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Kung-Fu Panda & Brisbane Supanova 2014
I’ll be at Brisbane Supanova this weekend in Artist’s Alley table 87 ( HILT – Nick Smith) on the final leg of the Hilt 2024 tour. Come by and grab a copy, or a print, including these new Kung Fu Panda images. Hope to see you there!
Ashcan 9 cover art & ZICS
I recently had the opportunity to create the cover artwork for Ashcan, issue #9. Ashcan is a collaborative project designed to bring together comic artists and writers, giving them the opportunity to have their work published for free in a print medium. You can pick up a copy from the Ashcan table (#13) at this weekend’s Zine and Indie Comic Symposium (ZICS) at The Edge, part of the State Library of Queensland, South Bank, Brisbane. I will be sharing the table and pimping out my comic Hilt once more, so if you’re in the area, come and say hello, and check out all the other great artists and writers that Brisbane has to offer.
Art Nuggets Store
Good news, everyone! I’m pleased to announce that the Art Nuggets Store is now online. You can now purchase my comic Hilt, as well as my art book, Art Nuggets – Year One. Powered through Big Cartel, purchases can be shipped to anywhere in the world.
I plan to have t-shirts available eventually, as well as prints. Indeed, if there are any images that you would like to see as prints, please drop me a line at nick@artnuggets.net
Happy shopping!
Supanova Melbourne April 11th-13th
Another weekend, another Supanova Pop Culture Expo. This time it’s down in Melbourne, at the Showgrounds in Ascot Vale. You’ll be able to find me in The Alley at Booth A85, where I’ll be pimping my new comic Hilt, as well as prints. Hope to see some of you Victorians there!
Supanova Gold Coast April 4th-6th
Looking forward to this weekend’s Supanova at the Gold Coast convention centre. You can find me at booth A29 in the Independent Press Zone of The Alley. I’ll be there selling my comic Hilt with my mate Zachary so come by, say ‘hi’ and buy!
Hilt – Finished!
I’m glad to say that I’ve finally finished Hilt. It is currently at the printers in preparation for my exhibiting at Gold Coast Supanova (April 4th-6th) and Melbourne Supanova (April 11th-13th). After that I will have it on sale online. More details to come. In the meantime, here’s the cover image.
Hilt – The Final Furlong
Just a quick post to say that while the blog has been pretty dormant of late, I have been hard at work behind the scenes putting all hours God sends into finishing my comic Hilt. Only 2.5 pages to go! I’ll be premiering the printed comic at Supanova on the Gold Coast (April 4th – 6th) and Melbourne (April 11th – 13th). Here’s quick snap of a some original art to be going on with. Hope you can make it to either/or and pick up a copy. Wish me luck!
Supanova Brisbane 2013
Just a quick post to say that I’ll be in Artist’s Alley at this coming weekend’s Supanova at the RNA Showgrounds in Brisbane. I’ll be selling the usual prints and Art Nuggets: Year One book, as well as giving away these 5 page preview flyers for the HILT comic. If you’re attending, come by and pick one up.
HILT – Process Demo
This week I’m taking a break from my day job at Defiant Development to blitz my comic in an effort to get ahead on it. It’s been a productive few days and is going to be capped by my attendance at ZICS (Zines & Indie Comic Symposium) this weekend. I’ll have a table there selling my wares, and will be doing a talk about my motivation and process I use in my Hilt at 2pm on Sunday as part of the Skillz 2 Pay the Billz workshop. If you’re in the Brisbane area come check it out.
In the meantime over at the HILT blog I’ve posted a style test I did a while back, an example of which is at the top. Click on the link or the image to head on over and check it out.
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