Ok... the Eisenvater (the big hairy brute) has has fully sunk the armlock and I'm face to face with the very panel that I've been worried about. Story-wise, the arm-break is relevant because of the foreshadowing it provides concerning one of the protagonists and his true nature... however, it WILL be a particularly unpleasant bit of business to illustrate.
I've even planned a little double-take action reflected in the villain's face at the sight of the arm's interior...
I was initially planning to show a bit of fractured bone jutting out through the torn skin, bound tightly with coils of wire and engraved metallic clamps binding the joints together... but can I show it all without it being simply mistaken for chunky gore?
The bones need to appear to be almost knitted together with Hebrew-enscribed reinforcement bands and other peculiar mechanical enhancements. Blood will be minimal..., but that actually works in my favor. Just a bit of congealed gook to splash out the open tear in the skin....
Another problem is the fact that I will have to do some retrofitting additions to some of the already finished pages that were resolved earlier. I hadn't planned this particular injury when I first started the story (the tale actually starts "in medias res")... it just sort of evolved in this direction. I just thought this was an excellent opportunity to hint at one of the main character's true form in a subtle fashion.
So much for insight upon reflection...
Drawn myself into a corner again.......
4 comments:
just go for it..it's cyborg gore, so it's not that bad...show whatever you got to show and don't worry that it's too graphic or not.
I'm working on it as I write... or more truthfully, between writing this!
So far,... it's like pulling teeth. Not much room for actual detail really. We'll see how it works out...
Maybe it won't be such a gory panel after all...
Yeah..., right....
I wouldn't second guess yourself; do what your gut tells you..or your guts and blood and gore and whatnot and so forth and so on.
At least that's what I think...but then again...
Great drawing by the way.
Thanks Dan...
I hope to have the next panel up by tomorrow evening...
We'll just have to see how well it all turns out. There is so little actual room for identifiable gore anyway... perhaps my fears were unfounded.
Some bone splinters, some wire, a tiny clamp or two, and a bit of gook is all you can see...
Let me know what you think when it hits.
Oh... and thanks again for all the feedback!
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