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Click any of the pictures to enlarge. <br>RollingSun2000http://www.blogger.com/profile/00518778838293174895noreply@blogger.comBlogger156125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071053277325251777.post-84205485482120693552019-04-22T22:06:00.000+01:002019-04-24T22:36:41.367+01:00Super Mario buying a book on plumbing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxFE59QRmuG_8RHr3AOmsWkLlTVXRgE2cHm23KEEs3RPUVOHmWqx7W7oGVHHYHfr8nyyT-7d5o2stPuKv8g0CE1MrbjSw3ZjnW9n9y6IL2vRDXRtmSizztLo3LmfaLh3HkAVXpludrmok/s1600/Mario+buying+book+%2528photo%2529+rendered+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxFE59QRmuG_8RHr3AOmsWkLlTVXRgE2cHm23KEEs3RPUVOHmWqx7W7oGVHHYHfr8nyyT-7d5o2stPuKv8g0CE1MrbjSw3ZjnW9n9y6IL2vRDXRtmSizztLo3LmfaLh3HkAVXpludrmok/s640/Mario+buying+book+%2528photo%2529+rendered+2.jpg" width="566" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rendering: Clip Studio Paint, Photoshop.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I then took a photo of it (I didn't have access to a scanner at the time) and used Clip Studio Paint (all the grey tones) and Photoshop to add colours (Mario).</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I recently bought Clip Studio Paint for making comics, so I took this opportunity to practice with it. I spent a day earlier trying to get the shortcuts to match Photoshop.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I'm not happy with the colours. They seem to be darker than what I get with Photoshop (I use a swatch because I don't trust my own ability to pick base colours). </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think (or I hope) the problem is that CSP uses CYMK colours for print, but Photoshop (or rather me) uses RGB for internet and has more range.</span></span></div><div class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's suppose to be a Kabuki character / villain (Katakiyaku). </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I came across images of Kamakura Gongorō Kagemasa from the Kabuki play "Shibaraku." Of course I didn't know any of that at the time, I just knew I wanted to paint a Kabuki character.</span></div>
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RollingSun2000http://www.blogger.com/profile/00518778838293174895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071053277325251777.post-45141531374532854992019-01-30T22:24:00.000+00:002019-04-24T22:34:40.324+01:00Delivering bad news<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggm8ZOLMkMsGC8F_hBY6D4F5NRPAjUG7RDCfw3qhaU_U21ldXVXRDlcxiIOGQCsG9TFEQdvHxNJ-AqBNYMt6WduBXZt3jD_VvwskKb_Ei2DzIPWpz16xY0AIvnpmpAzq7h9sL0K-W7w-Q/s1600/ironic+-+extra+strip+%2528square%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggm8ZOLMkMsGC8F_hBY6D4F5NRPAjUG7RDCfw3qhaU_U21ldXVXRDlcxiIOGQCsG9TFEQdvHxNJ-AqBNYMt6WduBXZt3jD_VvwskKb_Ei2DzIPWpz16xY0AIvnpmpAzq7h9sL0K-W7w-Q/s640/ironic+-+extra+strip+%2528square%2529.jpg" width="566" /></span></a><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I contributed artwork for a story that appears in Sector 13 fanzine - issue 4. More info: <a href="http://bit.ly/2tdu93N">http://bit.ly/2tdu93N</a></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Although inspired by the story I contributed to, I did this strip for fun to post on social media (and because I realised I added a name to the restaurant that was not part of the story). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's not even an accurate representation of the style I used in the comic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"They Called Her Vivaldi"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the end of the show, Louis Lovett chatted away to the audience while Julie Maguire sat at the back. On the way out, I had an opportunity to compliment her on the show.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Little known fact about me, I'm not very good at giving or accepting compliments. I always worry about giving an over-inflated or exaggerated compliment or not being sincere. I genuinely enjoyed the show and was well worth the trip.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This little comic strip I had more fun doing. It was difficult to express Julie Maguire appearance in the other image I did, but I think I did a better job here. Or maybe not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I went to see a performance of "They called her Vivaldi" in the Hawk's Well Theatre, Sligo.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The show itself was something that caught my eye when it was advertised for the Linenhall, Castlebar, but I was unable to attend the day it was on. I don't know if it was because Louis Lovett was in it (I had only ever saw him in the TV show "Killinaskully," so I wanted to see what else he was capable of), or the eye catching promotional images (which have a steam punk vibe), but I wanted to see this and was willing to travel to Letterkenny or Dublin. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I wasn't dissapointed! I'm not use to going to theatre, so I might just be easily impressed. I loved the use of lighting and how it could change the location and atmosphere. And Lovett did an incredible job giving each of his many characters a unique presence on the stage. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The actress performing as Vivaldi alternates from location to location. In Sligo we had Julie Maguire. Again, I have nothing to compare it to, but she made her character quirky and very memorable.</span></div>
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RollingSun2000http://www.blogger.com/profile/00518778838293174895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071053277325251777.post-55538126126644648342017-10-22T14:33:00.000+01:002017-10-27T14:46:03.069+01:00Inktober 2017: Day 22<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The commotion from the giant and the presence of the stranger's sword disturbed the Drinking Dragon from its slumber. The hooded stranger landed on its back and grasped tightly to what he thought was grass, but it had a strong hold like hair. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The dragon soared up into the sky, encircling the giant. The hooded stranger preferred this way of getting to the giant's head. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These images are going to be posted less frequently from now. I don't have the same amount of time to dedicate to them. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm already 5 days behind on these and I have another 9 images to do. I do want to get all the images finished though to wrap this story up, so these images might bleed into November. </span></div>
