Introducing Fever Scream Comics, a broadsheet comics project

Now back from a short hiatus of personal work, I'm happy to announce my next personal comics project. Fever Scream Comics will be a small collection of 4 part stories presented in the broad sheet newspaper format. Heavily inspired by the works of Windsor McCay and the fantastic broadsheet collection from DC: Wednesday Comics. I want to use the board sheet format because it's an approach to comics thats foreign to me, and that can lead to interesting forms of storytelling compression that results in a tight,  concise narrative sequence.

The image above is the first page for a 4 page story to be featured in Fever Scream, I wanted to use the space to create a flowing sequence that I otherwise might not have done given a different format.

I'll post an update when the first issue is ready.

J.J Scott Illustration now on Instagram!

Search for: JJSCOTTILLUSTRATION on Instagram and check it out! 

heres a link!: JJSCOTTILLUSTRATION on INSTAGRAM

some work from recent projects

A few pieces from projects i'm currently working on, focusing a lot on use of colour recently.

Photos from my Solo Show at the King's Theatre!

Anglepoise Living Lamp: one of the winning books

Living Lamp was a professional brief set by British lighting maker Anglepoise® for final year BA Illustration students at the University of Portsmouth. Over 40 students were tasked with bringing an Anglepoise® lamp to life by exploring the narratives around their anthropomorphic qualities through a single concertina sketch book. Each concept was kept under wraps until the end of the campaign, when all the sketchbooks were presented simultaneously. 9 winners were selected by Anglepoise® Brand



My Narrative was selected as one of the 9 winners, It was an exciting experience working in secret from my piers and the Anglepoise company, which made the big reveal event both tense and exciting. 

A brief preview of the comic i'm currently working on "Farang: Red and Yellow"

Latest comic work

A brief preview of some of the mini comics i'm currently working on, a lot of heavily textured work. looking into exploring this print textured look further.

An update on current projects

The Southsea Arts Fair went fantastic, we received a great turn out. It was great to meet such talented contemporaries as well as get a chance to sell sketches to the fair goers. My favourite part of events like this isn't only the chance to meet other artists and illustrators, but having an opportunity to talk with the people attending the fair whilst preparing their sketches, talking comics and animation is a great way to know who your drawing for. i'd love to do more events and conventions like this in the future.

  

here is a small piece from a current side project with the working title "Rodent Warriors", working on a short narrative using anthropomorphic rodents, something like "is Watership Down was a martial arts film", taking inspiration from graphic works such as Lone Wolf and Cub, i'm excited to see how this develops and what form it'll take.

Appearing at Southsea Arts Fair, drop on by!

If your in the Portsmouth area tomorrow from 1:00 to 6:00 PM drop on by the One Eyed Dog in Albert road, where i'll be exhibiting at the Southsea Arts Fair! I'll be selling prints, exclusive mini prints as well as doing sketches on the day. it's a great opportunity to see the young and independent talent from the Portsmouth area, as well as numerous other artists and illustrators there will also be live music at the venue. drop on by and say hello!

A selection of the exclusive mini prints for the Southsea Arts Fair

an example of some of the prints available for sale at the event 

for more information on the event check out their Facebook page here

an update on happenings in Thailand

some of the studies i've been doing around Khon Kaen

A little way through my time in Thailand, i'm continuing to do visual studies as well as capture some great photo reference. i've been experiencing a lot of the culture, tradition is a much bigger factor in day to day life than back in the UK. most of my time has been spent traveling around Chaing Mai before heading back to Khon Kaen, in both cities i've explored at least five different Buddhist temples and spirit houses, it's been interesting contrasting the traditional, eccentric design of the temples and villages with the bright, japanese influenced shopping complexes and city centres. I look forward to spending more time in the night market, grabbing some sketches and photos there.

working on comics during the down-time

during the rare opportunities I have for some downtime i'm still making some comics, some based in Thailand, some inspired by the design and culture i've seen during my trip so far.

Work from the latest sketch jam

Other pieces from the jam proved much harder to scan, I may continue the comic started that night, depending on the time I have between now and when I leave for Thailand. Sketch-Jams can be a blast, a fantastic way to meet other creators and get the creative blood flowing.