Brock Beauchamp

Anatomy of a Drawing

Brock Beauchamp
December 26, 2012

I had something really cool happen a few weeks back… Out of the blue, someone contacted me via email and let me know that some of my old art was on eBay. The auction was for several pieces that I finished right around the time I graduated high school… Stuff I (probably) turned in to an early college art class and never retrieved after the semester. I vaguely remembered a few of the pieces and was very excited to get them back and take a look at some of my early, lost work. But there was a small problem… The... View Article

Refining the style

Brock Beauchamp
December 10, 2012

I haven’t had a ton of time to work on comics lately but every other night or so, I try to spend some time working out the style I want to use for Aurorae. It’s been a challenge, as I’ve kind of stuck myself in a rut over the past few years working almost exclusively on Variables, going for a much more detailed and realistic style than what I want to do with the new project. While I don’t expect to release any pages of Aurorae for several months (I still haven’t nailed down even the outline, much less the... View Article

Aurorae concept sketches

Brock Beauchamp
November 30, 2012

I’m early in the process of this project but I’ve been neglecting my art lately and need to get back into the flow of drawing. That means concept sketches and quite a few of ’em. To start, I’m limited to characters to get a feel for who these characters are and what they look like. The setting in this book *may* be a period piece (I’m not saying when it takes place… yet) but as you can see, the period setting is relatively recent. The story is rather large, though not on the ridiculous scale of Variables. It will focus... View Article

Welcome to the new SelfCentEnt!

Brock Beauchamp
November 29, 2012

When I designed the last incarnation of SelfCentEnt, I had the best of intentions. “Ooh, look, a button here! You also need this button over HERE. And a THIRD button for those of you that missed the first two!” as I tried to please every user and find a spot for the information that might appeal specifically to them. As the site aged and more stuff was tacked onto the design, it turned into a hot mess. There was no focus on content hierarchy. There was distracting background imagery. It looked kinda cool at a glance but from a functionality... View Article

New York Comic Con

Brock Beauchamp
October 15, 2012

The site has been dark for quite some time now and after spending the weekend in New York attending NYCC, I thought everyone was due for an update. First, the comic update… I’ve been toiling away on the script for issue two of Declension and despite my best efforts, the issue continues to balloon in size. There is simply too much story to tell in a mere 20-24 pages and the issue has already jumped to 28 pages and it’s looking more and more as if I’ll be forced to settle at 32 pages by the time everything is wrapped... View Article

Variables is going to go dark… TEMPORARILY

Brock Beauchamp
June 8, 2012

This is something I’ve been contemplating for awhile but I think it’s time to pull the trigger on the idea. Variables is going to go dark for a period of time. Initially, I planned to do this at the end of the second issue but after struggling through page 15 (partially pencilled as of this writing), I’ve noticed that I need to stop production and study up on a few things for a month or two. Over the past year, my art has improved tenfold. But after switching back to the detectives storyline with page 15, I realize that I... View Article