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RollingSun2000http://www.blogger.com/profile/00518778838293174895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071053277325251777.post-88101245863216594612017-10-21T01:06:00.000+01:002017-10-26T01:07:01.380+01:00Inktober 2017: day 21<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3 days earlier*.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The hooded stranger and the musician on top of Castle Rushen, Castletown:</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">M: "See that rock over there just near Calf of Man? That’s drinking rock." </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">M: "It looks like a dragon drinking from the sea." </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">HS: [straining to see] "ah! I see it now." </span><br />
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RollingSun2000http://www.blogger.com/profile/00518778838293174895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071053277325251777.post-21758636344251946672017-10-20T20:31:00.000+01:002017-10-24T20:38:26.479+01:00Inktober 2017: Day 20<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">... and with that, the hooded stranger flew through the air and plummeted to the waves below...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How will the hooded stranger survive? All will be revealed over the next two days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As the hooded stranger climbed higher and made his way up the giant’s shoulder, he paused and looked over the Manx landscape. He was both in awe and petrified. He could see all of the island and across.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The hooded stranger made some progress up the giant’s forearm before it stood up tall again. The climb was going to be harder now and progress was going to be slow. The sword could give him added ability to leap and climb, but the hooded stranger had never meet a kaiju this big before. Maybe this really was Manannán Mac Lir.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Beyond the small island is the Isle of Man. The square blocks in the distance is Port Erin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm hoping people have started noticing the presence of seaweed (kelp) hanging from the giant. I wanted the give the impression that it was living undisturbed at the bottom of the sea. But the kelp in it's hair and beard is important too...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I wanted the giant to have a "living rock" look to him, like a moving cliff, but I ended up taking the path of least resistance and keeping it organic and more like a human. I wish I had the courage to add more details like coral formations and barnacles, the usual features you would find on a shipwreck. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Something was not quite right about the giant. The hooded stranger could sense an anger or annoyance from it. As he tried to reason with it and convince it to leave, the giant had enough. It slammed it's hand down on top of the hooded stranger. He managed to get enough distance, but it was extremely close. The force of the hand hitting the ground caused a mini earthquake, knocking the hooded stranger (and many of the crowd) to the ground.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The hooded stranger began to speak to the giant, or rather shouted at the giant over the roar of the sea and the struggle of his voice being lost to the wind. He spoke in a strange language that resembled Gaelic and Nordic. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is one of those images where I hate it as soon as I finished it. I didn't like the look of the giants face at all. I didn't spend enough time with character design. I tried to fix it afterwards by making the nose slightly longer with white gouache. The copic markers don't cover the gouache very well, but I think I managed to get away with it. The giant is going to be one of those things where consistency will go out the window as the month goes on and I experiment or tweak other features. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are so many problems. Part of me wants it to be more symmetrical, but at the same time I'm aware that the giant's head is at 3/4 view and a weird angel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This a bit of a cringe image, but it's something I had in mind since the very beginning and built the story around this image, the previous two images (day 13 / 14) and the next image (tomorrow). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the originally story (as I have mentioned before) the idea was that the sword the musician and his fiance are giving the hooded stranger would have been a special sword from the museum. After visiting the Manx museum myself since then, I discovered the chances of that would be slim since all the swords are corroded or broken.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Something I'm not sure about (and could do with more feedback on) is the box outline I was including on the images. I was going with a box effect to minimise the amount of space I needed to fill, and to make the images look more interesting in a presentation sense with adding 3D effects to certain elements. It has been suggested that the outline is causing too much of a boxed in effect and it's an opinion I share. For a week or so I felt like I'm making that outline too thick. I originally liked it because it gave the images a "comic-book bursting from the panels" vibe. But if it's hurting the image, I can pull back. For example, here I have it left as pencil. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I wanted to give a better sense of the giants height, but I'm now thinking that maybe he is too tall. </span><br />
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RollingSun2000http://www.blogger.com/profile/00518778838293174895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071053277325251777.post-41085251197517832432017-10-13T16:14:00.000+01:002017-10-15T15:00:31.871+01:00Inktober 2017: Day 13<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A loud bellow rumbles out of the fog. The weapon dealer hastily collected his swords and ran to join the onlookers. The hooded stranger could hear the sea swell and crash loudly against the cliff below. A storm was coming, but the wind did not increase. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Suddenly, a towering figure emerged through the fog. At first, the hooded stranger thought it was a large ship (before quickly remembering they were on top of a cliff). It resembled a moving mountain. The fog began to clear a little, and the hooded stranger got his first glimpse of Manannán mac Lir...</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This was an awkward image. I wanted to avoid portrait layout, but at the same time I wanted to give a sense of this towering giant over them. I failed on both accounts.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm planning on doing a landscape scene where you will see the giant compared to the island. He will be more visible and easier to understand. It might be an image I should have done for today (day 13). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For this one, I originally wanted the giant to be a blurry silhouette in the fog and the crowd huddled around and looking like ants, but I thought that would look boring.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As for the design of the giant, the horns on his head are suppose to look like the horns on a Manx sheep. I will make that clearer as the days go on. </span></div>
