Brian Harold Taylor

Something I be working on, slowly but surely…

#indiecomics,

Lowland Snoot. Summer phase. Known for its comical bark-roar and legendary tracking ability thanks to its distinctive snout.

Yeah, I have no idea what I’m doing guys. I’m supposed to be putting together a kid lit portfolio, but I just wanna draw critters and ink them. Help.

Hi all, happy kid lit postcard day! Currently open to work. Picture books, middle grade and graphic novels. Represented by @shannonassociates

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Sage meets the woof named “WOOF” - a couple panels from the graphic novel.

#graphicnovel #indiecomic #characterdesign #kidlit #kidlitillustration

Oh! Yeah I think I only posted that on Instagram a while back before I got better at posting other places too. Thank you 😊!

Something I’ve been sending out recently, some compiled images for potential clients to get an idea of the work I do…

#kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #kidlitartist #kidlitillustrator

Finally getting around to coloring this Samurai Squatch story. Though the pitch didn’t really go anywhere, I’m glad I’ll still have a chance to tell the story (albeit a much shorter version). More on that coming soon.
#indiecomics #sasquatch #kidlit #kidlitart #comicsforkids

Sage and Woof searching the Wilder forests for rare and legendary wildlife. Gotta add them to her field journal!

#picturebooks #graphicnovelsforkids #indiecomics

The heroes heading out on their great big adventure. Trying to channel my “inner Jeff Smith” (Bone/Rasl/Tuki) with the inking. I love traditional inking, mistakes and all. Coming back to it after all these years makes me feel more like myself, if that makes any sense.

Hey it’s SeerCat and his pal Chirp! Another one for the picture book portfolio.

#characterdesign #kidlitillustration #kidlit

A post from a few years back, I still feel like I was onto something here…

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What You Want vs. What the Market NEEDS Currently I’m caught between what I want to do and what the market needs. Anyone else?

Another whiny post, inspired by navigating the treacherous waters of a freelance career. I promise future newsletters to be much more enlightening…

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Heads. What I draw when I don’t know what to draw. Sketchbook practice. I say “sketchbook”, but I actually mean “stack of 8 1/2 x 11 paper”. I’ve never been able to make sketchbooks work for me; I dunno, I’m weird.

#characterdesign #sketching #colerasepencil

SeerCat character design. Cole-erase and paper, getting back to the basics.

#characterdesign

Decided to ink this dude, my take on a TMNT. These guys got me into drawing comics back in middle school. Also, I’ve been loving using a brush these days. Brush pens are close, but nothing beats the real thing!

#characterdesign #tmnt #raphael #ninjaturtle #inkingcomics

Digitally inking one of my Samurai Squatch comic pages with some custom brushes I’ve made. They were created using actual India ink textures. I wanted to emulate actual ink brush work as closely as possible. Also listening to the great @jeffsmithsbone.bsky.social !

Finally finished this guy for THE WILDER character design lineup. Trying to give this whole comic a bit of a whimsical feel in the design. Three adventurers out searching the forests for “wilder critters” of every shape and size.

#characterdesign #kidlit #indiecomics

Inking a character design for the Huntsman using a brush from my Storyteller BrushPack in Procreate.
#inkingcomics #characterdesign

Turns out Samurai Squatch loves video games. A panel from my middle grade graphic novel pitch.

#graphicnovel #kidlit

Inking comics in Procreate with brushes from my Storyteller Brush Pack I’ve been working on lately. I hope to have it available for others soon.

I never really had the dream to work for (fill in the blank) studio. I’ve always kinda just wanted to do my own thing. Tell my OWN stories. That’s what motivates me. Take that away, and work becomes dull. That’s why I keep doing COMICS. It’s the one medium where you can just make your thing.

Sage & Woof - character designs for a #kidlit graphic novel project I’ve wanted to do for years. Continuing to document my progress on this.
#indiecomics #characterdesign

WIP. Back to work on my “fantastical field guide” comic. Pushing character designs to be more like an animated cartoon for the middle grade crowd. It also makes them faster to draw, since I don’t have a great deal of time for comic drawing these days.
#characterdesign #kidlit #indiecomics

A bit from the pitch I wrote for Samurai Squatch. I can’t share all of it, but figured I could at least show this. Moving on now to new projects while I wait to hear any news. #comics #indiecomics #sasquatch

New Graphic Novel pitch going out to publishers starting today! Fingers crossed. Lemme know if you or your kids might dig some samurai squatch heroics & tomfoolery!

#samurai #sasquatch #bigfoot #indiecomics #kidlit #comicsforkids #middlegradebooks

Another design from the Samurai Squatch middle-grade graphic novel pitch…GREAT WHITE the Gugwe, the nemesis of Samurai Squatch. Inked with a brush from my upcoming Storyteller’s BrushPack.

#indiecomics #comicsforkids #graphicnovelsforkids #kidlit #characterdesign

Sketchin’ squatch. A WIP panel from the graphic novel pitch.

#makecomics #indiecomics #sasquatch #graphicnovel #graphicnovelsforkids

Drawing comics . Thought I’d share a panel from my Samurai Squatch pitch. This thing is has been so fun to work on!

#makecomics #kidlit #graphicnovels #comicsforkids #sasquatch

Final character design now in COLOR. 100% New and IMPROVED 😉

#characterdesign #kidlit #comicsforkids #sasquatch #bigfoot #samurai #graphicnovels

Finally finished this kid lit graphic novel pitch I’ve been working on. The story is always the hardest to crack, but the character designs can be a challenge as well. It all evolves quite a bit before I’m happy with it.

#characterdesign #kidlit #middlegradebooks #kidlitart #sasquatch #samurai