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Some blog highlights.

August 15, 2025

Timelapse: roots and remedies

June 4, 2025

Season 1, Episode 3 of flow(.)

August 9, 2025

The whimsical world of Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr Fox

March 10, 2026

Final cover for Bloodbath on Unholy Island, book 1

November 5, 2025

Jupiter, a glimpse into The Silent Dance of Stars

Flow (the blog)

Characters for swamp noir
Swamp noir advert progress update 1
There’s something oddly compelling about taking a format we all recognise and pushing it just far enough to feel new again. Swamp Noir started as a simple idea: what happens... Read more...
Snip of layout page 1, book 2
Book 2 of Bloodbath on Unholy Island
This indie graphic novel work in progress shows the early storyboard and layout process behind Book 2, offering a behind-the-scenes look at how comic pages are built from rough sketches... Read more...
BLOODBATH ON UNHOLY ISLAND – BOOK 1 OUT NOW
BLOODBATH ON UNHOLY ISLAND – BOOK 1 OUT NOW
After a long journey, Improv of Bloodbath on Unholy Island – Book 1 is officially here and available on my store. This first chapter throws you straight into the dark.... Read more...
Cover for blog
Final Cover for Bloodbath on Unholy Island
I’ve just completed the third pass on the comic, and with it the final cover for Bloodbath on Unholy Island. As I get ready to submit the book for its final... Read more...
Kubrick poster
Kubrick
Some artists influence you.Some completely rearrange the way you see the world. For me, Stanley Kubrick was the second kind. I wanted to capture that unmistakable Kubrick gaze: analytical, intense,... Read more...
Indie graphic novel cover concept art for Bloodbath on Unholy Island
Issue 1 Cover continued: From Rough Signal to Full Broadcast
I’ve been spending a lot more time with the cover for Issue 1 of Bloodbath on Unholy Island lately. I wrote about an earlier version before, but since then the... Read more...
Triptych of 3 illustrations from new book by Ciro
Revisiting My Novelette: New Illustrations, New Direction, and a Shift Into Horror
I’ve stepped back into a novelette I wrote a few years ago, and it’s become clear that the story has grown while I wasn’t looking. Or maybe I’ve grown into... Read more...
Title for unholy comic book
Mocking Up the Cover for Bloodbath on Unholy Island, Issue One
Today I finally started mocking up the cover for Issue One of Bloodbath on Unholy Island, and let me tell you—it’s already doing that thing creative projects love to do:... Read more...
Comic Sans, proof of concept complete.
Comic Sans, proof of concept complete.
A quick follow-up to my last post: the Comic Sans character animation proof of concept is now finished. The shading is in, the timing’s tightened, and the gloriously awkward Muzak... Read more...
Comic sans the character
A Little Progress (and a Little Chaos)
In my last post, I wrote about the instinct to rebuild — to rework my portfolio into something more connected, more narrative, more reflective of where my practice has been... Read more...
Rebuilding, Again
Rebuilding, Again
Every few years, I get the same itch — to take everything I’ve learned, unlearned, and made, and rebuild the space that holds it all together. I was taught this... Read more...
Sneak Peek: Inking Pages 21–22 of Bloodbath on Unholy Island
Sneak Peek: Inking Pages 21–22 of Bloodbath on Unholy Island
The storyboards are finally starting to breathe. After weeks of script revisions, thumbnails, and pencil roughs, I’ve started laying down ink on Bloodbath on Unholy Island — and I thought... Read more...
Jupiter — A Glimpse Into The Silent Dance of Stars
Jupiter — A Glimpse Into The Silent Dance of Stars
The illustration holds you in a moment from the first chapter — the quiet turning of fate, when Madame Bea draws the Jupiter card from her deck.A vast stillness.A planet... Read more...
The Rise of Independent Creators: Taking Back the Creative Space
The Rise of Independent Creators: Taking Back the Creative Space
There’s a quiet revolution happening in the creative world — and it’s powered by independent creators. 💥 Once upon a time, artists, writers, and animators shaped culture with raw imagination... Read more...
A guy wears a cool what the kraken long sleeve tee
What the Kraken?
