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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 03/09/2026

Glad to hear it! I enjoyed this one. Fun story, beautiful art and some fun narrative play as well.

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 02/09/2026

Thank you! I've got another one that blends the two colours I'm very fond of. I love that felt frog you made!

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 02/09/2026

I'll play! QRP and show us something you made recently that made you happy! Art, craft, writing, etc... anything! Here are some mugs I made recently for an order. The proceeds from my pottery sales go straight into commissioning #comics work so was pleased to get this through. #pottery

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 01/09/2026

Here's to @bertacious.bsky.social on this Letterer Appreciation Day!

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 06/08/2026

I also submit, based on their logic. A drawing of a circle

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 06/08/2026

I present, in sequence. The way that I think this should be talked about. Followed by the way that all my friends think it should.

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 25/07/2026

On this ✨ #smallpressday ✨ why not grab yourself a deeeeal from Scottish comics creators. There’s amazing work in here. Support small presses and an important cause all in one. Enjoy the first pages from PuddleJumpers Issue 1 in the collection. itch.io/b/3727/scott...

Page one of puddlejumpers. A pilot comes in to land and refuel his plane

A second pilot arrives in a rush, asking to refuel first. She is not pleased to see the first pilot

The two pilots stand awkwardly staring at one another. A small robot wakes up and asks id they know one another.

The second pilot asks the first to let her go but the robot states the first pilot has right to fuel first

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 21/07/2026

I go back and forth on whether I like the raw body outer and colourful inner. I think maybe a more matte clear glaze here would do the job. Body: Sibelco Scandi Glaze: Spectrum Floating Bougainvillea

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 21/07/2026

Probably. my favourite mug of the moment. Weighty! And the handle feels great in my hand. Holds a decent amount of tea as well. Body: Sibelco Scandi Glaze: Spectrum Floating Turquoise + Floating Bougainvillea

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 21/07/2026

Not thrilled with the glazing on this one (think tenmoku looks a little odd if it doesn't go all the way to the bottom) but the delicate handle makes me happy Body: Sibelco Scandi Glaze: Tenmoku

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 21/07/2026

One of my favourite happy accidents is why my handle pulls away from the bottom connection and hangs free. I *will* figure out how to make this happen deliberately Body: Sibelco Scandi Glaze: Potpurri

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 21/07/2026

Got fed up trying to make my glaze gloop consistently. So made the mug gloopy with slip and glazed that instead *head tap* Body: Sibelco Scandi Glaze: Spectrum Floating Turquoise

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 30/05/2026

State secrets of the heart.

a three panel photo-comic.
panel 1: a person in shadow from the waist up, wearing a green coat. "if our governments knew we'd met..."
panel 2: a person in shadow from the wait up, wearing a red coat and holding a bag. "I don't care, I love you. And I've got enough state secrets in this bag.
Panel 3: the two figures standing side by side, upper bodies still in shadow. "to pay for a bangin' wedding."

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 14/05/2026

Thanks! Should look like this when it's fired 🤞

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 14/05/2026

Made a little mug-shaped bucket to help me dip-glaze with my favourite brush-on. Friends. I was MOTORING. #ceramics #pottery

A plastic, mug shaped bucket filled with glaze. It is sick. The coolest thing ever.

22 dip glazed mugs, waiting to be fired.

A close up of five dip-glazed mugs. Needing cleaning up.

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 23/04/2026

No no, This is good. That light is a death trap wired by a madman.

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 23/04/2026

Wood has arrived for the office shelving project. Getting the wood into the office has also accelerated the ‘replacing the shonky office light’ project…

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 14/04/2026

Hi #PortfolioDay 🫡 I'm Alex, I write comics. Here are the first 3 pages of 'PuddleJumpers' issue 1 and a sneak peak at what's coming with issue 2. Plus some of my silly solo work under 'This Constant Experiment' as well. Hope you like what you see!

The first 4 pages of Puddlejumpers issue one, showing two of the main characters landing on a remote island, and immediately beginning to argue.

A black and white page showing the crowded interior of a bar. One of the characters looks nervous, while another calls to them to join them.

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 09/04/2026

This is Luna. Luna loved issue 1 of PuddleJumpers. Help her get issue 2 by backing us today! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ale... (Yes, I know this is shameless) #indiecomics #scifi #comics #petsky

A very cute dog sits on her couch with a copy of the PuddleJumpers comic, Issue 1.

