tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16692121010997675162024-02-19T06:14:25.513+00:00Nemesis FleetAbbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483632578866878697noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669212101099767516.post-41891803518525219422008-10-12T23:09:00.004+01:002008-10-12T23:17:58.369+01:00Beers in Space!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU0A04w9Iuq4duVoFlz_DCGaM7epiC5PoLkaC00rsBVIhF-lLgkaUvi3VukjWRbsW8rwRus15f0owDPRGbOqzWAeEA7aLNZbk0WHCDtRKWC9JrVcUq6Nvyw6r5pWFeV8r92Fp4TTzeMm5D/s1600-h/spacesuit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU0A04w9Iuq4duVoFlz_DCGaM7epiC5PoLkaC00rsBVIhF-lLgkaUvi3VukjWRbsW8rwRus15f0owDPRGbOqzWAeEA7aLNZbk0WHCDtRKWC9JrVcUq6Nvyw6r5pWFeV8r92Fp4TTzeMm5D/s320/spacesuit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256393393772995042" /></a><br /><br />Shay needs a goddamn space suit. I'm working in a few lotus symbols onto the suit, it being something he's just swiped from the Scented Lotus itself.Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483632578866878697noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669212101099767516.post-24790684071548094472008-08-13T10:42:00.003+01:002008-08-13T10:46:12.039+01:00Sketch Dump 9: colour!Some more sketches of the main cast!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBpfoyH40s6K1Os7halq-5lBMnfV4Y99oGlC8BrvrKix2hOspMU5cbLFktSNwLC2qDjNz-Tvm1Xx_zRgOdLtO-ymLtvmqUL6NMugMs_8mka0Fh3RTrthzn3oAkdPCNYMdfTH8w_IYFr8OY/s1600-h/nemesisfleetfuh.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBpfoyH40s6K1Os7halq-5lBMnfV4Y99oGlC8BrvrKix2hOspMU5cbLFktSNwLC2qDjNz-Tvm1Xx_zRgOdLtO-ymLtvmqUL6NMugMs_8mka0Fh3RTrthzn3oAkdPCNYMdfTH8w_IYFr8OY/s320/nemesisfleetfuh.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233935871066521330" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixvBmqV1vLhVCCfszOWCe3Nj_CVmHXF2PcdcQ7XsTzFat_TIF-QeV7MoXodA_oMbWnox2D7uLv3otjjCe9iCSun5g0DArwqX0DTA5aM0aBTz03wezMZIu_EFff9fA7YtzQgEcx0F3LqsAL/s1600-h/nemesisfleetbuh.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixvBmqV1vLhVCCfszOWCe3Nj_CVmHXF2PcdcQ7XsTzFat_TIF-QeV7MoXodA_oMbWnox2D7uLv3otjjCe9iCSun5g0DArwqX0DTA5aM0aBTz03wezMZIu_EFff9fA7YtzQgEcx0F3LqsAL/s320/nemesisfleetbuh.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233935868860314114" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgde9bjV5KMCxXW_QWHcN_9XkFR1zONDcl-SWu-6WiWOaBFB0gHOqcMvlh3Hl1oCTxubM3yJE13PgbXH-547PdEJM8BtZxIAGJgQ1BFUL7GPQJMRJoazkN2Aj73TDfP139HQ7PzUuRIrz1K/s1600-h/nemfleetwhu.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgde9bjV5KMCxXW_QWHcN_9XkFR1zONDcl-SWu-6WiWOaBFB0gHOqcMvlh3Hl1oCTxubM3yJE13PgbXH-547PdEJM8BtZxIAGJgQ1BFUL7GPQJMRJoazkN2Aj73TDfP139HQ7PzUuRIrz1K/s320/nemfleetwhu.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233935567881854354" /></a>Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483632578866878697noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669212101099767516.post-67280283187346692342008-08-12T09:06:00.002+01:002008-08-12T14:14:24.333+01:00Sketch Dump 8Still working on crazy lady Sekhmet's design.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgopD-EuQeCdVnAtN5Nutuazt8eh4syWWrHEBWupevG97ZsE0ZVtvfNcRz8A4LtXdsMc5xKdndgNw4ca8JW-6Z1qzt4QqGYGB6M-SIhJmzQGUkwGOLdYHStJBrRhE8idQA9x3KUqICsYz5v/s1600-h/holiday6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgopD-EuQeCdVnAtN5Nutuazt8eh4syWWrHEBWupevG97ZsE0ZVtvfNcRz8A4LtXdsMc5xKdndgNw4ca8JW-6Z1qzt4QqGYGB6M-SIhJmzQGUkwGOLdYHStJBrRhE8idQA9x3KUqICsYz5v/s320/holiday6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233540054941200402" /></a><br /><br />Some bland cast doodling.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwlBV-JCfvyy4Zama-Ll4dnABccZzTa-LgNYldrt1le7FQKXSWhu3CSjm-F7JG6jQ1lBfpIm9_IMoYUngNYK9HBdcwHldBiP4M0Hryy2LufABTLUtgLe9sy-ALbpCJFhTXhCH02DBHf0TX/s1600-h/holiday8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwlBV-JCfvyy4Zama-Ll4dnABccZzTa-LgNYldrt1le7FQKXSWhu3CSjm-F7JG6jQ1lBfpIm9_IMoYUngNYK9HBdcwHldBiP4M0Hryy2LufABTLUtgLe9sy-ALbpCJFhTXhCH02DBHf0TX/s320/holiday8.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233540060971933794" /></a><br /><br />A couple of composition ideas.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKZUX3HMuMb99oQyi9RL0UlDyz_lcWb5poOasNTbD3Rzh6yoAV-zes214XSch4X2UCHu5ItPfZDzPDgIHkellpeShUreNz_i9Itx1TX73JCRqpLj6aELm_ZJjyCKw6fZQKkP80Qg7KU2e/s1600-h/holiday9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTKZUX3HMuMb99oQyi9RL0UlDyz_lcWb5poOasNTbD3Rzh6yoAV-zes214XSch4X2UCHu5ItPfZDzPDgIHkellpeShUreNz_i9Itx1TX73JCRqpLj6aELm_ZJjyCKw6fZQKkP80Qg7KU2e/s320/holiday9.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233540064831450450" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI3vWqlkTnBxxt8BrD70MGDdO9-6k6vqE_DTIPSqHI628zTGsvTeTZ_O4XmInBGYPTJJagXPZyzb-O1C1hbB7EIZpi4IVlbD-UyrEdLCg1njsZA9yQTYYhvz64YuQXnmEl7bivNQAmEXJy/s1600-h/holiday10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI3vWqlkTnBxxt8BrD70MGDdO9-6k6vqE_DTIPSqHI628zTGsvTeTZ_O4XmInBGYPTJJagXPZyzb-O1C1hbB7EIZpi4IVlbD-UyrEdLCg1njsZA9yQTYYhvz64YuQXnmEl7bivNQAmEXJy/s320/holiday10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233540066122453618" /></a><br /><br />General character doodlings. And some guy I sketched at the pub.