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Yes…it was super long and super annoying to draw those trees as many times as I did. Still, the effort payed off and the bottom tier of panels really weigh down their airiness. A successful, emotionally driven couple of pages! Now, let’s turn it!

Ink on Bristol board.

-RD

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These next two pages were created much the same way I inked most of Arcadia; with a Japanese G-nib. Fortunately, it turned out to be PERFECT for what I needed to do here; Increase the space (even though, technically this page is supposed to still be at night) and leave room for the ( Read more... )

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The idea with this page was to show the pivitol event of the 4-year war touched on in Arcadia: the Silver clan betrays the Black clan and joins the Arcadian army in a siege of the Black side of the battle field in front of Alexandria’s gates. I’m not entirely sure if I pulled it ( Read more... )

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Another page I’m very thrilled with. People had some major complaints about the tree in the lower tier bleeding into the Arcadian soldier’s armor in the middle teir, and I see their point. Next time I’ll be more careful about that kind of placement. I love the texturing I was able ( Read more... )

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That big middle panel was supposed to have the internally-opposing armies of the east assembled to agree to a truce to fight the common enemy in the west…but I apparently forgot all about it!

Ink on Bristol board.

-RD

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I got a mixed bag of praise and criticism for the layout of this page. I guess from a purely visual standpoint it can be hard to tell where to go, but that’s why I let the text do it’s job and lead the readers eye to the next landmark. I hope it was successful enough.

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Between the creation of the two stories that make up this book I had made some significant changes to the way I thought about and actually created my comic pages. The biggest change was the commitment to the Brush as my primary inking tool. I began inking this story from the middle ( Read more... )

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One child has reached the TRUE beginning…but there is another. Cover inks for Citadel - Daikogen. Part two of two of my fantasy adventure Citadel.

Ink on Bristol board.

After much consideration and a little bit of reading up on Orson Scott Card’s “How to Write for Science Fiction ( Read more... )

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Here’s the colored version of the cover. Colors done in Photoshop CS4.

Next week the second adventure begins. Amy’s life will unfold and lead her to the place where destiny takes control! Page one of Citadel - Daikogen will go up next Tuesday!

-RD

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