Tom Siddell's Gunnerkrigg Court

One of my favourite comics is the long-running webcomic Gunnerkrigg Court, by Tom Siddell. I've been a fan of this comic for years now, since I was about 12, and I actually attended my first comic convention (which happened to be Thought Bubble in Leeds) to meet Siddell. Since then, I've met him various time at various conventions, to the point where he has begun to recognise me, which is pretty cool.

The comic itself follows a girl named Antimony, who starts attending a very strange boarding school, filled with magic and robots. I personally adore the art style, and it's really interesting to see how it has changed over the years. It has been running for 12 years now, since 2005.

While the pages are a lot more visually stunning now compared to when the comic began, and are a lot more realistic, my favourite point of the art style was when I got into it, and the main character looked something like this.

I suppose I like this style so much because it has influenced my own drawing style quite heavily. I love the simple block colours, the bold lines, and these are all things I have in my own work. Obviously art styles change, and for Siddell, drawing these comics all the time meant that his style developed quite rapidly. I hope that I can change mine too, to become more detailed and with more interesting lineweight.