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1OzGclUWvLeHDdgF4azsKSLHcRa_5d1cQyk48gh631CNxUbub1az8tkTeuAunBT5u0BCWU9iDeltIySva-l36mRhUS5J4_mAVSqHsTTdKm91qFuEOFGizO-LaACtZGwgHydje-w3Eugs_/s1600-h/holiday12.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1OzGclUWvLeHDdgF4azsKSLHcRa_5d1cQyk48gh631CNxUbub1az8tkTeuAunBT5u0BCWU9iDeltIySva-l36mRhUS5J4_mAVSqHsTTdKm91qFuEOFGizO-LaACtZGwgHydje-w3Eugs_/s320/holiday12.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233540070568425410" /></a>Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483632578866878697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669212101099767516.post-57913968936288490242008-08-12T00:38:00.010+01:002008-08-12T01:07:01.042+01:00Neglect is a terrible thing.The worst thing about this is, I've had lots of artwork to put up here for quite some time. Still! At least I'm not just sitting around like a lemon playing video games instead of blogging. I'm actually drawing this time!<br /><br />Monstery development again.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibfH6VqMU6JcWhK4zyzh0i3rBrKzkjwjS-8oPWCmUvImEy12D98vV-IW15ToKCDyD0BulVKsrO-IRgNVK6xQhnU9jFdsu4pITZE79wzqkWJZrksahexcowkrX7wogyVKH_Lq39c5fqORb-/s1600-h/holiday1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibfH6VqMU6JcWhK4zyzh0i3rBrKzkjwjS-8oPWCmUvImEy12D98vV-IW15ToKCDyD0BulVKsrO-IRgNVK6xQhnU9jFdsu4pITZE79wzqkWJZrksahexcowkrX7wogyVKH_Lq39c5fqORb-/s320/holiday1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233409375240257474" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlkaliahMVCSZWtoyjZ66e0TRH6qP8fECQlURsLfB7zKLE-m2_uKMUZs4eARpnbWtvIMwnlQ_Fghf1yifBUEyPPPxl0jIqez-sScD-_1yoCsNBqYczxokNzrkVqxFP3NnEVmW-vwQzc_dA/s1600-h/holiday3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlkaliahMVCSZWtoyjZ66e0TRH6qP8fECQlURsLfB7zKLE-m2_uKMUZs4eARpnbWtvIMwnlQ_Fghf1yifBUEyPPPxl0jIqez-sScD-_1yoCsNBqYczxokNzrkVqxFP3NnEVmW-vwQzc_dA/s320/holiday3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233409898129623378" /></a><br /><br />This one went a bit too Warhammer 40k really:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil72kwL7Fq6hDohZS2pbDH60U6WJgrHpecZoLh5r_nZOgp_SH_lXnY5aQ5_suplqth0eaUEFQpM3NAZ7sGYEBUS8SewFuBpi3yt125qJ0x_QUnoA-sbGnwyvKFEj_bNXA7omBoos2aIvH2/s1600-h/holiday2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil72kwL7Fq6hDohZS2pbDH60U6WJgrHpecZoLh5r_nZOgp_SH_lXnY5aQ5_suplqth0eaUEFQpM3NAZ7sGYEBUS8SewFuBpi3yt125qJ0x_QUnoA-sbGnwyvKFEj_bNXA7omBoos2aIvH2/s320/holiday2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233409799394174258" /></a><br /><br />I'm pretty happy with this look for these weird things. The guy in robes is a priest of Set.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwxe6W6j83AzPy2gfyZSgGAV2iHqvtlEBF8ACzdrdtijdlXAtl9Gd1sViUDca7arTNOJljpcPVtU1i0G_gIQnWpWIoYlDCtEMorMJvts3gLi96pJfoAtebwnnoSV1meBS0YNEDD97sWR9/s1600-h/holiday4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwxe6W6j83AzPy2gfyZSgGAV2iHqvtlEBF8ACzdrdtijdlXAtl9Gd1sViUDca7arTNOJljpcPVtU1i0G_gIQnWpWIoYlDCtEMorMJvts3gLi96pJfoAtebwnnoSV1meBS0YNEDD97sWR9/s320/holiday4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233410143119173042" /></a><br /><br />The priests headdress thing has a floating bit, just because.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpKcmWMeHe-9YCDKzMBMcAiWzER2cCi4BW_uw31hZKE6oVo_9oJDB2L0oMw2UKyjN68epTXs3eyPXectREWne56cVfLDMr-5-P9MoDPF8UaPOd6yX6O89dt2JoGsadmkKI9-YX0BGx7pr6/s1600-h/holiday5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpKcmWMeHe-9YCDKzMBMcAiWzER2cCi4BW_uw31hZKE6oVo_9oJDB2L0oMw2UKyjN68epTXs3eyPXectREWne56cVfLDMr-5-P9MoDPF8UaPOd6yX6O89dt2JoGsadmkKI9-YX0BGx7pr6/s320/holiday5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233414767450301282" /></a><br /><br />More tomorrow, and if you fancy looking at my non Nemesis Fleet sketches try heading over here: http://abigailryder.blogspot.com/. I've gone drawing mental!Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483632578866878697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669212101099767516.post-37869245574842946122008-04-27T21:10:00.003+01:002008-04-27T21:19:52.101+01:00Sketch Dump 7<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3HCNsZSBus14oAOFsVtpTH_qNSMBjGq9FvqYHBxfX4rpkJ4asUoEcmf3l3Rfr_RmTnxNWYS72ZrYMb8h4ZjUQV-EugyA-VuTS7PahbRR8YlbTOLQMvkMU0VQc3KAUJOkB6OPtso8Gwetu/s1600-h/lotus.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3HCNsZSBus14oAOFsVtpTH_qNSMBjGq9FvqYHBxfX4rpkJ4asUoEcmf3l3Rfr_RmTnxNWYS72ZrYMb8h4ZjUQV-EugyA-VuTS7PahbRR8YlbTOLQMvkMU0VQc3KAUJOkB6OPtso8Gwetu/s320/lotus.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194021784232931938" /></a><br /><br />Not quite sure if it qualifies as a sketch dump as it's just one image for now. Dave and I are playing around with the look of the Scented Lotus a bit, here's a peek at some of the sketches I've been doing for it.