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 09/04/2026

Me, a potter: "pleased with my first ever teapot!" My friend, a mathematician: "you realise you can only fill that up halfway? Me: "..."

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 02/04/2026

1 of the things I'm most excited to see put on the page is @crowwkui.bsky.social 's renditions of 2 of the characters' younger selves. There's a scene at the start of the issue that I'm really enjoyed writing playing with what #comics makes possible. Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ale...

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 02/04/2026

Taking a little break from the Kickstarter promo to share some of my most recent mugs because dangit I'm proud of them too. #pottery #ceramics

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 01/04/2026

The way Vicky took a stupid description of a bar sign and made THAT splash page fills me with so much happiness. So lucky to be working with her <3 Here are some of the colour thumbnails she sent through for it as well. #indiecomics #comicart #WIP

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 01/04/2026

PuddleJumpers Issue 2 Kickstarter continues!. So excited to put this out into the world. Check out these inks from @crowwkui.bsky.social in the middle of the issue. The expressions in are insanely good. You can back the issue here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ale... #indiecomics #comicart #WIP

Black and white inks of two male characters stood in front of a bar called 'The Barrell Roll' It's got a cute style and the bar sign has a drunk pilot flying a barrell with wings.

Interior inks from the second issue of puddlejumpers. Showing the inside of 'The Barrell Roll' Melia leans out of a door and calls to Byron, who does not look pleased about it.

A giant pilot and a robot look at a nervous Byron while a smiling Melia introduces him. They do not look pleased to see Byron.

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 31/03/2026

MFW we’re 24 hours in and we’re almost at 20% funded. Thank you so much to everyone who’s sharing the project. Its amazing to see <3 Still plenty of earlybird rewards to be had as well! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ale... #indiecomics #kickstarter #comicsart #scificomics

A cartoon pilot pumps his fist in victory

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 30/03/2026

Bsky friends, if I can ask a boon: PuddleJumpers Issue 2 is going live on Kickstarter tomorrow. I'd love for as many people to see it as possible. If you like the look of these pages, please share it around 🙏 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ale... #comics #comic #indiecomics #indiecomic #kickstarter

Four characters look up at a beautiful sky with cloud-trails from unseen planes. One of them is a robot in a floral shirt, the other three are humans in different kinds of pilots gear.

A bar-scene in black and white. The decor is themed around planes and the ocean, with little models, lots of clocks, and photographs. A nervous man enters, hat in his hands, as different people drink and talk business.

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 27/03/2026

Flawless Instagram posting by me today.

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 26/03/2026

13/13 What Vicky’s done with the art frankly blows me away. And I am so excited to share more of it with you, hopefully sooner rather than later... Thanks for reading! If this sounds like fun to you, you can follow along below👇 Hope to see you there! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ale...

Two men stand in front of a heavily graffiti'd bar entrance. A sign above the door shows a cartoon pilot sitting on a winged barrel waving a full tankard of beer. The sign reads 'The Barrel Roll'

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 26/03/2026

12/13 The comic's also given me a chance to push my writing and make more of the storytelling opportunities afforded uniquely by comics as a medium. There's a little moment in Issue 2 that I'm very excited to see on page. I hope we get there.

Concept art from Puddlejumpers 2, showing 2 of the main characters as adults, as well as versions of themselves as children. There are lots of small details showing how hair and expressions were chosen.

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 26/03/2026

11/13 Melia and Byron are back, with a chance to make their names (and in Byron's case, reforge his reputation). And the gang's expanding as well with some characters I am so excited to do more with.

Concept art of one of the new Puddlejumpers characters, wearing a t-shirt and shorts under safety gear that absolutely will not protect him in that getup.

Concept art of one of the new characters from Issue 2, a robot wearing a variety of different outfits, including a leather duster and a floral shirt.

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 26/03/2026

10/13 Issue 2’s an expansion of that original setting, with more characters, a larger world, and represents the beginning of a longer arc that I hope people will want to follow along with...

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 26/03/2026

9/13 I imagined a character who had taken a shortcut to the thing he wanted, only to find that it left him underwhelmed and isolated. Who was looking for an opportunity to do things right this time, if he could only get a chance. Enter an old friend who would give him that chance... eventually.

greyscale concept art of Melia from Issue 1. She looks stern and is holding a wrench.

greyscale concept art of Byron from Issue 1. He's smiling and holding a polaroid camera.

