COVER REVEAL!!! HELLAWEEN: Spellbent, the sequel to my debut graphic novel, picks up the following morning with a town wide curfew and Gwen making a rash decision. Neither of these things should have consequences on their plans for Halloween night...right? Coming August 20, 2024 pre-order now!
Sloane is done! (basically)
This is my first custom Monster High doll, and I learned a lot of cool new art techniques in the process. I think making my own little guy irl has fixed me. Get my comic HELLAWEEN wherever books are sold Pre-order HELLAWEEN: Spellbent out Aug 20 Progress pics under the cut!
hey, iām just here to say that I adore your art and i adore Hellaween. Iām so glad that I chose to pick up the novel when I saw it in walmart!
my friend and i have a silly little world that weāve been developing with our ocs, and we want to turn it into *something.* we keep thinking a comic sounds awesome. do you have any tips or resources for learning how to make a comic? thank you in advance and sorry if youāve been asked this before!
canāt wait for book 2 btw!
THANK YOU! I'm so psyched for people to get book 2 in their hands.
Making comics is always the cool choice to make. My big piece of advice if you've never drawn a comic is to start small. Some 1-5 pagers to get the feel for making comics and work your way up to maybe a 30-50 page comic. Starting on a smaller scale helped me feel more comfortable with the medium, test out my writing chops, figure out character dynamics and things like that. So when my books were signed I had done some small scale work (plus my then 6+ years of storyboarding) I felt more than confident enough to tackle a 200 page graphic novel. Other than that referencing is always good. My comics take a lot of inspo from my work as a storyboard artist. Like my paneling is very straightforward but my compositions are very film-y. Pick up your favorite comics again and think about why you like it so much, art style, paneling, page layouts, pacing, color/tone/BW etc
Sloane is done! (basically)
This is my first custom Monster High doll, and I learned a lot of cool new art techniques in the process. I think making my own little guy irl has fixed me. Get my comic HELLAWEEN wherever books are sold Pre-order HELLAWEEN: Spellbent out Aug 20 Progress pics under the cut!
OOOOOHH got proofs in today, book 2 is looking sick Pre-order your copy of HELLAWEEN: Spellbent out Aug 20
Miles meets Frankie
hey thats my book!
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I'm delighted to finally share the cover of my upcoming MG graphic novelāTHE FIRELIGHT APPRENTICE!
In a city powered by magic and still recovering from a bloody war, Ada isĀ concernedĀ about her younger sisterĀ Safiās developing powers. She understandsĀ that Safi could learn how to control her magic under the apprenticeship of aĀ king'sĀ magician. But withĀ the memories of war still fresh, AdaĀ is conflicted by this prospectādespiteĀ her knowing that she canāt keep Safi safely at home with the threat of deadly, power-thieving liches prowling the kingdom.Ā When a traveling group of magicians comes to the city to perform, theyĀ immediately recognize Safiās talents and offer to take her on as an apprentice. Safi is thrilled about her new adventureāeven if that means leaving behind Ada and their sickly father. And Ada is right to worry about her sister,Ā for there may beĀ monstersĀ hidingĀ behindĀ friendly facesā¦
Out October 29, 2024 with QuillTree Books/HarperCollins >>>Available for pre-order NOW<<<
Did Sloane and Miles get their skateboards in the land of the living or is there an underground skate scene in the Hallowlands? + What would their dream deck art look like?
I could answer this now, but I'll have a BETTER answer when book 2 comes out I think Sloane would have something super sick and monstrous on their board, in the style of maybe Miss Monster or Coey Kuhn. Miles's board would be 100% stickers. You didn't ask but, Gwen's dream board is her broom. If she did pick up another board it would be very Halloween themed with classic witch imagery and she'd probably enchant it to glow in the dark.
Apologies if this is something you will show in a future book, but how did Miles, Gwen, and Sloane meet and become friends? Was it the most chill of hangouts?
book 2!
Hellaween appeared in a nightmare I had! On the shelves of a bookstore I saw the first book, as well as a spinoff: Gwen's Guide to The Hallowlands. It'd make more sense for Sloane and Miles to host such a book, especially given the banter two hosts could have, but a fun concept, right? Sadly I never got to read it because the little paying machine thingy kept showing me worse and worse misfortunes in my future, culminating in my demise by car crash, instead of just accepting my card
oh my god lmao
I feel like Gwen would be the most likely to try to write a guide to the Hallowlands, despite having no experience there, but Miles and Sloane would write notes correcting her all over it.
Iāve been asked on several occasions for a HELLAWEEN x Monster High mash up, and Iām more than happy to deliver. Starting with my two favorite pink witches.
Beat boards! You may recognize these scenes from the third act of HELLAWEEN, but I first drew these for an animated series pitch around 2019 to help sell the tone. I drew several more but those contain spoilers for book 2
2023 > 2018 > 2014 (from twitter) HELLAWEEN has come SO far since it burst into existence. Fresh out of art school at an internship that gave me a full blown career crisis, and I needed to make something completely self indulgent or die. Nearly a decade later I FINALLY get to share their story Over the Garden Wall had just premiered and it hit me like a brick. "Just fucking do whatever dude! what if My Chemical Romance wrote the sound track to Scooby-Doo? What if Tony Hawks Pro Skater took place in a Spirit store? squash your favorite things into a big spooky katamari" and it worked! Suddenly drawing was fun again and nobody had to tell me it wasn't marketable because it was just for me. I made a bunch of zines, a couple comics, started pitching it to animation studios... before I landed in Penguin's capable flippers for 2 full graphic novels. AND NOW ITS A WHOLE ASS BOOK YOU CAN READ AAAAAHHHHHHH HELLAWEEN debutes 8/8 (tomorrow) https://bit.ly/HellaweenBook
every time I think about trying to promote my stuff in the current social media climate I scream
I'd rather eat gravel than show my face or join tiktok