<br /><br />The Bristol Comics Expo is close by and though we'll be there with the Manchester Comix Collective I am sad to say that I won't have an issue one with me. But at least you can all fling unpleasant items at my head in person. Thankfully the reason I've not got an issue one yet for you is a nice one, meaning I've been too busy with art jobs! I keep chipping away at the Nemesis Fleet work whenever I can, but it's usually Dave and myself dicking around with script and story stuff.Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483632578866878697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669212101099767516.post-40514450842114489752008-02-16T10:35:00.007+00:002008-02-18T12:04:45.333+00:00Colour PlansSomething a little different today. Some thumbnails I use to develope scenes for the comic. I really want to start to give an impression of scale, as well as work out what colours work for different locations and moods.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgRjZQIPFxwf8i5d4fyVQUjrCMvD82yzz9a9ffJC3ynXii8hQWRkUtd77lX076OrxsXsJe6ophyewV_YRyCUXL-CaybSyfv8qQ74kf3hkP-URstTf64R5mfAjdORJ5rAsfn2hdoy9Uvl0b/s1600-h/dadandshay.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgRjZQIPFxwf8i5d4fyVQUjrCMvD82yzz9a9ffJC3ynXii8hQWRkUtd77lX076OrxsXsJe6ophyewV_YRyCUXL-CaybSyfv8qQ74kf3hkP-URstTf64R5mfAjdORJ5rAsfn2hdoy9Uvl0b/s320/dadandshay.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167536155079835538" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ue7T8hRyaEyLypju1PQZPM5BptHI6QKYkRO3-7l_R9K8SyYX6t5RCYwS6kwgx545EuSlb73nUcgFaTsH3gAxEvn-VrDjNz-1juCSE5HcNulzDKsQV6S-bMjAK3gluvNj8AOfeEayXxnz/s1600-h/seaofchaos.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ue7T8hRyaEyLypju1PQZPM5BptHI6QKYkRO3-7l_R9K8SyYX6t5RCYwS6kwgx545EuSlb73nUcgFaTsH3gAxEvn-VrDjNz-1juCSE5HcNulzDKsQV6S-bMjAK3gluvNj8AOfeEayXxnz/s320/seaofchaos.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167535948921405314" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjNF5H8u8Z0ObqsB0YVxPf3uNoUtcC_GwmV9lPp54wvA69QsebVQ9_2Cmamy0ScFTW9R3qWVNgG79xrnNQIWTbWQGVuR15Zg1GXNw3P1lKWbNPU8J8NuU820WnTLSEcvNo0IMVHr3pn2Kz/s1600-h/templecol.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjNF5H8u8Z0ObqsB0YVxPf3uNoUtcC_GwmV9lPp54wvA69QsebVQ9_2Cmamy0ScFTW9R3qWVNgG79xrnNQIWTbWQGVuR15Zg1GXNw3P1lKWbNPU8J8NuU820WnTLSEcvNo0IMVHr3pn2Kz/s320/templecol.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167526787756162930" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCaB3VPDOsfjMYWGlO2BGl-1QaC_rLcL8XIjg4zY5gy7-f85uMgnzZrmTfvve7r2vKcsqO0l_TEo__6d1TLq0qr2vAmcsV0OfNxlcNWM-9Rv1PG80MfpbWJUswguRVyeVBfyH0NIynDWx6/s1600-h/snakeplanet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCaB3VPDOsfjMYWGlO2BGl-1QaC_rLcL8XIjg4zY5gy7-f85uMgnzZrmTfvve7r2vKcsqO0l_TEo__6d1TLq0qr2vAmcsV0OfNxlcNWM-9Rv1PG80MfpbWJUswguRVyeVBfyH0NIynDWx6/s320/snakeplanet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167526654612176738" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1fJwakkup2OJWTPBASFnMgEoPNFTIvLgkVSrEClpBiRnudT6pGvnSuADnMHCU9hrdNv_83Q2bqKuKfMM5uLtXJ_bD3YyEpQcGxYt_d54XukHkQuzNkPiRCEvdhCacYkxE7vJzaOCqgZJ/s1600-h/templeofchaos.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1fJwakkup2OJWTPBASFnMgEoPNFTIvLgkVSrEClpBiRnudT6pGvnSuADnMHCU9hrdNv_83Q2bqKuKfMM5uLtXJ_bD3YyEpQcGxYt_d54XukHkQuzNkPiRCEvdhCacYkxE7vJzaOCqgZJ/s320/templeofchaos.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167526478518517586" /></a>Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483632578866878697noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669212101099767516.post-36961061839381082242008-02-10T19:18:00.001+00:002008-02-16T10:34:26.108+00:00Sketch Dump 6I've been pretty busy for the last month, but I have built up plenty of sketches of Cynopolis, Neith, and the people who live in those places.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi53_UBW7c92Mkkae43GXJFUrJfn-9dKOfVT8Lv2kB9P1ZqKA6mWsX7UX633a3IJMNxiSy9ZsMY-yNQ4Lj_qLsyasclku98LdldErnT23BAU8Ir22Yq9QFt0R4U4v5C0WEeJWoq3UlGllQ0/s1600-h/protesters.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi53_UBW7c92Mkkae43GXJFUrJfn-9dKOfVT8Lv2kB9P1ZqKA6mWsX7UX633a3IJMNxiSy9ZsMY-yNQ4Lj_qLsyasclku98LdldErnT23BAU8Ir22Yq9QFt0R4U4v5C0WEeJWoq3UlGllQ0/s320/protesters.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166194557620420418" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8NicMrDVRuxEDaZ1wk5pTC1RQF4rFkH01a8-4WsqvkgM1kB1DjZJM_PuqKtBuELvG6GepJ8g-ninwthFRWqgGuk7IYnEH87j2RyoT9Ys3ywgm1_prohboKvZ7w8e-RlpUQap1dzFomRfi/s1600-h/neith.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8NicMrDVRuxEDaZ1wk5pTC1RQF4rFkH01a8-4WsqvkgM1kB1DjZJM_PuqKtBuELvG6GepJ8g-ninwthFRWqgGuk7IYnEH87j2RyoT9Ys3ywgm1_prohboKvZ7w8e-RlpUQap1dzFomRfi/s320/neith.