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Illustration Friday – Swept

Ste Hitchen — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:37:47 +0000

I can’t seem to keep up with Illustration Friday. PITT pen in sketchbook, pshop for colours.

Illustration Friday – Reverse

Ste Hitchen — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 18:33:21 +0000

Not taken part in Illustration Friday for quite a while. Fancied trying out a different style. Growing more fond of the Pentel brush pens.

The Comics Bureau – Snapshot Interviews 2010

Ste Hitchen — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:53:23 +0000

Dan Berry over at The Comics Bureau has been interviewing a bunch of UK comics folk this last month in order to get a snapshot of the UK Comics scene at the end of 2010. Covering subjects such as people’s working processes, studio setups, and thoughts on the current scene here in the UK. Damn good job Dan, damn good. Check them out!

Click here to see all the interviews, mine can be read here!

Also, there’s some v nice stuff in Dan’s own portfolio here – lookit all them tiny books!!!

Volume 2 Now Available in the NEW store

Ste Hitchen — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:58:33 +0000

Yes, volume 2 (the Stequel) is back from the printers and made its debut at Thought Bubble on Saturday! It’s about 50% bigger than the last volume, again in blistering full colour, and features a 2nd guest strip from Christine. Click here to be order your copy from the new Ste-Regular store! I also put the remaining stock of my minis in the store which went down pretty well at the convention (esp. the GAMES one, I think people liked the Pac-man cover) priced at £2 each, or the bundle of 3 for £5.

Influence Map

Ste Hitchen — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:38:19 +0000

This took far longer than I first thought it would, but was also very enjoyable looking through a bunch of illustrations by my fave artists. Here’s my influence map! Also, I’ve linked each of the thumbnails if you’d like to see more work by any of the artists:

First time here?

Ste Hitchen — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 19:36:16 +0000

Added a new page to the menu, for those not familiar with webcomic sites. Not really sure why I hadn’t thought of this sooner?

So hey! Are you by any chance new to webcomic sites? Click here for a quick tutorial, then dive in to HOURS (minutes?) worth of comics around the site.

Still struggling? Don’t worry! I have paper copies of my first batch of strips available for speedy dispatch in the store!

Ste-Rictly Commercial flip-thru

Ste Hitchen — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:47:14 +0000

Not sure why I didn’t get round to this earlier… but here’s a flip-thru video of Ste-Rictly Commercial (the Ste-Regular vol. 1):

Illustration Friday – Adrift

Ste Hitchen — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:31:25 +0000

My attempt at “Adrift” for Illustration Friday.

The shop was pretty quiet this morning, so I had a couple of hours to kill. Photoshop and mouse.

Click for a bigger view!

Hourly Comic Day 2010

Ste Hitchen — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:00:38 +0000

Yesterday was hourly comic day! Last year was pretty straight forward (falling on a Sunday) which was good for me, being my first attempt.

This year I was thrown in head first, being a work day… Juggling my day job and my comics isn’t out of the ordinary by any means; but drawing a new panel EVERY HOUR, combined with running the post office and shop is a tad more complicated, yet somehow refreshing!

You can read my attempt here!

Font Shopping 2010

Ste Hitchen — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:57:47 +0000

New Years day morning brought no hangover this year, but instead… Font shopping. I took advantage of Comicraft’s 24 hour sale where all fonts prices plummeted to an affordable $20.10!

Picked up a nice slender number I thought may come in useful for those teeny speech balloons – goes by the name of ‘CREDIT CRUNCH’ also bought ‘BIFFBAMBOOM’ which I believe speaks for itself… Along with ‘SHOUTOUT’ for those balloons which just need that extra bit of volume.

Look out for them in this years strips!