A certifiable motor-head, lifelong motorcyclist, and former U.S. Marine, my artistic education centered around storytelling and sequential art. Working for decades in pen-and-ink, I had experimented with student-grade scratchboard at school and found it promising but extremely non-user-friendly. The glossy-finished black-coated paper tore and scarred more easily than it 'scratched', and clear imagery was all but impossible to achieve. Then, in 2007 I discovered Ampersand Claybord Black (later renamed to Scratchbord). It was like the heavens had parted and...more
