falseknees

The Honkening (Patreon exclusive comic)

Hey pals! This comic is based on this character I saw from my house. I jumped outside immediately to take some photos of our new ruler.

I hope you all are having a great night!

- Joshua

SQUELCH

It's getting muddy out there my friends

6-minute comics vol. 3

I hung out with some comics buds this past week and did another 6-minute comic session, this time hosted by Sven (check out Sven's comics here).

I haven't had much time to make art recently because Mélodie and I are trying to finish a lot of house projects that we've been putting off for a long time. As the saying goes: the real work gets done in the second year of a pandemic. More new (colour) c...

Six minute comics

Thank you for your prompts last Sunday! It was difficult to not look at everybody's comments all week, but I didn't peek! Mélodie helped me out by picking the words, and I gave myself six minute timers for each one. I allowed myself access to the folder of reference pictures I have on my computer so that they wouldn't all end up being chickadees or crows (both of which I'm pretty comfortable drawing from my head).

2021-03-01 03:15:59 +0000 UTC View Post

Stronger Together

I had so much fun making the first "stronger together" comic a couple weeks ago that I redid it with even more detail! 

Here's a photo of the full sheet with the pencil I used to draw it:

Gouache sunset & some 6-minute comics

A few evenings ago I saw the setting light catch the top of a hill, making a gorgeous grouping of colours–so I felt compelled to try to capture it in paint. I may end up using this colour palette in a comic.

6-minute comics  

2021-02-21 20:20:17 +0000 UTC View Post

Inner Jungle

I've been meaning to do a comic about these finches I saw in a local butterfly conservatory for about 2 years now. I didn't really know what the subject was until I started drawing this one last week. A good example of how life will seep into comics.

Stronger Together

Happy ❤️day!

I was originally going to draw this using people (Mélodie and me) but thought it would be more fun with crows! I like the way it turned out, so I was thinking I might make it into a full-fl...

Hair of the dog

I came up with this comic this morning while hanging out (digitally) and playing with some other cartoonist pals. The original that I made with the prompt 'beer' and six minutes is below! It was a great way to get ideas out quickly. And when you're forced to do things quickly, you get right to the point!

Hourly Comic Day 2021 (part 1)

Today was hourly comic day, a day some cartoonists challenge themselves to draw a comic for every hour that they are awake. I didn't do that, haha. I made an effort to make as many comics as I could today, and here is the result of that! I think I'll try to do some more as the week goes on. What I take away from the exercise is rewarding. Smaller ideas illustrated faster.

It also gives me a chance to make sort of surreal autobiographical comics, which is how I started out in comics! S...

Remember

*UPDATED the comic so that it actually sort of makes sense now!

Good evening! And welcome to all the newcomers!

This comic is an example of one that changed several times through the process of making it. It went through a few iterations of existentialism and silly jokes before I landed on the final wording. Often, no matter how many hours I put into the artwork, it's the final half hour or so that really determines the ultimate sentiment–for better and/or for worse!

I h...

snf snf

Caxi has an extensive mental catalog of smells. I try to help her with new entries. This one was for raclette.

Chouette

Bird feeder brunch

I just set up my first bird feeder a few days ago and got my first visitors today! Chickadees and juncos galore! I hope they all remember to come back tomorrow.

Antomic Science

Gasp!

Who knew!

Volume

And here's this week's comic which I'm sharing everywhere! I hope you all have a great weekend!

Daydream

I've been seeing some tree sparrows around recently so I really wanted to paint some! They are adorable and so so small.

Has anyone got a favourite backyard bird these days?

Holiday Watercolours

Here are a few small watercolours I painted over the past couple days. It is very much winter in southern Ontario! Perfectly timed snowfall turned a green (brown) Xmas eve into a white one!

Happy new year! I'm so grateful for this little community. I'm returning to comics next week and looking forward to coming up with some fresh ideas. Out with the old (birds), in with the new (newer birds)!

- Joshua

2021-01-01 22:21:48 +0000 UTC View Post

Little Gift

I hope everyone who has time off this next week has a relaxing break! I'm sure we could all use it. ❤️

- Joshua  

That's the good stuff

2020-12-18 21:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post

First Snow

When I sit down to make a comic, my first instinct is to draw an animal being quiet in nature, because I enjoy being quiet in nature. I wonder if my local city birds yearn for more quiet. A few weeks ago there was a heavy overnight snowfall which left the street feeling calmer and more intimate. I kept wanting to know what my neighbourhood crows thought about it.

2020-12-15 21:56:16 +0000 UTC View Post

3 Important Life Lessons!