Tim makes things

The ramblings of dutch illustrator and game developer Hedgefield

Category: Illustration

  • Bits n bobs

    Thought I’d post something again. I haven’t really been sketching that much anymore lately. Too busy with other things I guess.

    Here’s some old (and not-so-old) pages from the sketchbook.

    The first one has a couple of rough mockups of what our game in the first semester was supposed to look like, along with some complicated calculations for the economic system in the game.

    This one is from the kickoff of our current project, where we built a small (anti-)valentine’s game, “Detéste L’Amour”. You can check it out in the games section of my portfolio.

    In other news, PoseurInk was at Wondercon this weekend, shopping around the anthology among other things, and the word is that people are pretty stoked about it. So I’m looking forward to receiving my contributor copy and reading the first reviews. 🙂

  • A day in the life

    The Hourly comics craze has caught up with me. So enjoy an exciting day in the life of a game designer!

    Click to see the entire thing.

  • It’s official

    Rachel put up the list of contributors to the SideB anthology today, and my story made the cut! It will be included in the book along with submissions from guys like Box Brown, Jon Chad, Joshua Kemble, Mitch Clem and Ryan Kelly. Exciting!

  • Oh and by the way

    I’ve started showing the AFF graphic novel to a few people, and responses so far have been very positive. A few quotes:

    – Manages to create the other-worldly feeling of being in love, visually
    – Beautifully written, straight from the heart
    – Reminds me of Derek Kirk Kim’s work
    – So good it makes me sick to my stomach
    – That’s it, I quit!

    Ofcourse the first copy had to go to the lady that the story is about. So I printed a copy through Lulu.com and gave it to her when we met up in Germany. It was great to hear she was flattered by “this wonderful and lovely work of art!”

    The deadline for the anthology it’s appearing in is almost up, so that should enter production sometime soon.

    Other than that, a few panels from the comic are currently on display in the halls of my art college, and I’ve been invited to be a guest on the Art & Story Alive podcast for their Valentine’s Day special to talk about the book and how to effectively portray love in comics.

    So yeah, happy camper here.

  • It is done

    It is done

    After months of pondering, rewrites and hard work I’ve finally wrapped up my submission for the music comic anthology! This short story gives readers an insight into how A Fine Frenzy’s music has influenced my life.

    You might remember I posted the first page a while ago. Well, that version was axed completely.

    There was just no flow in the story, so I rewrote it with a little help from the Art & Story crew, and what came out ended up a lot more personal than I thought it would get, but I think it’s a solid tale now.

    The anthology is scheduled to be in bookstores roughly around spring 2009. I’ll keep you guys posted.

  • It’s all coming together

    Like I said earlier, music often inspires me, but I rarely start any projects directly based on that inspiration. Then along comes PoseurInk. I had caught wind of their journalcomic via Fleen a couple of days ago, and it turns out they’re running a collaborative comic book project for autobiographical stories about people and their relationship with music.

    Sound like a project right up my alley. Not only have I been looking for a short side project such as this for a while, it’s also another good outlet for my fascination with A Fine Frenzy. Plus there’s a chance it’ll get published along with the stories of other great comic artists. The strip has to be between 2 and 6 pages long, and the deadline is November, so I think EVEN I can make that.

  • Webcomic picks

    I’ve been reading Fleen recently, one of the most popular comic news sites. It’s a little sensationalist, as opposed to for example The Comics Journal, but they have good content most of the time. It’s good to have a look around the scene sometimes at what other people are doing. I’ve discovered a few new webcomics that I really like through there. Maybe you will too.

    Dresden Codak
    Gorgeous art and layouts.

    Cat and Girl
    This is a very interesting strip, a little high-brow. It somehow reminds me of a sort of amalgam of Dilbert and Calvin and Hobbes.

    Sin Titulo
    Found this one on Fleen today. I’m in love with the art style. Very good.

    Scary Go Round
    My favourite new webcomics. Full of wacky antics and colourful characters. John Allison has a unique way with words.

  • Upgrades

    I don’t know if it’s the season, or the upswing after a down period, but I’ve been working like crazy.

    I’ve got the last few comics in this dinerdate storyline planned out, they’ll be going up in the coming weeks before New Year. And for the 5 year anniversary come January, I’ve been working on a totally new site design. Well, the aesthetics will remain very similar, but it’ll all be running on a CMS, which means lots of sweet little features like rss feeds for the comic, post tagging, proper commenting on both the blog and the strip, etc, etc. I’m especially looking forward to having everything in one place, and being able to edit it all online on-the-fly.

    And I had a massive brainwave about TMC this morning right before I was about to leave for college. It was like the pieces suddenly fit together. More on that soon!

  • Bad comics? No problem!

    There’s this new thing going on in webcomics land, where you draw 200 shitty strips.

    …Oh, you’re waiting for an explanation? Sorry, there is none. That’s what you get when two artists double dog dare each other on the interwubs.

    So here we goo! 1-6