L'ange page one added... or not.

Couldn't get it to pick up on the post below, so one more.

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Hmm, still won't pick up. Maybe not today. Oh well, lets leave some surprises for you when you buy the comic.

In other news, I updated my website yesterday, so check it out at:

www.cosmorynth.com

L'ange inked.

Well, halfway, and scanned in because RL was getting antsy to see it. Can't say I blame him. And it means a tedious job is half done as well. Check 'em out and compare to the penciled version below.

Chico and Chica

I assume they'll get better names, and probably some changes to their look and the art style as well, but this was a first pass at a sample. One thing... I may do the grays in pencil. Or at least. some textures.

I might be on to something...

I have a lead to do a webcomic that could be fast easy and fun to draw. And I get paid. It might happen. Remember, you heard it here first and if it happens you'll hear it here again.

Get some work done!

A day off from work and the entire family gone I managed to hit my marks and get the basics done that i had to do today. Yay, for me. I should get more done, but I went and saw Resident Evil: Afterlife tonight in 3d instead.

Not a great movie, but I didn't expect it to m be. It was blurry though, low-rez like, 3D but not high resolution. Ufff, hard to see what the appeal is.

Afterwords i had a coffee and drove home, so I'm awake. I should get some more writing done.

I've an early get up tomorrow, so I should also get some sleep. Like the erest of today, I'll hit my marks and do something of everything.

Black Flies script on my doorstep

I got the first draft of an 8 page "sample" script from JH last night and it looks good. I had a few suggestions, but they were minor. I'll draw it when I finish L'ange de Bastogne.

L'ange pages 11,12 ruffs

So this gets pretty much everything into place. Now to go back over the next week and polish up the drawings. Off to the gym now.

L'ange ruff 10

I should be able to finish the last two pages tomorrow. This one has some of the best acting I think... in a cartoonish mode. I couldn't quite get them kneeling on the ground in panel three, as the script called for, and much as I liked the idea, but the space was so small and that's a challenging pose. However, Sophie covering her face gets the point across... she's trying to escape the reality of what she's encountered and counting on Annaliese to carry some of the burden.

Of course that hope is quickly dashed.

Note that somewhere a long the way she has dropped her candlestick.

L'ange ruffs 5,7,8,9

Well, alright, I will go ahead and post what I've done... 3/4 finished with the roughs. I will need to go back and refine these, especially the backgrounds and shadows. I'm also getuing rid of that damned hat. pain in the butt tio draw, and here's a good scene for knocking it off. Gives me a nice gesture for him to do, slicking his hair back with his fingers... trying to look presentable.

Finding the right reference

I should have the first six pages of "L'ange" roughed in today. And no I'm not going to post more of those... they don't look that great and my time is better spent, but... I did find a reference shot for the uniforms of the 101st ABN DIV that defended Bastogne.

I'm not super obsessive about details, and much will be obscured by shadows, but the right details, such as the angled breast pockets, and the white spade on the helmet etc can make a world of difference in suggested the reality of a place.

L'ange pages 2,3,4 ruffs

Not a lot to say about these. A few hours work this morning roughing these pages in. Plenty more to be done before inking, but the basic shapes are there. Details and lighting to be added.

L'ange page 1 ruff

This page will require stark white and drop dead blacks and defined shades of gray.