So Free Comic Book Day 2016 at Impact Comics in Canberra is done.

It’s now Monday and I think I have finally recovered. Myself and a team of comic nerds drew pictures for kids and not so kids from 9am to 4:30 pm. Was a frantic exhausting kind of fun. I certainly don’t think I draw my best in this kind of situation – having someone waiting/watching while you try smash something out in 5-10 minutes does not make a great mix.. does make/force you to stop being pedantic over every line you draw. So in some ways you get things better and in others not so much. In any case fast and as recognisable as what the person wanted is the call of the day and its a free drawing ! There was many characters I have never heard of and many I had (SO MANY DEADPOOL’S 0_0 ).

I am ALWAYS surprised at how happy people appear to be with the drawings you give them. This year I took quick pics of most of my scribbles. So I have 31 scribbles pictured and I know a few I did not photograph all of them so I did maybe 38ish pics.. so in 6 hours of drawing I think I was averaging 10 mins a drawing. I am certain my recent study into drawing the human head helped pin down a vague head shape in quicker time.

Thanks to all the drawing friends (Emmajean, Katie, Sam, Alice and others), thanks to ImpactComics for supplying us water and drawing materials and many thanks to all the people that came out. Hope you got some nice free comics and checked out some non-free stuff 🙂

-Gavin the did not draw all the day after Thomson