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 26/03/2026

8/13 From there, I needed some characters. And I landed on two young ‘PuddleJumpers’ with a bit of history. That history was a way for me to explore a lot of the impatience that I had felt in the past about creative work, and just wanting to have done it, rather than doing it….

Concept art of Melia from issue 1 with notes on the different details.

Concept art of Byron from issue 1 with notes on the different details.

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 26/03/2026

7/13 To create unique areas and scenarios for my characters to find their way through. A kind of ‘monster of the week’ format that would let me play around with lots of ideas, characters, and obstacles.

Concept art of 'Attendant' from issue 1. Sketched out with notes from the artist, Vicky Chen.

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 26/03/2026

6/13 And that gave me my rough outline. A setting made up of hundreds of islands, broken up by broad swathes of oceans that called for occasional quick deliveries (making use of plane-couriers). A society like this would be decentralised in an interesting way, giving me lots of chances…

Concept art for the previous image of the island. Showing it in different versions and arrangements.

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 26/03/2026

5/13 I’m a big fan of Becky Chambers’ Wayfarer series. A kind of hopeful, community and people-focused sci-fi that takes a look at how people exist with one another in complex and challenging situations. It occurred to me that an archipelago is a lot like a star-system…

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 26/03/2026

4/13 The planes leant themselves to one idea already with their existing use. Courier work taking items to interesting and far-flung locations gives lots of interesting narrative opportunities, but I was looking for something more…

A wide shot of an island with a small ramshackle house and a jetty, as well as a large runway in the background. One character sweeps the sand, while another uses the vending machine. A third gets attacked by seagulls.

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 26/03/2026

3/13 I’ve always loved the look of small, rugged things. Particularly when they’ve been designed with a task (silly or serious) in mind. So I knew there was an aesthetic there that appealed to me, and started looking around for an idea to go with it…

Sketched concept art of different small planes. These ones are much more sleek and maintained,

A neatened up grayscale example of one of the planes, with a section pulled up to function as a shop.

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 26/03/2026

2/13 The key jumping off point for this whole project was my love of tiny little ‘bush-planes.’ If you’ve never seen these, they’re very small, very light aircraft. Often with ‘off road’ or backcountry fittings to make it possible to land them places a plane would normally never go...

Sketched concept art of different small planes. With kind of wacky racer detaiing

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 26/03/2026

I’ve mostly been sharing art from PuddleJumpers because I love what Vicky’s done so much. But I figured today I’d write a lil thread about my ambitions for PuddleJumpers as a series. What it means to me, & the kinds of writing I’ve been inspired by. (Have some of @crowwkui.bsky.social's art too) /13

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 24/03/2026

I came up with a stupid name for a dive bar and @crowwkui.bsky.social turned it into something incredible. That bar sign is 100% going on a sticker for the #kickstarter as well. We go live in less than a week! #indiecomics #comics

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 23/03/2026

A section of Issue 2 calls for us to see some of the PuddleJumper cast when they were younger. Was so excited ot see what @crowwkui.bsky.social came up with for these and she knocked them out of the park (as usual). Can't wait to see them running around. #comics #writing

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 22/03/2026

In case you'd like to see that front cover from @crowwkui.bsky.social in a little more detail: #comics #indiecomics #comicsky

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 22/03/2026

These panels follow soon after. I love the contrast of Melia and Byron's expressions. Lad really does not want to be there.

A black and white page from a comic book. Melia leans out of a door, gesturing behind her into the darkness. Byron looks concerned and bedraggled.

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 22/03/2026

Working on a bunch of bonus items for the Kickstarter today. Wallpapers, posters, sticker packs, and more! Excited (and nervous) to launch it all at the end of this month.

A phone wallpaper of cartoon Melia, with her teeth clenched and hands raised in frustration.

the front covers of issues 1 and 2 of PuddleJumpers, plus three A4 posters based on those covers and an internal page.

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 21/03/2026

A little over a week until PuddleJumpers Issue 2 goes live on Kickstarter. I'll be sharing some inks and concept art from Vicky in the run-up. 👀 Get notified when it goes live here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ale...

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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 20/03/2026

If you see this, post a robot

Concept art of a long-limbed robot with hazard chevrons up the side. Wearing a bright red, floral shirt with the sleeves rolled up. Art by Vicky Chen.

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