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166194299922382642" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFvGYt2bfpR9ztfnfnRCoiIq8xaIpR0pyIeEf3BtbQxrp9GcamIduMRgv5yIqxiAOIN7sv1qG8dmGxSj15_4lqe1qsK167AP9rfZkxU4xLLFNEPezI8Vat4cxNKiPu3wckYGUdk1NqmD1o/s1600-h/cynopolis4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFvGYt2bfpR9ztfnfnRCoiIq8xaIpR0pyIeEf3BtbQxrp9GcamIduMRgv5yIqxiAOIN7sv1qG8dmGxSj15_4lqe1qsK167AP9rfZkxU4xLLFNEPezI8Vat4cxNKiPu3wckYGUdk1NqmD1o/s320/cynopolis4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166191727236972322" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9JJ5DsjwCRWlwWCIpX6QCkgolbRGdDzn6upmC9b0LmfiEn2Np1f_qJmbVvU-UObq2arYg4n8EE2t1YfVhUXsyjjkYuvk2JNAiOtznoA2Stc3fgfkqPnwxU0hLSFKGo0LyUwe6D1SU22tP/s1600-h/anubianguards.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9JJ5DsjwCRWlwWCIpX6QCkgolbRGdDzn6upmC9b0LmfiEn2Np1f_qJmbVvU-UObq2arYg4n8EE2t1YfVhUXsyjjkYuvk2JNAiOtznoA2Stc3fgfkqPnwxU0hLSFKGo0LyUwe6D1SU22tP/s320/anubianguards.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165868539537882898" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCGOPT2Zq5silqx6AyWYOBizazsDFdeGYAxQSz8wLXaf4yOb0Cz4sTBscclGSeLkm9TL6dfZ768aw3E88BqM9YrUmdyFrGqrQ9cRHX3AeqtcAaBc5pBXVNwpiZMSHfpa6TEbJlJRgOb5DU/s1600-h/cynopolis1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCGOPT2Zq5silqx6AyWYOBizazsDFdeGYAxQSz8wLXaf4yOb0Cz4sTBscclGSeLkm9TL6dfZ768aw3E88BqM9YrUmdyFrGqrQ9cRHX3AeqtcAaBc5pBXVNwpiZMSHfpa6TEbJlJRgOb5DU/s320/cynopolis1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165867293997367042" /></a>Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483632578866878697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669212101099767516.post-8716781558501971952008-01-14T19:45:00.000+00:002008-01-14T20:23:10.318+00:00Sketch Dump 5<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV6XekCZ_aAEkcV6iv8G7yhSBcb5LrHwfVepXHmv3rOwSH7stbfTdRiXoZi4yl9NdmhQjQvd0aauh3c8nBYFfj8FRjKWdW1QpkBWfUeDnpUB1pq_aHJvHps7rD2hWfGupNxT8XBTDUF0PC/s1600-h/sketchdump9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV6XekCZ_aAEkcV6iv8G7yhSBcb5LrHwfVepXHmv3rOwSH7stbfTdRiXoZi4yl9NdmhQjQvd0aauh3c8nBYFfj8FRjKWdW1QpkBWfUeDnpUB1pq_aHJvHps7rD2hWfGupNxT8XBTDUF0PC/s320/sketchdump9.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155430206094513314" /></a><br /><br />Zounds, it's...sketch dump time! Here is another look at the Scented Lotus.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6k4izfaI7LJ9pp0C6avYo70dspVB1UbDGoJDgXCahhKRPkcsiBXScbpBWuwEFk0q5lA2IJfuFWFq5gXF7DjIW2oESZ93eYtEl5zFp5EEdAvxOmqyxDne83CB_PSOfiu_7DWbI0KQPIK6Z/s1600-h/sketchdump8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6k4izfaI7LJ9pp0C6avYo70dspVB1UbDGoJDgXCahhKRPkcsiBXScbpBWuwEFk0q5lA2IJfuFWFq5gXF7DjIW2oESZ93eYtEl5zFp5EEdAvxOmqyxDne83CB_PSOfiu_7DWbI0KQPIK6Z/s320/sketchdump8.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155424214615135362" /></a><br /><br />Cynopolis doodles.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiymDKROcxy_W3Oyvi2XT-s9zAFTskSJJKZ9Q4ak5nmt6InzrP3Jtz_wJctAooZldg-on4pzisxxdaj3MaiwBQHdzK69YEgwLsJ2rk3HZ6hKxjv1ZU301y1kDf8TaRfPpsCtxcof_SK-mLt/s1600-h/sketchdump7b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiymDKROcxy_W3Oyvi2XT-s9zAFTskSJJKZ9Q4ak5nmt6InzrP3Jtz_wJctAooZldg-on4pzisxxdaj3MaiwBQHdzK69YEgwLsJ2rk3HZ6hKxjv1ZU301y1kDf8TaRfPpsCtxcof_SK-mLt/s320/sketchdump7b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155423871017751666" /></a><br /><br />Lazul's head has gotten a little rounder.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsOCVsyN5uZ5hyphenhyphen33ChCnANz6oSOfPT5ifZGOhIdM03KRehLTcO2-X6Xeb-VNH_O6v1INSya3ruBcMEzWF36EFLrgd4G40HZmqJ0flG_vTBsgGlhFJhmUwdwdZq_DiPNk1XEh-dVkb5s1EC/s1600-h/sketchdump6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsOCVsyN5uZ5hyphenhyphen33ChCnANz6oSOfPT5ifZGOhIdM03KRehLTcO2-X6Xeb-VNH_O6v1INSya3ruBcMEzWF36EFLrgd4G40HZmqJ0flG_vTBsgGlhFJhmUwdwdZq_DiPNk1XEh-dVkb5s1EC/s320/sketchdump6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155421959757304930" /></a><br /><br />It's more Shay. He smokes and drinks loads and scores with women. WOW!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWoGqwO0cYRStBF5yDew9YbSePgDCsjg3QhsVq_-VQXr5lVXUy6TswN2m_o_6-hoSiQbFsQHCr3mIYsJDSVNGG3x7NawAxsFrymuKYwujUaVfl_plquapmEI80b-bENv-WOVMsBhnaWE7o/s1600-h/sketchdump10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWoGqwO0cYRStBF5yDew9YbSePgDCsjg3QhsVq_-VQXr5lVXUy6TswN2m_o_6-hoSiQbFsQHCr3mIYsJDSVNGG3x7NawAxsFrymuKYwujUaVfl_plquapmEI80b-bENv-WOVMsBhnaWE7o/s320/sketchdump10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155424545327617170" /></a><br /><br />It's yet another work in progress. I can hear Dave weeping from the other room "Oh Abigail Abigail" (that's him saying that) "whyfore can you not just finish something before starting a new picture?!" And I say "shhh it's all part of the Plan." And he say "no it's not, you are making excuses so you can sneak off and play Portal." And then I hit him over the head with an item that is comical and random. We're just like that! HEE.Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483632578866878697noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669212101099767516.post-73933060071193184072008-01-09T23:48:00.000+00:002008-01-10T19:20:37.826+00:00The Scented Lotus<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzap2sFj_1e-GU_FpOsVRa0cndjXim8UsFTOqbo60TBdE638VvXIQZWVZukZNjF6YQZYpRPk0tdX2EMS_d8rvxNYq1ZUQQNSBsjQQecGh7YkFqD3dsJhlcB93aPW833IaV5nC-CBAO_zaG/s1600-h/lotus2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzap2sFj_1e-GU_FpOsVRa0cndjXim8UsFTOqbo60TBdE638VvXIQZWVZukZNjF6YQZYpRPk0tdX2EMS_d8rvxNYq1ZUQQNSBsjQQecGh7YkFqD3dsJhlcB93aPW833IaV5nC-CBAO_zaG/s320/lotus2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153629815933572178" /></a><br /><br />Quick update today, as I'm at work until about ten this evening! Just a few sketches of the ship I mentioned in the last one: The Scented Lotus. It's supposed to be big and cool, and a bit like a big floating piece of naff jewelry. There'll be more development of the ship design when I post my next sketch dump.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi786VMmwuNDE_AHJVvpEYK83IJ1Xn-grtvMl2oaE168er6iKdp7hE8vF389kO8JvWVfDPjHynUAKIe-cSVoDr5JtyFcqqgUDpNPu8_jrpAB1KUUEt1GjbKEtU_5bcHmRHvAn1N-Suq5j2z/s1600-h/lotus1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi786VMmwuNDE_AHJVvpEYK83IJ1Xn-grtvMl2oaE168er6iKdp7hE8vF389kO8JvWVfDPjHynUAKIe-cSVoDr5JtyFcqqgUDpNPu8_jrpAB1KUUEt1GjbKEtU_5bcHmRHvAn1N-Suq5j2z/s320/lotus1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153629562530501698" /></a>Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483632578866878697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669212101099767516.post-10234425887372941962008-01-06T13:58:00.000+00:002008-01-09T14:13:08.196+00:00The Cast: Part 6<center>Uri and Thoth</center><br /><br />Uri is a creative genius who has designed all sorts of devices, from household items to giant robots of destruction. Although she never makes such things out of any desire to harm anyone. She just sees cool inventions and wonders if she can make them, and make them better.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggL9tW8An2nlaqEhk80LHgu7ijYsMzpsvUP6SzD-fCnCNl88kxDG4TWasOonsG9HGINNRwhNwie4CS5Uf6ymfMPM7g3MP9-S52BNih3j-t1k7nsOyi-0KEUJD672o3FJ0ygygVEeHBEuLu/s1600-h/uri1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggL9tW8An2nlaqEhk80LHgu7ijYsMzpsvUP6SzD-fCnCNl88kxDG4TWasOonsG9HGINNRwhNwie4CS5Uf6ymfMPM7g3MP9-S52BNih3j-t1k7nsOyi-0KEUJD672o3FJ0ygygVEeHBEuLu/s320/uri1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153398763872916498" /></a><br /><br />One of her most famous creations is the gigantic solar barge The Scented Lotus, currently owned by Sekhmet's administration. The Lotus has an onboard artificial intelligence based on the god of wisdom, Thoth, and it communicates with the crew through bird-like robotic avatars scattered around the ship. He is arrogant, rude and seems to take great pleasure in insulting everyone around him. Only Uri knows how to reprogramme the nasty little git, and Thoth will only take orders from her or the ship's captain.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHCyUJSV1CKRIs6cqTpssxqavPZtQaedknj5r4UfgM6hOoXyaZjXRlttmK0mtIF6FKtWjrIO4UojFNPeWE8h0SGjNy-74JgsxBRmwgtckRY0Sm8yJR60hZ9Q8pIHyzzXU_j6U6RbAiQsAv/s1600-h/uriandthoth1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHCyUJSV1CKRIs6cqTpssxqavPZtQaedknj5r4UfgM6hOoXyaZjXRlttmK0mtIF6FKtWjrIO4UojFNPeWE8h0SGjNy-74JgsxBRmwgtckRY0Sm8yJR60hZ9Q8pIHyzzXU_j6U6RbAiQsAv/s320/uriandthoth1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153399159009907746" /></a><br /><br />Uri would be about 7 inches tall, and I first developed the idea for her after seeing images of snake demons with human legs from The Book of the Dead. Somehow she made her mechanical limbs so she could build her inventions. There are more weird robot servants she's made for the Scented Lotus but I'll save that for a future update. I wanted her to be very colorful and cute. She's an odd little character. Thoth's robotic form is based on an Ibis, one of the god's sacred animals. I'm trying to make him look as snooty as I possibly can. He's about the size of a football which makes him good for kicking.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMoiqLYVwFBXlrbOIoUucNdupxjG7LP7qdWw7efbEAwkyP9BSty4mvTsIa9JtYFtrI1_i-g-yWwmVPCdDeOYKIr31Ldxz96HP0zUPo2kPBXnOC7htFv8YMLxr9Y_zMcELf5MgRVRJj5H5s/s1600-h/thothanduri2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMoiqLYVwFBXlrbOIoUucNdupxjG7LP7qdWw7efbEAwkyP9BSty4mvTsIa9JtYFtrI1_i-g-yWwmVPCdDeOYKIr31Ldxz96HP0zUPo2kPBXnOC7htFv8YMLxr9Y_zMcELf5MgRVRJj5H5s/s320/thothanduri2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153399889154348082" /></a>Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483632578866878697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669212101099767516.post-2760559477059802622008-01-06T12:49:00.000+00:002008-01-08T13:08:37.221+00:00Creatures of Khemet: Part 2One of the main reasons I loved reading mythology as a child was the monsters. I imagine the old story tellers sitting around trying to think of new ways to frighten the kids. <br /><br />"Okay this time, a donkey, but with SIX HEADS. That's bloody scary." <br /><br />"No way man, in this one we need something really damn weird. What are the most dangerous animals we've got?"<br /><br />"Hmm, crocodiles are pretty bad?"<br /><br />"Great! And they're ugly, that's good. Let's have that be the head."