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A mysterious figure unrolled a blanket and proceeded to lay out a selection of ancient weapons. The hooded stranger recognised them from the Manx museum. The collection consisted of old Viking weapons, corroded or damaged during burial ceremonies. The sword that wasn’t damaged looked to be an ornament, polished and never sharpened. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The hooded stranger's worry continued to grow. He couldn't use any of these.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In my original story (which I created before visiting the Isle of Man) I had intended the weapon dealer to offer a collection of decent weapons and then the hooded stranger would use a weapon from the Manx Museum. Having had a chance to visit the museum during the summer, I discovered that plan might not work out. I discovered that a lot of the swords were damaged. I'm not great are remembering important details, but the swords were damaged during burial ceremonies, I think to prevent grave robbing. I then discovered that the Isle of Man has a Sword of State which I thought would be cool to include into this story. We will see how that goes.</span></div>
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RollingSun2000http://www.blogger.com/profile/00518778838293174895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071053277325251777.post-76941229021893779892017-10-11T17:34:00.000+01:002017-10-13T21:09:19.629+01:00Inktober 2017: Day 11<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As the fog grew thicker, the hooded stranger looked at the mayor. For the first time that day, the look of glee and dramatics was drained from him, and now the hooded stranger saw… fear?</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“What the hell…?”</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A choir behind them began to sing...</span></div>
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RollingSun2000http://www.blogger.com/profile/00518778838293174895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071053277325251777.post-13414789263177653512017-10-10T19:53:00.000+01:002017-10-13T21:08:03.987+01:00Inktober 2017: Day 10<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The hooded stranger rose to his feet. As the mayor continued addressing the crowd, a fog started to drift in from the sea.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"It is time! Manannán is coming!" roared the the mayor to gentle applause from the crowd.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm late uploading today (Wednesday).</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is one I struggled with. I wanted an opportunity to show more of the crowd. I also wanted to show the fog gently roll in, but now that I have it finished, the fog isn't obvious enough. I love how it is presented in movies like The Mist (2007) and in a scene from the trailer for John Carpenter's The Fog (2005)(the bit with the boy running on the beach away from the fog).</span></div>
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RollingSun2000http://www.blogger.com/profile/00518778838293174895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071053277325251777.post-69715399964644431412017-10-09T16:33:00.000+01:002017-10-13T21:07:01.274+01:00Inktober 2017: Day 9<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The boat journey to the island wasn't long, but the walk was. After twenty minutes, they arrived at the lighthouses.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was awkward walking with two men holding his arms. The hooded stranger tripped a number times along the way.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The mayor stood with delight, waving his arms and encouraging the crowd. Before them stood a huge wicker statue...</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"What is that meant to be?" asked the hooded stranger, with a sense of panic as he started remembering the end scene from a movie.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"That is our Wallaby. They have flourished here on the island since the 70's. We thought it was an interesting representation of the uniqueness of our isle."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"...and the tourists love it," mumbled the hooded stranger, sarcastically.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Actually, we don't know.This is our first year with Wally."</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The hooded stranger started to struggle again.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"You can't do this! You can't put me in there!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"In there?!" The mayor was startled. Then realised how this all looked.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"God no! that is just for spectacle. This isn't "The Wicker Man!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some people in the crowd laughed. One of the men holding the hooded stranger give a gentle chuckle.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"What the hell is going on?" thought the hooded stranger to himself.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The original idea, I wanted the island to be like a cult and the hooded stranger was being forced into this festival sacrifice. But as I started the inktober challenge, I started to worry that I was painting the real Isle of Man in a dreadful light. The reality is I met a lot of lovely people there (except the bus drivers... something weird about the few I met).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Instead of suggesting a nasty underbelly to the island, I'm trying to play on their "for the tourists" aspect, since the island heavily depends on the tourists every June, and maintains a certain image solely for them.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As a result of the slight change in presentation, I'm regretting having the hooded stranger on his knees here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm becoming a little self-conscious as to how this is all looking to my friends in the Isle of Man. This isn't a "Wicker Man" story (even though that is the primary idea that came to mind at the time). This is pretty much a Kaiju story, like last year's.</span></div>
