A graphic novel by Wendy Tyrer
All over the world, artists are mysteriously going missing. But Mimi, a struggling art student working at the National Gallery of Victoria isn’t worried about her own safety.
“I’m not a real artist ... yet!” she jokes with her best friend Nahal, as they go about their shift behind the information desk.
After meeting Simon, the sophisticated curator of the Master Portraits exhibition, Mimi is unwittingly pulled into an extraordinary adventure. What she uncovers will challenge everything she knows, and force her to make a life-changing decision.
“As soon as PERENTIE saw the opening pages of this gripping adventure, we knew it was something special.”
Coming April 2026!
This graphic novel is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
This story is set at the NGV, and features an imposing waterwall at its entrance. It consists of large panels of glass, with a thin sheet of water cascading down to a grated drain below.
The process
It started with a script and some scribbles. Then I created a rough layout of the whole story, dividing the pages into panels. Each panel on a page is a different illustration.
The images below show progress from the first rough sketch to final image. As I'm building up the sketch I play with the typography to make sure all the dialogue flows and fits. The last stage is colouring and setting the type.
