A charcoal drawing of a reclining woman - Drawing as a Discipline - Bren - Comics, Illustration, and Art - Patreon.com

Charcoal drawing of two women sitting back to back

Learning the technical skill of drawing requires discipline. Consistent and deliberate practice will lead naturally to creative insights, and drawing becomes a spiritual practice - New (and free) on my Patreon www.patreon.com/posts/drawin...

#drawing #art #characoaldrawing #lifedrawing

Colour illustrations of a man in an orange space suit, one from the front, one in profile, one from the back

Concepts for a new thing in working on before Christmas

Colour comic page, showing a man walking alone looking at his phone, screaming faces behind him

Pencilled black and white comic page, showing a man walking alone looking at his phone, screaming faces behind him

Inked comic page, showing a man walking alone looking at his phone, screaming faces behind him

First page of a comic I drew for the @wipcomics.bsky.social digital anthology. It’s about how I don’t like using BlueSky much, amongst other things.
Honestly social media feels exhausting. I’d much rather contribute to communities without judgement, preferably through real meaningful interaction

Thanks 🙂 I do all my pencil and inking work traditionally, I prefer the organic feel of the lines. Digital just feels too polished for me

Thank you so much 🙂 I love working with this high key light and dark contrast for comics

A painting showing the silougette of a demon with a frightened man’s face inside. The text reads “Awake! Story and art by Bren”

Black and white ink drawing. A comic book page depicting a tired man lying on a sofa in a living room

Black and white drawing. A comic page showing four panels. A demon climbs over a bed frame onto a bed, and crawls towards the viewer

Black and white ink drawing depicting a muscular demon

My new comic “Awake!” Is now available to buy. It’s a horror based on my personal experiences with sleep paralysis. The first 20 online orders get a free poster brendrawscomics.com/comics/awake #smallpresscomics #horrorcomics #comics #illustration #indiecomics

Colour explosion and literal explosion by @brenart.bsky.social in our new anthology!

Live on Kickstarter! Come check out the rewards @ www.kickstarter.com/projects/mik...

Inked comic page showing 4 panels illustrating a demon crawling over a bedframe and onto a bed, from the viewpoint of someone lying in bed

pencil artwork for a comic page showing 4 panels illustrating a demon crawling over a bedframe and onto a bed, from the viewpoint of someone lying in bed

rough thumbnails for a comic page showing 4 panels illustrating a demon crawling over a bedframe and onto a bed, from the viewpoint of someone lying in bed

Full page artwork for my new horror comic which I'm releasing next week. Someone IRL asked me about composition and my process, so hopefully this is an insight. Iterate and ask yourselves questions.
#horrorcomics #horror #smallpress #indiecomics #comics #illustration #brushandink #comicart

The End of Work as We Know It CEOs call it a revolution in efficiency. The workers powering it call it a

CEO gets excited about laying off employees…

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“As a CEO myself, I can tell you, I’m extremely excited about it. I’ve laid off employees myself because of AI. AI doesn’t go on strike. It doesn’t ask for a pay raise.”

That’s who these people are…

Black and white ink drawing of a demon in silhouette

Unfiltered interior artwork from my new horror comic “Awake”, due to be released in the next few weeks (ish)

#horrorcomics #smallpresscomics #indiecomics #smallpress #illustration #comics

4 panel comic page. A large space ship floats in space, a woman in a space suit refuels it while talking to a man sitting in a cockpit. Once refuelled the ship takes off leaving the woman in the foreground

4 panel comic page. A large space ship floats in space, a woman in a space suit refuels it while talking to a man sitting in a cockpit. Once refuelled the ship takes off leaving the woman in the foreground

4 panel comic page. A large space ship floats in space, a woman in a space suit refuels it while talking to a man sitting in a cockpit. Once refuelled the ship takes off leaving the woman in the foreground

4 panel comic page. A large space ship floats in space, a woman in a space suit refuels it while talking to a man sitting in a cockpit. Once refuelled the ship takes off leaving the woman in the foreground

My submission to the latest @wipcomics.bsky.social anthology, coming later this year. If you want to know how refuelling a spaceship can have unforeseen consequences then please check out the kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/mik...
#comics #indiecomics #smallpresscomics #illustration

Pen and ink drawing showing a man washing his face. We’re seeing his reflection in a bathroom mirror as he holds his hands to his face

Pen and ink drawing, showing a man ducking his head. Reflected in a mirror we can see an upside down demon in a doorway. The demon is hanging from a rope while in a crouched position

It’s behind you…

Two panels unfiltered from my new comic Awake, coming August.

It’s been an emotional rollercoaster drawing this, but most of all it’s been fun!

