OPD : 2003.05.25 @ 03:59
Edited 20050620 : In the same spirit as the original, with the dialogue rewritten and expanded (some of it on the previous page).
Personally, I think this image is vastly superior to the original. Scale, depth of field, etc, etc.
I also think that the reworked convergence -1- and -2-, in conjunction with descent, now puts Chapter One into its proper context.
Backdrop was done on the 19th. I would have proceeded with doing the entire page then, but problems started eating my ass. They still are, unfortunately - though it's quite a bit less severe than it was this afternoon.
As for the dialogue....
To say that Tantek's tactical helmet makes him look an awful lot like Briareos is a massive understatement. If you want to nit-pick, the only real similarities are the "rabbit ears" and the forward lens layout. I'd prefer to think I was inspired by Appleseed, rather than, say, ripping it off.
The upside, like Raven mentions, is that Tantek can take the suit off. And at a much later point in The Dualist, he'll swap out the tactical helmet for something better suited to the situation.
Until then, he's going to get needled about it.
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Original image(s):
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Original post:
If you can still spot the typo, then I haven't gotten to fixing it yet. Don't worry, it'll be soon. Also, I should note that all communication in the veil has no direct bearing on the story. Well, it does, but it's ultimately inconsequential. The reasons for this are twofold- communication inside the Terrestrial Veil is difficult for obvious reasons and this sequence in particular was visual, rather than scripted. Retroscripted pages always suck, ladies and gentlemen- there's a reason the writer hands the script to the artist, not the reverse. o_O
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Uploaded a fixed version on 27 May. Removed the threshhold processed peeps for hand drawn processed artstuffs. In other words, the characters look like the characters, instead of sloptastic approximations. The great thing about this is the rez allows me to play with dynamics, putting the male obviously in front. :D