David Petersen's Blog

Short post this week because I'm catching up from time in Traverse City for the Cherry Capital Con & I'm on a deadline (or thre...

Unexpected & Unplanned Visual Influence: Looking over Black Axe #2, there are two examples of where the visuals were the result of ...

2-D Design -or- The Most Valuable Art Class I took: Ok, so that heading may seem a bit skewed, and may seem like I'm chalking up other...

I am very proud of the story from this year's Free Comic Book Day flip-book. I am continuing to get emails and tweets from fans who di...

Reference Model: The Mariner's Bell: In issue 2 of Black Axe, Em & Celanawe were going to meet Conrad at a tavern. To design th...

Reference Model: Port Sumac: New Mouse City, new design aesthetic! I wrote the description for the lower portion of the seaside mouse tow...

Reference Model: Conrad's Ship: Because of how frequently Conrad's boat would be seen in Black Axe #2, I knew I needed to build r...

Black Axe #2: May 4th After my lateness in getting the issue finished, and the printer dropping a zero from our quantity request, the iss...

Loukas: In Winter 1152, Saxon discovers the corpse of his mentor and inherits his sword in what was supposed to be a touching emotional m...

Free Comic Book Day: Saturday May 7th is Free Comic Book Day this year. For those unfamiliar, you can walk into your local comic book re...

Eisner Nominations: Last Thursday the nominations for the 2011 Eisner Awards were announced and I am pleased and honored that Mouse Guar...