#comics #smallpresscomics #indiecomics #horrorcomics #horror #penandink #illustration #comicsart

Pen and ink drawing of a man standing in front of a sofa, yawning

Pen and ink drawing showing a close up of a man’s face, yawning

Unfiltered panels from my new comic “Awake”, available next month. Who else is exhausted after a hard week?
#smallpress #comics #indiecomics #comicart #illustration #penandink #horror #horrorcomics

Pen and ink drawing of a man lying on a sofa watching television and looking bored

Netflix and… chill? Note that it’s Night Time on Pell Street. An unfiltered panel from my upcoming comic Awake! which will be released this August.
Awake is a relatable modern horror comic
#smallpresscomics #indiecomicsart #indiecomics #comics #penandinkdrawing #inkoftheday #horror #illustration

Nice! A full trade paperback would be pretty sweet! That’s epic compared to what I do, I’m
Purely working on short stories right now, my new one is only 24 pages. It felt like a lot for me!

Painting showing the silhouette of a demon, a frightened man’s face inside it

Painting showing the silhouette of a demon, a frightened man’s face inside it. The words “Awake” and Story and art by Bren are at the bottom framed by the silhouette

Pencil drawing showing the silhouette of a demon, a frightened man’s face inside it

Ink drawing Painting showing the silhouette of a demon, a frightened man’s face inside it

Cover reveal for my new comic Awake! It’s a horror set in a London flat. No gore or violence, just tension and terror. Coming this August

Your work looks great! Keep going!

Thank you! It feels good to finish one of these things 🙂

A ghost looking for a new body & dreaming of her old life in which she always wore a mask. A faerie who was released from a bottle of absinthe. And the goblin beast who cursed them both (we think).

I decided to draw my story notes rather than write them.

A demon watches over a man hunched over a drawing board

My new comic “Awake” is ready for print! I’ll be revealing the cover soon, for now here’s an illustration of me drawing
Awake is a 24 page Horror comic set in a London flat, based on real experience
#smallpresscomics #smallpress #comics #indiecomics #horrorcomics #illustration #penandink

For panel comic page depicting an astronaut refuelling a spaceship

rk in progress, page one for a 2 page story which will be appearing in this years WIP Anthology www.kickstarter.com/projects/mik...

#wipcomics #indiecomics #smallpresscomics #comics #scifiillustration #pencilart

More sketchbook pages…

I’m working on comics again in amongst everything else

#lifedrawing #sketchbook #figuredrawing #artist

Recent sketchbook pages from life drawing around London
I stopped caring about how good my drawings look and just focussed on having fun. Somehow that led to better drawings?

#lifedrawing #sketchbook #lifedrawinglondon #inkdrawing #artist

7 head studies of various people, drawn with a fountain pen

4 head studies of various people, drawn with a fountain pen

10 head studies of various people, drawn with a fountain pen

5 head studies of various people, drawn with a fountain pen

I’m back in London, which means I get to draw portraits at the Southbank centre on a Sunday again. Thanks to all the sitters, this was fun!
#portraitdrawing #portraiture #penandink #inkdrawing #traditionalart

Photo of a printed comic page, the artwork on the page depicting a man asleep in a bed

Pencils for “Awake” are complete. That’s 24 pages in 3 weeks! I’ve printed them out so I can see them scaled down, otherwise letting this sit a bit before I ink it
#indiecomics #smallpresscomics #comics #pencilledartwork

Thank you! 🙏🙏

Comic page showing a man lying in bed, while a demon watches him from his bedroom door

Drawing can be really challenging. It can also be really fun!
My new comic “Awake” will be available to buy later this year
#comics #comicart #traditionalart #pencilart #illustration #indiecomics #smallpress #horror #horrorart

Drawing of a man tilting his head up and yawning

Favourite panel today

#comics #indiecomics #illustration #pencildrawing #mastoart #smallpress #art

Pencil artwork for a comic page. A man lies on a couch looking tired. On the table in front of him is a laptop, a console controller, and a picture frame of a couple.in the background is a clothes horse with drying laundry hanging off it

Just finished page 3 on time before going to see my mate John Outsider about the other project we’re working on.
5 minutes down the street and I decide I need to change that last panel.
“Awake” will be released later this year
#awake #comics #indiecomics #traditionalart #illustration #pencils

Pencil drawing of a residential street in the uk in perspective, parked cars lining the road

Very rough sketch of a residential street in perspective

Thumbnail vs pencils, page 1 of my latest.
After “Prisoners” a big reflection was that my perspective and environment design skills were really lacking. I worked on this a bit with a few comics since, but for this project I really wanted to push my learning.
#comics #indiecomics #workinprogress