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So it's been a few weeks since my last update for 'The Big Soup'. I've now finished roughing Chapter 6. 120 pages done out of an estimated 360. Here are a few panels for the time my dad took me to an interview for an Illustration BA degree at a certain university.

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Here are some panels from later on in Chapter 5. Chapter 5 has been roughed, but now needs some edits before I can push toward the final art for some of the pages. In the meantime, I'm roughing Chapter 6. #ASDmemoir #thebigsoup #comicwip #graphicnovelwip #autobio #comicautobio #autism #ASD

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Tough memories from the ages of 12-13. That's the last of pre-final sample pages. I shall work on some more, but I'll have to wait until I've had a good long chat with my editor about the roughs I've made for next pages first. #autismmemoir #autism #asd

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Happy New Year! Here's a throwback to Toni (wearing a blonde wig) & Aberdeen visiting the Temple of Janus in Ancient Rome.

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Here are some more of the pre-final panels for Chapter 5. Chapter 5 has been fully roughed, and just needs to be reviewed by my editor. I'm currently working on Chapter 6, focusing on minor rewrites, text placement, and panel layouts. #autismmemoir #autismgraphicnovel #thebigsoup #ASD

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I'm not particularly good at this 'social media' thing, but maybe I'll get better at it one day.

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Throwback to an old Luke & Leena comic! Merry Christmas to ya #christmascomic #christmasjoke #thegrinch #christmascomicstrip #merrychristmas #drseuss #thegrinch

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Here's a drawing you may have seen before! I drew it last year, but I'm sharing it publicly this year. Merry Christmas :) #christmas #christmaspudding #icecreamchristmaspudding #christmasdessert #happyholidays #merrychristmas #christmasartwork #christmastraditions #christmascomic

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I always had trouble with laces growing up. #WIP #workinprogress #graphicnovel #graphicmemoir #thebigsoup #autobio #autobiography #autobiocomic #comic #comicwip #graphicnovelwip #memoircomic #asd #asdmemoir #asdautobio #autism #autismautobio

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So far I've shared mostly pre-final pages, but I've been doing a lot of roughs. I'm up to about 50 roughed pages out of the 65 or so needed for Chapter 5 (one of the longest chapters in the book). Here's one from around page 35ish of when I went to France on a school trip around the age of 14.

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Another scene from the work-in-progress autism-biography. I was about 12 at the time. My parents weren't vicars, but this vicarage was spacious and affordable. Too bad the neighbourhood sucked #thebigsoup #asdmemoir #autism #asd #aspergers #graphicnovel #comicwip #wip #autobio #autobiography

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I still need to improve how I draw dogs, but these roughs'll do for now ^^

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I appreciate the response to the birdy drawing I posted (actually a wren), so here are some more recent studies from the mini-sketchbook. #animalstudies #watercolour #sketchbook

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Continuing where we left off, here's the deal with that bathtub incident. Also, some roughs from a later page. Right now I'm doing a lot of roughs, so finished pages will be a bit scarce at the moment.

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I hope to post updates for 'The Big Soup: Growing Up Autistic' every week or so. Right now, most of my attention is focused on layouts, but I still have some near-finished pages I want to share. #thebigsoup #autistm #asd #aspergers #autobiography #wip #graphicnovel #graphicnovelwip #comic #comics

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A little announcement! So I've mentioned it a few times now, but I'm currently working on an autism memoir of sorts. 'The Big Soup: Growing up Autistic' will essentially be a graphic novel about my life in the UK, before, during, and after school. #graphicmemoir #autobiography #comic #asd #autism

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Another collaboration between myself (inks) and Nearly_Contained_Chaos ( www.instagram.com/nearly_conta... - watercolours). Jack Skellington enjoying Christmas Town!

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Quick cloud speedpaint :) didn't come out as sharp as I'd like, so I'll try again at some point. Busy with NDA commission work at the mo, so I can't share any of that stuff (... yet 👀? ) #clouds #sky #digitalart #cloud #painting #digitalpainting #cloudart

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Cueca! The national dance of Chile, also performed in Bolivia and Argentina. Here we can see my character Aberdeen dancing with a man dressed as a huaso. Toni sits and watches while playing an acoustic guitar. #cueca #huaso #dancing #chile #chileanculture #digitalart #dancing

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A lot of folk are joining Cara, we'll see how things go it's early days yet, but I've got an account there too now :) cara.app/nuclearjackal

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I'll be tabling alongside Nearly_Contained_Chaos (www.instagram.com/nearly_conta...) at #VanCAF this year!

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A comic I made for my comrade James Lloyd @jlloydsky.bsky.social - I don't think Wales ever got featured in Futurama, so I decided to give it a go :) #futurama #wales #fry #croeso #cymru #croesoigymru #castell #fanart #fancomic #futuramafanart

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Megas XLR Fan Art - Mount Crushmore! The leftovers of Coop's rivals in Goat's junkyard. This show was awesome and I wanted to imagine a scenario or two as if it were right out of the show. #megas #megasxlr #xlr #cartoonnetwork #coop #jamie #kiva #goat #junkyard #skalgaar #gorath

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Curious Totoros! A collaboration between myself (inks) and nearly_contained_chaos (www.instagram.com/nearly_conta...) (watercolours). Framed and ready for selling. Maybe we'll sell it at this weekend's Vancouver Comic & Toy Show? We'll see ;D

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The dress Aberdeen wore in the billiards piece previously posted, is actually that of the Regency Era Princess Charlotte

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My time travellers Toni and Aberdeen playing a bit of billiards. Angle and lighting practice, plus wanted to draw Aberdeen in an Regency era dress.

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A work-in-progress from today's art twitch stream. Gonna work some more on it next stream hopefully ^__^

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A doodle I made for my missus for her birthday (inspired by an iconic Simpsons scene ;D )

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A doodle of two crochets that Nearly_Contained_Chaos made for me! (her art instagram: www.instagram.com/nearly_conta... )

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How's it hanging? Here's one from a few years ago. I was annoyed one day, so I drew my character Toni giving an Asterix & Obelix style bash to a random fictional someone who probably deserved it.

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