Speaks for itself
on November 11, 2011 at 1:59 pmAbscondWithAPie:
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Altermentality:
Ecta doesn’t look so bad.
This isn’t even the first time I drew Derk or Lorelei, but the first time I drew them where they at least have the same outfits as they do today, although they look terribly off-model from who they’ve become.
The Skärvas are some of my earliest drawings of him, but not the first. My very first concept art of him is the holy grail. I didn’t put it up here because it’s so bad, we’re saving it for a special occasion. He just looks so different, and through practice at drawing him he evolved naturally into what he looks like today. You’ll see it.. someday.
Our mindset for Frozio: “The guide should be a penguin.” I draw a penguin in five seconds. “He should have a bowtie and a top hat.” Added. And there you go.
Also that drawing of the Third has been around since the summer. Man I’ve been looking forward to his entrance for a LONG time… in which I could think over his design more.
Oh, no worries! I can wait, do take your time, ‘cuz I sure take mine for my own comic! xD …I barely even finished lining the fifth page imsolazy
it’s a miracle I still have watchers on DA, what with my severe DKC-obsession and procrastination habits, hehe
Anyway, these sketches are awesome! I always love seeing how characters looked like before their final design.
I’m so sorry for not commenting a lot lately… again D: I’ll remind myself to comment more often ‘cuz I feel like such a jerk for not doing so.
I’m still looking forward to more of it, my friend! And hey, I for one enjoy your DKC obsession.
Thanks, and hey, don’t worry about it! Comments always delight us, but I know you’re still going to follow us, so don’t beat yourself up about it.
I like the angry Ecta there, looks very malevolent. And I see both past and present Thirds are digging their tri-brows!
Thanks! I’m sure you’ll see her get that angry at some point, and it’ll probably involve Davis. You think she’s been furious before – nah, that’s just her getting ticked off, relatively.
Oh, and yeah, the tri-brow was his first established characteristic, well, after the fact that he’s also a shark-man of course
And good luck with the play! I hope it goes well!
Thanks! It did – it was a wonderful opening night!
I like how Derk looks pretty much exactly the same as he does now. Lorelei looks pretty demented, though…
Yeeeeah… she does. ^_^;
To be fair, Derk went through a LOT of revision. He was actually quite hard for me to design. But when I got an outfit for him, I also got down his body type and hair at the same time, essentially.
Unfortunately – or fortunately for me, actually – most of my earliest sketches of Derk were on paper and they’ve been lost. He did have pupils at one point. Their disappearance, and his weird mouth, were Victor’s suggestions. I’m glad for them.
Enjoy the play! ^_^
(As to missing an update, don’t worry about it – and bear in mind that other webcomics have missed rather more updates at times than one.)
I really like the drawing of The Third, by the way.
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Am I the only one slightly disturbed by “romantic Skärva”…? ^^;
Thanks! Yeah, III’s old design definitely wasn’t bad and hasn’t really changed all that much. I like his current hair though, it’s more… dynamic?
Hahah, that very drawing became the basis for that panel in comic 18, remember? “My most powerful charm – my devilish good looks”? Or are you disturbed because he doesn’t quite look like himself there?
Those three drawings are from a set of 25 expressions I did for him as part of a really useful (necessary, I might even say) practice activity. They were the first 25 drawings I did for him after my original concept art and another really dated sketch. In the process of that expressions sheet, he naturally evolved into where he was by the first comic. The expressions are “flirty,” “drunk” and “triumphant” respectively. Out of order, of course. I don’t think Skärva is ever going to experience triumph after being flirty.
Heheh, no, I think that I’m disturbed because that looks very, very like Skärva – I don’t think that Skärva quite has the “hang” of seduction. XD;
(Indeed, I think that it’s rather well-done. ^_^)
Laugh? Come now, they aren’t that bad! I really like the way the Third looks, as well as the third Skaerva face from the top, which I will hereafter refer to as his “Victory Face.” And PLEASE tell me that Ecta face will be in the comic! She’s becoming one of my favorites, and it would be awesome to see her snap like that! The only one that’s really laugh worthy is that Frozio… just.. yea I’ve said enough.
Oh and in response to Victor: DarkSoulsDarkSoulsDarkSoulsDarkSoulsDarkSoulsDarkSoulsDarkSouls…
Yeah, I could tell you liked her by your avatar
I’ve grown to love Ecta very much too. I know she just seems like she has serious issues right now, but there are reasons for that, and I’m looking forward to exploring her character over time. I also really enjoy drawing her – she’s very fluid and I feel like I can have a lot of freedome with her – and she’s my easiest character because once I have her, it’s just a single kinda-transparent white fill and then BAM. done.
Ok I really just put the Frozio in for lulz, like I said, he didn’t take us much planning. XD
Oh and by the way SkywardSwordSkywardSword etc etc
Not quite yet, but soon. Soon.
Lol at Skarva holding roses and slowly descending into maniacal glee.
… Derk is still adorable.
It’s hard to imagine a time when he wasn’t adorable, but I know some of my earlier sketches were like wtf and I think I “lost” them on purpose… I can’t quite remember what I did with them… probably threw them into Mount Doom.
i heard skyrim is a pretty good game
week before opening show? we called that hell week at my school. such horrible fun.
Indeed. This particular play, which was a glorious mess right up until opening night, we had a rehearsal until like 2 a.m. or something? With beer. It actually benefited us a lot.