I've been a professional visual designer and illustrator for decades. Much of my creative work has been for business projects. However, during the pandemic I started to develop a story based on one question. "Is it possible to get to the bottom of what's broken about existence?" Broken, Bound, BRAVE is a fun journey to explore that question. It's become my passion project.
Tools
Clip Studio, Procreate, Adobe design and illustration
The latest episode of Broken, Bound, BRAVE is up!!! The team is together still... maybe on the same page, maybe not. I'm excited about this episode, it kicks off the next set of episodes taking the crew out into the wild world.
Spretus is live as my entry into the Webtoons contest. It's in the Gripping and Thrilling category. Please check it out! I plan to bring the series here. Frankly, I'm trying to see how it does before deciding to make it a short mini-series or not. Spretus is part of the Broken, Bound, BRAVE world.
I want so share a bit of news. I did a bit of reflection in December and felt that I let my art style become something that's less of how I as an artist work. I tend to love color and expressive lines and painting strokes. This image is an example of the art style change. After the next episode, you'll see the artwork transform. Hope you enjoy it as much as I now feel it is truly an expression of me as an artist. You can read more on my free Patreon [ https://www.patreon.com/posts/fresh-direction-120528015 ]
Happy New Year! Leading up to 2025, I took some time to reflect on my goals for this series and the world I'm building. In December I began working on adjusting my illustration style to better reflect who I am as an artist and to deliver what I hope is an improved experience for readers.
I'm hoping to move to weekly episodes in 2025, but that might come around mid year or just before.
I'll share more here in January and chronical my journey on my free Patreon and IG.