Welcome to the making of Fixed Planet

Hello, and welcome.

The Fixed Planet comic/ blog started as a space for me to test out techniques and ideas that I wanted to try. It's tough to sit in front of a blank page/ canvas/ screen and think of what to actually draw/ paint/ create. To get past this initial blocking phase, I decided to write a story. The theory being, that every time I want to try out a new technique, or practice something in particular, I can just start on the next page of the comic.

For this reason, you will notice the style of Fixed Planet changing often and perhaps largely. I know where the story is heading, but not the art. So hopefully, throughout my experimentation, you, the reader will be presented by some nice pictures and ideas to view along the way. So if you're thinking all of a sudden, why does it look like this? It may be that I've drawn it out by running syrup out of my nostrils on to a sheet of perspex and then taken a photo of it. Not that that's a technique I'm particularly interested in trying out...

So, keep checking back here for a little "how and why" on each page section.

Best and thanks.