This July I’m heading to New York City to attend ICON5, and I’m pretty pumped up about it. I found out about the convention via Drawn! and to be honest I was a little skeptical at first; the price-tag seemed pretty high, and I had to factor in travel and accommodations as well!

But then I saw that James Jean was heading up a workshop on digital colouring! Suddenly I was interested in checking it out! The more I looked into what the con had to offer, the more impressed I got… and the more that hefty price-tag started to sound reasonable.

I’ve been a big fan of James’ work since I first stumbled on his blog while randomly exploring the internet. The first thing that caught my attention was his amazing eye for colour and lighting. I was deeply humbled by his abilities… and now I have a chance to glean some insight into his technique!

I’m really looking forward to collaborating with some fellow illustrators in a workshop setting - for the most part, my experiences working with other artists has been predominantly online (with a few cherished exceptions), and this will be a nice change of pace.

After checking out his blog, make sure to hit up James’ website (be sure to browse his sketchbooks!

As for the rest ICON has to offer; I’ll have more to say on that in the future!

“Getting Clean” and “Shinedown” are the copyright © James Jean, all rights reserved.

The good folks over at Fray are putting out their premiere print issue this coming January, and I got to take part as an illustrator. I’d love to tell you more, but that would just spoil the surprise! Why not head on over to Fray.com, check it out for yourself and subscribe to the mag?

Updates have been slow coming, I know… I’m going to make up for that. Firstly, there’s going to be a new version of this site - I started the design earlier last month, but put it on hold to see what the new WordPress release will have to offer. I’m hoping to incorporate some kind of store feature so that I can sell prints etc.

Secondly, you can expect a brand new drawing every day next month! Yup, to celebrate the coming of Autumn I’m going to post thirty-one original ghost sketches throughout the month of October - culminating on Halloween!