🐙 What the Kraken? – When Myth Meets Street Some say it lurks beneath the waves — a whisper, a ripple, a shadow with too many arms and way too... Read more...
Bloodbath on Unholy Island — Issue #1: Improv
Bloodbath on Unholy Island — Issue #1: Improv
Scene Five and Six. The end of Issue One.That’s thirty-six pages down. “Improv” feels like the right name for this one — not just for Rom, who’s surviving by making... Read more...
Bloodbath on Unholy Island: Scene 3 & 4
Bloodbath on Unholy Island: Scene 3 & 4
Storytelling on the page is never one-to-one. The script is a guide, but when I sit down to draw, the visuals start to argue back. Sometimes I stay strict, but... Read more...
Spreads for scene 2
Bloodbath on Unholy Island: Scene 2 – Frank
Storytelling is momentum. Each scene, each page, each panel builds pressure. With Bloodbath on Unholy Island, I’m testing how much tension I can hold before it snaps. In my last... Read more...
The first 4 spreads, 8 pages of, scene 1.
Developing Bloodbath on Unholy Island
How do you tell a story? As an artist, as a designer? For me, storytelling almost always starts with a pencil. That’s my gut instinct: sketch it out, visualize, let... Read more...
First 2 pages of bloodbath, my new horror graphic novel
Reworking Bloodbath on Unholy Island
Working on an indie graphic novel is messy, experimental, and full of surprises. Bloodbath on Unholy Island is my ongoing comic book project, and here I’m sharing the process—rewriting scripts,... Read more...
Final poster design for Nuasicaä
The Final Nausicaä Poster
When I shared the sketch for this Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind redesign, it was still just an idea in progress—shapes, tones, and moods starting to take form.... Read more...
Rediscovering Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: Hidden Details and a Modern Poster Reimagining
Rediscovering Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: Hidden Details and a Modern Poster Reimagining
Note: This is a work-in-progress sketch — not the final piece. I’m sharing it now to offer insight into the creative process and how these ideas are taking shape. Few... Read more...
Designing The Silent Dance of Stars
Designing The Silent Dance of Stars
I’m at a special point in the journey of publishing my new book, The Silent Dance of Stars. After years of shaping words and worlds, I’m now holding the visual... Read more...
Roots and remedies image
Timelapse: Roots and Remedies
There’s something fascinating about watching an illustration come to life, stroke by stroke — the way a rough idea becomes a living, breathing world on the page. My latest piece,... Read more...
A Journey into Princess Mononoke — Ghibli, Myth, and My Art Tribute
A Journey into Princess Mononoke — Ghibli, Myth, and My Art Tribute
I’ve been a lifelong Studio Ghibli fan — the kind who replays Totoro for its quiet magic, swoons over Spirited Away for its uncanny beauty, and always returns to the... Read more...
Work in progress - Into the Fox's Mouth
Into the Fox’s Mouth – A Work in Progress
There’s a peculiar thing that happens when you start painting something whimsical: the world inside the screen begins to insist it’s real. I sat down this week with my stylus... Read more...
The Whimsical World of Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Whimsical World of Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox
Discover quirky facts about Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox and shop my spiral-eye Mr. Fox fan art tee — a wearable homage for true fans. Read more...
What Is Glitch Art?
What Is Glitch Art?
And Why Your Grandma Might Secretly Love It Imagine your computer having a bad day… but instead of freezing or deleting your files, it decides to make art. That’s glitch... Read more...
Snack Cap: When the Forest Bites Back
Snack Cap: When the Forest Bites Back
In the forgotten corners of the forest, where pink haze coils like smoke and silence hums louder than birdsong, there’s a place you shouldn’t wander. People say the mushrooms there... Read more...
mockup of the Skullboom shoe designs
🌿💀 Skullboom Has Arrived 💥🌸
Once upon a time—deep in the tangled, tangled belly of the jungle—there lay a skull.Not a scary one. Just a... forgotten one. A little lonely. A little mossy. The kind... Read more...
