Ch2 Pg19
Cheeko on March 9, 2006
Angsty angst agnst!
Splash page! Yaaaaaaayness!
This page was a lot of fun to do, primarily because it was a real challenge figuring out how the background would work. Somehow I managed to make the ground textured and blurred with distance, and the houses to properly fade away into the background.
This page was originally drawn back in… November or December, I think it was. Back then how Redeye was going to enter the story was still up in the air, and the idea this was based off of was Shroom getting chased down into a dead end. The guards are closing in around him when from one of the nearby rooves jumps… dahdahdaaaah! Redeye! In all his stickfighting glory! This was going to be the first page where everyone got to see what he looked like, so a splash page seemed the best way to make an impact.
Anyway, as a result, there are several things wrong and inconsistant with this picture. Say, the pants… and his uneven shirt sleeves… and those scabs on his arm and knee. I also had to erase the original background that I had inked in along with it. XP
Gosh, I wish I could think of something else to say in these posts other than the page and what I did drawing it. I suppose I could start giving you links to cool comics I read and stuff.
Another note:
HELP!!
Besides the odd barrel, pieces of wood, and boxes, what else can you find in a back alley like this one??? I'm running out of ideas and the barrels are becoming SOOOO boring!!! Anything you can think of would be GREAT! I'll even credit you in a future post if I use your idea! I'm desperate!
Thassal for this week. It's back to weekly updates again.
Cheeko out.
ookami the great at 5:34AM, Oct. 29, 2011
.... i still think hes a drow
BreathOfDreams at 1:40PM, May 21, 2007
Wow... I love the background, and the pose and the fact that you broke the frame makes him seem like he's coming right off the page! (I still think he's cute ^^)
Fyrsiel at 6:53PM, March 19, 2006
Wooo, such flow of movement. xO
ZoeStead at 5:48AM, March 14, 2006
Splash pages are always cool! Especially if drawn by you?!
subcultured at 6:58AM, March 11, 2006
awesome!
Uberslug at 8:54PM, March 10, 2006
Hobos. You need more hobos in the background.
anonymous at 8:16PM, March 10, 2006
Backalleays... hmmm.... Alleycats, garbage, hobos xD, wanted posters, signs, flyers etc...
spaz at 7:03PM, March 10, 2006
My favorite alley way item is the decripit door. Nice pose.
Ozoneocean at 5:32PM, March 10, 2006
Good pose, nice bright colours and a lovely dark outline! other alley things... Well this is an earlier time so I think they might keep the occasional pile of hay, coal, or wood pile in an alley. Maybe a cart, or even a broken cart. Spare cart wheels? Borken cart wheels! Plants grow everywhere, especially lesser used walk-ways and allys. So I'd put so weeds or grasses in there as well.
Kytenji at 3:47PM, March 10, 2006
you could add a bum into the background that way when your really out of ideas especially for a plot twist you can use the bum and say he was some wizard or something then bam you can run with that like a kid in Disneyland.
kjanuary at 12:36PM, March 10, 2006
*cheers for Ranu* I dunno. In my alleys you mostly find dead people. *shifty eyes*
mjkj at 12:05PM, March 10, 2006
Great work :) mjkj
iagojester at 11:18AM, March 10, 2006
Hot dog, but that's an interesting pose. I wonder how long one could stand like that before falling over... huh. And the green of her shirt is an awesome match for his eyes and face markings.
nebasa at 9:08AM, March 10, 2006
I think Wazaga has summed most of the things you find in an alley up, including the ones I thought about, so I won't repeat those. but maybe a backdoor, anyway, great as usual, have a five.
tigermon at 8:32AM, March 10, 2006
Nice!
JillyFoo at 8:17AM, March 10, 2006
battle pose... pretty cool.
Hamorhage at 7:28AM, March 10, 2006
Cool splash page, the coloring on the character is really wel done. I wonder how you draw the background, do you do lineart first and then erase it? I think It would look better with some lineart, it defines it more. INstead of black you could change the tone of the color to have it less hard
Joff at 2:18AM, March 10, 2006
Angst with a stick! Run for your life!
Wazaga at 1:40AM, March 10, 2006
what's in a back-dead-end ally.... hmmmm.... cat's, rats, pigions, wood, cardboard boxes, bottles, broken glass, newspapers, left over food containers, puddles, gutter drains, hanging clothes, boarded up windows, mud, crates, busted up bycicles or popped tires, metal bars, pipes, rusted tools, thrown out raggs, and other such thing's I've seen. but always with dirty walls. heh, you forgot the dirt on his shirt. but he looks cool and about to kick royal butt!!!
Hawk at 10:54PM, March 9, 2006
Sweeeeeeeeet stuff, Cheeko!
hpkomic at 10:42PM, March 9, 2006
YOu can put cats or buckets in the alleys, or maybe bricks?
daidaishar at 9:29PM, March 9, 2006
whops, rating
daidaishar at 9:29PM, March 9, 2006
for some reasoni find his toes adorable. Maybe because you don't see them in comics alot because most folks wera shoes, I don't know. as far as backgrounds go, I tend to add animals into mine because I get bored drawing inanimate objects, so my first thought was a cat (actualy, my first thought was a dead cat...I blame violent television)
x3022 at 9:17PM, March 9, 2006
i always see barrels when i first wake up in an alley, so i think you're doing alright. very nice splash page!
magicalmisfits at 9:16PM, March 9, 2006
He's going to kick names and take ass now!.