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RollingSun2000http://www.blogger.com/profile/00518778838293174895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071053277325251777.post-41915610814610292782017-10-08T13:18:00.000+01:002017-10-13T21:05:56.783+01:00Inktober 2017: Day 8<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When they got to Port Erin, everyone boarded buses going in the Cregneash direction. The hooded stranger was a little confused as they passed the living museum village. The only destination past the village was...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"... Isle of Calf?!" said the hooded stranger to himself.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"...ummm? Calf of Man, yes," said the mayor, as if remembering the hooded stranger had a voice. "We have boats waiting to take as many of the tourists over as we can."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Why did we take that train? Wouldn't it have been quicker to take the bus the whole way from Douglas?"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"It's traditional!" Smiled the mayor. "...and the tourists love it."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm not happy with this one. I'm not use to drawing landscapes or buses, so it's not the best looking. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And a bit of forewarning, the Isle of Cafe is going to looking nothing like the real thing. A huge amount of artistic licensing will be used.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The hooded stranger sat quietly as the train chugged along. He had taken this train journey earlier in the week, so he had a rough idea where he was going...</span></div>
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RollingSun2000http://www.blogger.com/profile/00518778838293174895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071053277325251777.post-87559726773645941042017-10-06T15:30:00.000+01:002017-10-13T21:04:21.575+01:00Inktober 2017: Day 6<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The crowd paraded the hooded stranger through the market street. He saw tourists gleefully take part, buying masks or applauding as he walked past. The hooded stranger was now regretting not researching more about the island before arriving.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They eventually arrived at the train station. The hooded stranger was ushered onto a carriage.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Finally, I can sit down again" mumbled the mayor to himself.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Again, another picture with too much detail in it. I'm becoming very conscious of time and the effort I'm putting into these images. I look at the other inktober images and they are just portraits or very simplified scenes.</span></div>
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RollingSun2000http://www.blogger.com/profile/00518778838293174895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071053277325251777.post-70292107406150574882017-10-05T16:40:00.000+01:002017-10-13T21:02:38.051+01:00Inktober 2017: Day 5<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The hooded stranger had no sooner checked-out and exited the B&B when three masked locals grabbed him. One took his back packs while the other two held his arms.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He was about to put up a fight, but quickly realised they were far from alone. From what he could see, the whole town must have been there.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He didn't think his reputation had reached outside of his home village. He was about to discover that assumption was still correct.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Before him stood the mayor.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-"You have been chosen for the privilege of serving as our tribute to the Fomorians."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-"The what? Let go of me! What the hell is going on?!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-"It was no coincidence that you came here when you did. Manannán mac Lir has sent many to protect us..."</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I went to too much effort with this one, but it was an important scene. I also struggled with having the details stand out clearly. The hooded stranger is getting lost among the other people.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">All the other images before this were told on a day by day format, but from here on each image will be from the same night.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm starting to feel the strain of doing these images and the responsibilities of my Literature Review (I hate writing, believe it or not) and my Fine Art course (which is already proving that I'm nowhere near pushing the concepts of "art" yet).</span></div>
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RollingSun2000http://www.blogger.com/profile/00518778838293174895noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1071053277325251777.post-2579619834786653942017-10-04T16:09:00.000+01:002017-10-13T21:00:51.543+01:00Inktober 2017: Day 4<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The weather had cleared up by the next day. The hooded stranger made his way around the rest of the island, visiting Ramsey and finishing the day in Peel. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For such a beautiful ruins (near a long stretch of beach), he never visited a castle that was so difficult to find from the middle of town.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">His only choice was to follow the slope of the land down through narrow winding streets in hopes of finding the beach. A number of times he was convinced he was going the wrong way.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm already starting to cut back on the rendering of the images. I was happy enough with the line work on it's own, but decided to keep it in the style of the previous images... but I'm thinking at some point (maybe next week) just keeping it at line work with no shading (unless absolutely necessary). We will see how it goes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I start with a rough pencil sketch. When I'm happy with that, I start inking with a Pentel pocket Brush. I then erase the pencils before adding colour or shading with copic markers.</span></div>
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