Cool guy wearing mushroom T-shirt design by Ciro
Trippy Shrooms anyone? Funky Forest Dreams & Mushroom Magic
There’s something enchanting about a forest floor—where time slows and tiny worlds come alive. One misty morning (in my head at least), I imagined a ring of mushrooms not just... Read more...
Cover page to the blogpost about this cartoon sketch called ‘the theatre of the absurd’.
The theatre of absurdity
I set off trying to make something which sat within the Zero side of my artistic identity (an explanation of my 2 identities), working with a sketch, watercolour and then... Read more...
Behind the Painting: Girl with a Camera
Behind the Painting: Girl with a Camera
There are moments as a parent that stretch you in ways you never imagined—moments when love asks you to let go, even just a little, and trust the strength of... Read more...
Season 1, Episode 3 of flow(.)
Season 1, Episode 3 of flow(.)
Episode 3 of flow(.) is live now and can be found on Spotify - just search me and flow. Or you can go through the link to my Patreon. Have... Read more...
New animation development for portfolio
New animation development for portfolio
My skills have grown, and my artistic perspective has shifted about a million times since I first put together my portfolio. While I’m not looking to change jobs anytime soon,... Read more...
Season 1, Episode 2 of flow(.)
Season 1, Episode 2 of flow(.)
Episode 2 of flow(.) is live now and can be found on Spotify - just search me and flow. Or you can go through the link to my Patreon. Have... Read more...
Season 1, Episode 1 of Flow
Season 1, Episode 1 of Flow
My new podcast has been launched and released. Episode 1 now ready for listening via the link or find me on Spotify. This one is very personal and a tribute... Read more...
At the beach - Ciro correia
At the beach
This is my first for 2024! I resurrected a technique I used to use more than 10 years back. I stopped using it because I felt that my work had... Read more...
The Prince, a new edition to the tarot
The Prince
This is my own addition to the Major Arcana. The Prince is a character in my book and in my opinion a perfect subject for the tarot., This is my... Read more...
The Moon - Ciro correia
The Moon
Next illustration in the set. The novel chapters are themed around the tarot.. and I’ve created a few new ones along the way. This one is in the Major Arcana,... Read more...
NFT: Ghost House, Minecraft version - Ciro correia
NFT: Ghost House, Minecraft version
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Seeing red painting by ciro correia
My NFTs on sale
Yes! That's right, I've taken the plunge and I must say I'm hooked. Minting and selling some of my artwork as NFTs. Right now I have a regular collection of... Read more...
Tate Modern 26th November 22 - Ciro correia
Tate Modern 26th November 22
I love the Tate and Tate Modern. I got to visit Tate Modern again this last weekend. I wanted to find the Mark Rothko I saw last time I was... Read more...
Timelapse creation of The High Priestess - Ciro correia
Timelapse creation of The High Priestess
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Timelapse of Captured - Ciro correia
Timelapse of Captured
Everyone loves a Timelapse video of a painting right? Just flip the playback speed to x2, sit back and enjoy. This was more The Goonies than super polished renders. Actually... Read more...
Goldfish - Ciro correia
Goldfish
This is the 3rd version. The first two were interesting but this one is my favourite. Read more...
Unrequited foxy love - Ciro correia
Unrequited foxy love
Not sure what to say about this one. I like it, it’s not my best work but it’s cool.   Read more...
Brown Boy Meets Blue - Ciro correia
Brown Boy Meets Blue
I love other Gainsborough paintings but 'The Blue Boy' is one I hate. Thinking about why I don't like it, I have to admit it's related to how during my... Read more...
Propaganda - Ciro correia
Propaganda
Propaganda is the art of making a small truth into a big lie.  Propaganda is the kryptonite of the masses, those who are most prone to its manipulation. In this... Read more...
The Crash - Ciro correia
The Crash
Last few months have hectic. I changed my job. I now work for a cool corporate which I must say I am loving. My iPad crashed and locked me out.... Read more...