Commission

Briefing sitting — ninety minutes with the boards

A working conversation over verse, thumbnails, and weather. You leave with a named beat and a sense of whether it should be a splash or a sequence.

Woodworking bench and hand tools in warm light, standing in for the studio’s analog board

The sitting is where we throw out the obvious hammer-in-the-sky thumbnail. Most hours end with a quieter frame: Thor’s hands empty, the hall too large, rain already on the floor. If that sounds like the wrong kind of Thor for you, the sitting will make that clear before anyone buys gold leaf.

What this commission covers

Who it is for

Anyone who loves the saga but cannot yet point to the frame that should move.

The finished piece

A decision: splash panel, sequence, or not this beat. The fee is credited against a panel or sequence booked within 60 days.

How it is delivered

Written beat note and thumbnail photograph emailed the same day

Preparation

Bring a book, a photocopy, or nothing but a remembered line. Travel to Milton on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday late morning, or ask for video with the board on camera.

Limits we keep

This is not a drawing lesson and not a portfolio review of other artists. We will not spend the hour pricing marketplace flips.

Next step

Use the brief form and choose Briefing sitting, with two preferred dates in the message.

Included

  • Ninety minutes with Ewan and, when inks are relevant, Rhiannon
  • Same-day beat note
  • Credit toward a commission within 60 days

Not included

  • Finished pencils from the sitting itself
  • Recording unless we both agree in writing

How the work proceeds

  1. Pick a slot.
  2. Sit, name beats, reject the weak ones.
  3. Receive the note.
  4. Commission or stop.

Submit a panel brief