<br /><br />"Oo oo! And it needs great big claws and powerful arms, it could have a bit of lion in it."<br /><br />"Nice. If it has a lion mane too, that would hide the bit where the crocodile head joins. Now then, the backside. What's the scariest bum in Egypt?"<br /><br />"Uuhhh, a hippo bum?"<br /><br />"You're a goddamn GENIUS"<br /><br />The devourer, Ammut. Wonderfully retarded, the best of all the Egyptian demons. I wonder if I'll ever manage to make it actually scary?<br /><br /><center><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNez6vMMMT3QM8EB6kWhr4x29w5O2VkhL8Fo6EaoR8wbSTHr2vV3FOh8Kvlwv3gbixuXKhtsQMVFUVrqLzXBlvs0lefdRq0YDZASNo0XA_cDVtOJu_Ms_mympDn4Bsn_Nl_nk90uM8N23P/s1600-h/ammut.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNez6vMMMT3QM8EB6kWhr4x29w5O2VkhL8Fo6EaoR8wbSTHr2vV3FOh8Kvlwv3gbixuXKhtsQMVFUVrqLzXBlvs0lefdRq0YDZASNo0XA_cDVtOJu_Ms_mympDn4Bsn_Nl_nk90uM8N23P/s320/ammut.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153091360178639874" /></a></center>Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483632578866878697noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669212101099767516.post-28716171720948255272007-10-24T08:29:00.000+01:002007-10-24T23:26:45.080+01:00Sekhmet(Gosh this is up later than I'd hoped! Sorry all!)<br />Sekhmet, lady of red linen and Queen of Khemet. She's the only known living god <br />and has ruled the galaxy for hundreds of years. Famously attempted to massacre all of mankind once, but was stopped when the other gods got her very very drunk. No one talks about that anymore. They would rather not have their heads ripped off.<br /><br />I think I'm still trying to find her a little visually, she's meant to be a warrior goddess so I want her to be huge and athletic. Also mature. Yeah a goddess like Nut (see my first page for the comic) who represents the sky is going to be a little sexy and elegant, but Sekhmet needs to look like she can smash your face in with her thumb. Currently I worry that she looks a little too much like a guy in drag. But part of the fun of this blog is showing you all how the development is going, and I'll keep you up to date.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYZx06uyvNExL3zI-qUgvovYa_ll124r5mZUzZ9ZHdZTs9C0D-V1Xu7itUQteAzH2qsvBrEyRG6dtg1re_jiFNqlS3T7YI1V8_Gx8-FOIEPEJlJ_1cB7RT1_Kd0fgDlYD73T8i0VM1HGrd/s1600-h/sekhmetcol.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYZx06uyvNExL3zI-qUgvovYa_ll124r5mZUzZ9ZHdZTs9C0D-V1Xu7itUQteAzH2qsvBrEyRG6dtg1re_jiFNqlS3T7YI1V8_Gx8-FOIEPEJlJ_1cB7RT1_Kd0fgDlYD73T8i0VM1HGrd/s320/sekhmetcol.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124802766984035426" /></a>Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483632578866878697noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669212101099767516.post-68059411569944349192007-10-15T11:15:00.000+01:002007-10-17T14:05:28.832+01:00Birmingham Comic ConWell Dave and I had a very enjoyable weekend, meeting up with some incredibly cool people and handing out fliers for our comics whenever we could. Thanks everyone for the encouragement! I got some much appreciated critique on my work for the comic, and I'm really happy about the direction it's going in right now.<br /><br />We're already in the process of booking tables and hotels for the Bristol convention in May, hopefully we'll be going with quite a few of our colleages so our tables should have a few very different comics for sale. <br /><br />Expect some new sketches and comic images here tonight!Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483632578866878697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669212101099767516.post-68355179372708707092007-09-26T21:11:00.000+01:002007-09-26T21:55:49.558+01:00Sketch Dump 4So it's been a while! Again. On top of the Tom and Jerry colouring work came a few other paid jobs and that can only be a good thing. Funding for our personal comic work for example! I intend to regularly keep posting new sketches in the run up to the Birmingham convention in October, which I am definitely attending. Here are a few sketches from the last few weeks to kick things off.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWSqz6qfr7IKdxNYI3hLy5dmsldLwGaC220grbZ2F-DJ-85jfoiIngh_wHNy53YFtDVuzfifYQAIeSAGx2E4kEhc82FE9LxFcgx_jdFeBt-r6K_AbzflwTkfYb_QrSXaIDW-wO7S8ym_0g/s1600-h/sketchdump5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWSqz6qfr7IKdxNYI3hLy5dmsldLwGaC220grbZ2F-DJ-85jfoiIngh_wHNy53YFtDVuzfifYQAIeSAGx2E4kEhc82FE9LxFcgx_jdFeBt-r6K_AbzflwTkfYb_QrSXaIDW-wO7S8ym_0g/s320/sketchdump5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114609813158214738" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVv1sUhb-eCtznS9W4F8M2YhakGZlA-7SrdF_5bmeU4_Salfqr0PoF62e1thHyX0O5MdMntyEsCpFJtU0BmO_nOIOR8aY3LoBv7_yms4NZZ204DKcPRti0_M7dm6sW-FeOVXPFLTFuuYae/s1600-h/sketchdump4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVv1sUhb-eCtznS9W4F8M2YhakGZlA-7SrdF_5bmeU4_Salfqr0PoF62e1thHyX0O5MdMntyEsCpFJtU0BmO_nOIOR8aY3LoBv7_yms4NZZ204DKcPRti0_M7dm6sW-FeOVXPFLTFuuYae/s320/sketchdump