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Genesis Comic Lineart Pg 1-2

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Done because anything Gargoyles puts me in the 'mood' for Gargoyles. Emmychidna is blazing a trail through her own Gargoyles fanfic right now, so I'll blame it on her. Go see it.

Anyway. Ahem:

IF YOU WANT TO GET HIRED AS A COMIC BOOK ARTIST, THIS IS WHAT YOU MUST DO!!!!!

And, if you can, two more pages like it. Then another couple stories. Then maybe a nice pin-up... ANYWAY...This puppy right here has gotten me more work than anything else in my illustration portfolio. Unlike practically everything else in my DA gallery, these two images are unaltered from their originals in any way by Photoshop, except to place them side-by-side and the edge border. They are inked, and probably the cleanest pages of anything I own. This is a frame-by-frame story, of course based on Disney's Gargoyles series. Should be self-explanatory...

And in fact, self-explanatory is another point. Force yourself, when doing this, to create a story, and "read" it without the words. Editors LOVE to be able to pick up what you're getting at without reading the story upon the page itself. Of course, if you want to show off hand-lettering skills, go for it. Not me though, my handwriting is bad enough...

For those of you interested, here's the frame by frame:

Page One: This story takes place a century or so before the Castle Wyvern Clan (excepting most probably, Hudson) had hatched from their rookery... sooooo 894 AD, in Scotland. Genesis is a Gargoyle Pirate Queen -- a widely feared Garg marauder (plus her two henchmen... her "clan" if you will) who loots castles, villages, and other unsuspecting humans. She wears the finest silks and jewelry, she eats the best food, and her weapon of choice is that axe-blade which she has had fashioned upon the end of her tail. Needless to say, she's one of my more inventive "villains". :)

Page Two: Genesis and friends carried on this way for many years, until reaching Castle Wyvern. They were captured, and excepting the Pirate Queen, slain by the Castle Wyvern clan (these Gargoyles would be the parents and grandparents of what would later become the Manhattan Clan). Genesis' fate was to become an example to other wrongdoers -- by the castle Mage's sorcery, she is placed under a spell which would turn her to stone until the castle rose above the clouds. In the last panel you can see the Mage doing this -- the Grimorum is in his hands, so obviously this is the same spell used on the Manhattan clan later in the series.

You can see where I'm going with this. I would like to continue it, at least until I get Genesis' history down. Doubt I'd make a full-blown meet and greet story with her and the Gargs of the future yet, but I dunno.

...depends on how much people want to see it I spoze. ;)
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KaijuDuke's avatar
is there any fanfics i can read about genesis?