the game would be in the form of anthropomorphic cats. #ClairObscur #Expedition33 #Clair_Obscur_Expedition_33 #Clair_Obscur #Expedition_33 #Esquie #cat #cats

We've got a nice, light-hearted, could-never-REALLY-happen-right? movie this week: 1971's "The Andromeda Strain." Like we don't have enough plagues here on Earth . . . maxmikemovies.com/episode-369-...

"The City Silent" page 266. Whatever else, the little bastards are fun to draw.

Poll! What is the most accurate feeling sci-fi movie you've ever seen? Comment below or call 617-398-7266!

Too much snow. #illustrator #illustration #art #picture #graphic #winter #anthropomorphicanimals #anthropo #anthropoanimals #furry #Snow #raven #Sparrow

"The City Silent" page 265. Two pages in one week. That's blindingly fast for me!

Working on the next page of the comic. The mice, once 'painted,' colored and covered with a blending layer are harder to see. They've been a lot of fun to draw in the current track. So here they are, inks only: Smatt, Rooster, Terry.

"The City Silent" page 264. Rooster, Smatt, Terry. They're all terrible. Just wait. #comics #opera #graffiti #thecitysilent #procreate #affinity #noai

liftlook #illustration #art #picture #graphic #fox #furry #anthropomorphicanimals #anthropo #anthropoanimals

You gotta do it. Dont worry about making mistakes. Dont worry about “doing it wrong.” Learn as you go. Figure out what works and realize that the path is different for everybody. The time will pass either way, you can either spend it thinking about making comics or making comics.

be easy, for from the hands of your enemies I have delivered you

It's a new year. I'm trying to not just click the 'like' button and am trying to leave more comments. I see a lot of folks saying how important they are. I certainly know how good it makes me feel to get one.

"The City Silent" page 263. Destructive little bastards.

New series: "Cuz I Wanna (And You're Gonna Like It)"! Movies we just wanna talk about. First up, 1999's "Dogma." Max's favorite Kevin Smith movie! Set up your Buddy Christ and join us! maxmikemovies.com/episode-366-...

Poll! What is your favorite cinematic depiction of a celestial being (any mythos)? Write below or call 617-398-7266!

City Silent page 262. Smatt's the loudest.

I think I'm best at composition and color. I manage to keep working on projects that take many years to complete.

"The City Silent" page 261. The comic is so slow in coming. Hope to do a lot better this year.

In my case, it was 67. Each year varies. 54 pages of comics, 11 portraits, 2 landscapes.

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Poll! What is your favorite cinematic plot twist and why? Comment below or call 617-398-7266!

And one last old piece. I did this for my partner, I think for a birthday card. Don't know if I ever posted it. A mix of hand drawn and vector-built image.

One time, I tried to make comics the usual way; with a script, planned out, laid out, sketched, etc. This is as far as I got. It was also the last time I used actual panels and word balloons. I did a TON of character design with those rabbits. It never gelled.

Sure, we all know about Dracula, but what about his number-one bug-eater Renfield? Finally someone has the guys to tell his story in 2023's "Renfield" with Nicholases Hoult and Cage! Give us a listen, won't we? maxmikemovies.com/episode-364-...

Poll! What part of standard vampire lore strikes you as silly or dumb (NOT sparkling)? Write or call 617-398-7266!

"Best" of 2025. Or 'Art vs. Artist,' though I used a self portrait for the middle square. 54 pages of "The City Silent," 11 portraits and two landscapes. I guess it wasn't a bad year? Still going too slowly on the comic. Still, I grew, expanded as an artist so that'll have to do.

Been working on this one way too long. I maxed out layers on two of the four Procreate files I used for this. Never done that before. I referenced a Caillebotte painting of Paris for this as a part of Harvard Square always felt like that painting to me.

Happy holidays, all, whichever you might celebrate, whenever you celebrate it. This is an old one as I don't do holiday cards any more but it was my favorite. My husband's the otter, I'm the coyote and our cat's in the middle. I hope you all find some moments of peace.

Managed to finish the page today. Getting the text in is easy once everything else is in place. But yah, don't care for word balloons.

And here's the WIP version after arranging the characters and doing the highlight cutting. I can already see where some of the text is going to go.

And here's a video of me cutting the overlay to show where the light falls on the dancing mice. The overlay is a dark blue filled layer set to 59% opacity and multiply. I just cut out the parts I want to look highlighted...using a mouse. :D Any questions welcome.

No idea if this will be helpful or not, but this is how I compose an average page of my comics. All characters are drawn separately then added, moved about, resized, etc until it looks good. Here I had to make a change as Rooster was on the wrong side. Ask any questions you like, if it'll help.

Saw another artist talk about changing styles and how much fun it can be to play. I always worried it threw people off. These are from my major comics projects; "Fite!", "Harlon," "The City Dreams of Tamino the Cat," and "The City Silent." Styles are all over the place. Probably not a good thing.

When I was doing the Zippa section of "The City Silent," I really wanted to capture the feel of 80s/90s local rock band fliers. I took it far enough that I printed some out, wrinkled them and then scanned them, vectorizing the results. That was too much but I still liked the results.

Not much to look at here, but if you came to my panel at MFF, this is a kind of follow up. Working on the next page of the comic. All I have is an idea and some ref. So I draw one figure, get him set, draw the second, try and make him fit. Will fiddle about with the third, later. Lots of fiddling.

Inked some of the Smatt images and threw in a punk coyote I sketched as well. I think the band's name is 'Filth.' :D

Wandering through Instagram, listening to some jazz and messing around with some angular styles for the rotten mice.

The first four pages of my comic, "The City Dreams of Tamino the Cat." The whole story is told in a four page 'rhythm.' Best of all, it's finished and you can download it for free here: tblue.gumroad.com

Made a little sketch for @nemera.bsky.social awhile back. Just a little something for him to play with. He'll add his finished version as soon as I get off my ass and post this. :D

Just back from MFF, which was a lot of fun. So I haven't drawn a lot lately. So here's some more stuff from the far past. I used to do a lot of fashion based stuff with made up labels and brands. Here are some of them. They don't make a lot of sense. :D

I want to thank everyone who came out to my panel at MFF. It was really wonderful that you not only attended but had such great questions and things to offer others that want to get started in comics. I hope I was able to offer something you found of use.

Hey folks attending MFF, I will be doing a panel on Sunday, December 7th at 3:30 in the O'Hare room called, "How NOT to Make Comics." It's all about the method I use, why it's weird and why it's not recommended but also why it works for me. If you're at the con, why not drop in and have a seat?

Another member of the band. Shoegazer McLongtorso.

Hey folks attending MFF, I will be doing a panel on Sunday, December 7th at 3:30 in the O'Hare room called, "How NOT to Make Comics." It's all about the method I use, why it's weird and why it's not recommended but also why it works for me. If you're at the con, why not drop in and have a seat?

Got one more in. PunkYote LongTorso. :D

I don't know who he is, but he seems to be having fun. Just a little quick sketch while I'm working on something more labor intensive.

Do you hunger? Sure, we all do! At this time of year, we all need to sate our hunger the way Deneuve and Bowie did in "The Hunger": with the blood of the innocent! Nummers! Hanh? What is this "cranberry sauce"? Weird. Give a listen and we'll surely give thanks! maxmikemovies.com/episode-361-...