Lost a bit of "creative baggage" this evening... and good riddance!
They say no good deed goes unpunished, and man,... were they right. That's what I get for trying to help out a buddy by allowing him to "contribute" to my project for a published credit to add to his portfolio...
Hell... he caused me more aggravation than real positive input, so I suppose that I should just be grateful.
No real hard feelings, you understand... but let me just say that he'd be better served sticking to his prospective day job... plenty of work for a good accountant out there....
The panels are moving a bit more smoothly now... so I'm quite pleased.
I just needed to get over the dreaded "new page" hump that can stymie even the most ambitious artist when faced with a sheet of blank bristol. I've just got to keep going and keep the goal in sight...
This last panel will eventually feature a blurring effect as our protagonist snaps his broken arm back into place... but I think that it serves it's purpose fairly well without it. Maybe I've just looked at the damned thing for so long that it just SEEMS to make sense now...
The next couple of panels are going to be interesting... I'll actually have to consult some photo reference for a few "dropping liquid" shots. We'll be following a drooled rivulet of blood from the Eisenvater's torn lips as it drops to the studio floor. This sequence immediately preceeds the big simultaneous punch-out panel... so it really has to be both quiet AND a suitable build-up towards the two climaxing blows. An ambitious transitional scene for such a pulpy and graphic fight scene... but the challenge alone makes it a worthwhile endeavor....
2 comments:
Can't wait 'til this thing is completed...but likely not half as much as yourself! I'm figuring the whole thing still needs to be inked? Is Rick Bryant doing the inks? Or is your disapointment with the person who was supposedly going to help out a friend that was going to do some inks and then backed out..?
Either way, the pencils look great.
Keep 'em comin'.
Thanks for the kind words, Justin...
I am ready for this thing to get finished, it's true... but then it's on to the next issue! I'm determined to tell this whole story, regardless of how purposeless it might seem...
I already have a few more panels done and will post one example soon... I hope that you like it.
Rick is still doing the inking chores, and he's only a few pages behind me now. Pretty remarkable, actually...
I figure that I have about 5 or 6 more pages and a title page... maybe a pin-up or two... before the big show in San Diego. With Rick just a few pages in my dust, I figure it leaves more than enough time for him to fall behind once or twice before he gets it done around June or so. I've got my fingers crossed anyway....
You'll have to let me know what you think about the "drip sequence" I'll be posting soon...
In the meantime, nice work on your new blog... I'll be a frequent visitor, I believe.
Be well friend.
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