4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114609722963901506" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXIygJkrVnL8_zBdztRas6PGYpgPglLBHClHH_L1HwIy89LRytCnOewwe_ibCRq0O9-7V42NL3LwqMU_5lqw2D8v4k4N4BDp-SwgCT3nJ_VeoKK2RfsJfXCGB0Olwa08jyuJCbCsc_VBZQ/s1600-h/sketchdump3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXIygJkrVnL8_zBdztRas6PGYpgPglLBHClHH_L1HwIy89LRytCnOewwe_ibCRq0O9-7V42NL3LwqMU_5lqw2D8v4k4N4BDp-SwgCT3nJ_VeoKK2RfsJfXCGB0Olwa08jyuJCbCsc_VBZQ/s320/sketchdump3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114609091603708978" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOSrfOQ9eePVauLpZ7Vy-lwLSKKCUFY2YHx243rCV_cDvDt6m8_k4QqeF0oEYBHW11YeI5bk3osRrKyVGnmtTYx2ylCPPzxtOn80UlCbQT6HEZma9OFj6EjWTsfv5OR85AHT88x4p6DZ7S/s1600-h/sketchdump2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOSrfOQ9eePVauLpZ7Vy-lwLSKKCUFY2YHx243rCV_cDvDt6m8_k4QqeF0oEYBHW11YeI5bk3osRrKyVGnmtTYx2ylCPPzxtOn80UlCbQT6HEZma9OFj6EjWTsfv5OR85AHT88x4p6DZ7S/s320/sketchdump2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114608829610703906" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJC1MHLOgBCo6kQIOF8VedWlWLNZFZOZvPJtpu93ee9fGu0OQGnKmEW51UQcUe7nAYV1TQl6RdkyZ9RlZOG2wtmJtYc5l8c_x_U-kYbqg1LT6QJA6RysdQHs2EJ-bkQF3-VpVY5iSVQpK/s1600-h/sketchdump1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJC1MHLOgBCo6kQIOF8VedWlWLNZFZOZvPJtpu93ee9fGu0OQGnKmEW51UQcUe7nAYV1TQl6RdkyZ9RlZOG2wtmJtYc5l8c_x_U-kYbqg1LT6QJA6RysdQHs2EJ-bkQF3-VpVY5iSVQpK/s320/sketchdump1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114608632042208274" /></a>Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483632578866878697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669212101099767516.post-57324823738855128922007-08-26T23:32:00.000+01:002007-08-27T00:03:42.794+01:00The Commander<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91Y2LXKH4TJE1QwTPy8JdDh6PZ3psf4eXnF9V0ycAeWxwz6jb-NE-LVkjzDhn0hszFg-pT6j9scdhyyaCElbHiBSfWq_2IGcSO-b2WNN6-0A7QQd-sqAugYy4VNcCeBGxF0PEijVEsVf_/s1600-h/commander.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91Y2LXKH4TJE1QwTPy8JdDh6PZ3psf4eXnF9V0ycAeWxwz6jb-NE-LVkjzDhn0hszFg-pT6j9scdhyyaCElbHiBSfWq_2IGcSO-b2WNN6-0A7QQd-sqAugYy4VNcCeBGxF0PEijVEsVf_/s320/commander.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103141872327377314" /></a><br /><br /><b>The Commander</></b><br /><br />This is the highest-ranking, most heavily protected man in the galaxy - not that he needs it, judging by the size of him. His name isn't on file, he doesn't leave fingerprints and he doesn't answer questions. This is the high commander of the grand army of Queen Sekhmet, whose career is as long as his cape and glittering as his armour. But he doesn't need that army of his. He <i>is</i> an army. He could physically ruin you without any effort.<br /><br />But he doesn't. What intruiges Shay about the Commander when they inevitably meet (Shay is the galaxy's most wanted outlaw, don't forget), is that he is in fact a very personable and courteous gent, and seems rather fond of Shay. This comes as a surprise, because he also appears to be very good friends with Ahjin, Lazul's villanous high priest father and Shay's deadliest enemy.<br /><br />It can't last.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIRNlJ7zPbLG7Cg9qE1P9WAFK4WwyIa3SYbbUyV5Ax0ILr4KlLgRM6UHjycZMk0NLgCvCAQ0g3o34eY4UxWHE6qrwoi1UD72SLXtrykJ7JwWz3AFofRKlUsjP30gpBv3_79RQxdpnaGttT/s1600-h/shezmucolscheme.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIRNlJ7zPbLG7Cg9qE1P9WAFK4WwyIa3SYbbUyV5Ax0ILr4KlLgRM6UHjycZMk0NLgCvCAQ0g3o34eY4UxWHE6qrwoi1UD72SLXtrykJ7JwWz3AFofRKlUsjP30gpBv3_79RQxdpnaGttT/s320/shezmucolscheme.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103141554499797394" /></a>Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483632578866878697noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669212101099767516.post-10026506144846249992007-08-26T12:47:00.000+01:002007-08-26T13:01:23.376+01:00A kick up the bottom!So while writing out my restock of indie graphics for my comic shop, one of our regulars pops in and asks me if I've seen the latest issue of the Judge Dredd Megazine. We had sold out of it so I was thrilled when he came back with a copy for me and showed me the small press article by David Baillie. Well! Now Dave and I have had our blog mentioned in the Megazine I have had a flood of complicated feelings: a) Oh man, that is so terribly cool! b) Oh my god we haven't posted in ages, that must look awful!<br /><br />While I've been getting little bits done since I got back from my holiday, we had a sudden influx of paid work and I'm still settling into the new routine. In my opinion however, this is not a good enough excuse for the lack of updates! And with the Birmingham convention coming up and me definitely now going I'm not allowed to make any excuses any more. <br /><br />So thanks to everyone who has taken an interest in our little blog, I think you all deserve some new artwork as soon as I get home from work.Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483632578866878697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669212101099767516.post-64736218215375395532007-08-01T11:42:00.000+01:002007-08-01T18:23:02.581+01:00Creatures of Khemet Part 1: Snakes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZX2-yzoGd6UjU1Xl3mCsVYJIzn4PAQYm5G78gkg14vsN-LGeYhf-9fvQoxDxm3KBpNpRG_i2Cz6xiMnxZvMo0H7lUHIJrU46o62nDLIeM-iW7cZaTTMtz3EVWcOcD3Wz6_GW4EULq8_8f/s1600-h/adpreview.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZX2-yzoGd6UjU1Xl3mCsVYJIzn4PAQYm5G78gkg14vsN-LGeYhf-9fvQoxDxm3KBpNpRG_i2Cz6xiMnxZvMo0H7lUHIJrU46o62nDLIeM-iW7cZaTTMtz3EVWcOcD3Wz6_GW4EULq8_8f/s320/adpreview.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093681159326399490" /></a><br /><br />Well, demonic monstrous firebreathing snakes to be precise. The sort that worship Chaos and the giant snake Apophis, who was defeated centuries ago by Ra. They range in size themselves and tend to stick to the more remote areas of Khemet. The giant snakes generally mistrust humans, though some have been spotted working with members of Nemesis Fleet in recent years.<br /><br />Cobras are a different matter. The species as a whole is very sacred to Khemetians as they are a symbol of the goddess Wadjet and are magical creatures. While they are far smaller and sweeter than the chaos serpents, the cobras of Khemet should not be underestimated. They can breathe fire too!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlgpcStzZFBdbZM5pAvAMItGTfv3inZ20FsWGAsQinRIMkBFlYQ6K8TWTMW2RMvSxSrpT8v7vKU2sXJkY92PgmQOL4dUVr_pz2ojWYG2PVQ6MiEEUl8KfxMQJF3yXWysOttBQ350Pg9cxp/s1600-h/cobra.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlgpcStzZFBdbZM5pAvAMItGTfv3inZ20FsWGAsQinRIMkBFlYQ6K8TWTMW2RMvSxSrpT8v7vKU2sXJkY92PgmQOL4dUVr_pz2ojWYG2PVQ6MiEEUl8KfxMQJF3yXWysOttBQ350Pg9cxp/s320/cobra.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093705808143711250" /></a>Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483632578866878697noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669212101099767516.post-9007739114077688022007-07-22T13:49:00.000+01:002007-07-22T13:55:13.336+01:00I'm Back!Hello everyone and apologies for the huge gap in updates. There was a much needed holiday from rainy Manchester, plus a new freelance job doing some colouring for Panini magazines. Oh, and Harry Potter seven came out but I managed to read that in just under two days, so that didn't distract me for too long!<br /><br />I have been working hard on the comic pages between my full time job at Travelling Man and the colouring for Panini, but they are pages that I won't be posting just yet as they contain a bit too much info. So for now I'll just be posting more development sketches. <br /><br />Thanks to everyone who has still stuck with us!Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483632578866878697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669212101099767516.post-7761906718318952982007-06-17T18:43:00.000+01:002007-06-17T18:49:40.769+01:00Sneak Peak! First Two Pages.<center><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBDDLKpBxo0HK-evV4r8ylAsSjdr4mnXroGk324fPJY4lk84Hywa_e3Hp4oeVv0OVpKaCoweO8FyBR12eI873BgTlR8VuBtBPx5rquiylMFs3x80AYIJC0KuiDf0NmhvQDhh91SnKzzwc/s1600-h/page1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBDDLKpBxo0HK-evV4r8ylAsSjdr4mnXroGk324fPJY4lk84Hywa_e3Hp4oeVv0OVpKaCoweO8FyBR12eI873BgTlR8VuBtBPx5rquiylMFs3x80AYIJC0KuiDf0NmhvQDhh91SnKzzwc/s320/page1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077091334821970786" /></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYnIy3YJql68obB3MLJA0Vvii8rBfN8MXjIc2oxFLKFXQnz3Us4QPYgw_ycQ3d5ZPBAWpcOobyepnOsC538U7pnLRW827vxJO2q_EYqfndE8y-o_xN-IZN0A4dnFYsKDf7RcTk0Wqe3cBD/s1600-h/page2preview.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYnIy3YJql68obB3MLJA0Vvii8rBfN8MXjIc2oxFLKFXQnz3Us4QPYgw_ycQ3d5ZPBAWpcOobyepnOsC538U7pnLRW827vxJO2q_EYqfndE8y-o_xN-IZN0A4dnFYsKDf7RcTk0Wqe3cBD/s320/page2preview.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077091510915629938" /></a></center><br /><br /><br />Some of you may have already seen page one, but seeing it once ain't good enough. Here it is again! I will probably end up tweaking all my completed pages again, so don't expect these to look exactly the same when I'm finally done with issue one. But only a tiny bit of tweaking. Honest!Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483632578866878697noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669212101099767516.post-1763888862078315152007-06-14T00:38:00.000+01:002007-06-14T00:44:50.790+01:00Sketch Dump 3<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhomMkLU8KsyjJ6Oo2IPhPzRrO6I4NI-IpSryzkMJReX8KgdkWi84SK3Mz7_obeRjRw2AoR5YM33UDuBzxiX0oQTgAZOM6gFnKd-0kqTMfpbkS7v7vZi5SYalqRuMFHkxXtKGg1bFgWKlho/s1600-h/embalmierdays.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhomMkLU8KsyjJ6Oo2IPhPzRrO6I4NI-IpSryzkMJReX8KgdkWi84SK3Mz7_obeRjRw2AoR5YM33UDuBzxiX0oQTgAZOM6gFnKd-0kqTMfpbkS7v7vZi5SYalqRuMFHkxXtKGg1bFgWKlho/s320/embalmierdays.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075698034546246482" /></a><br /><br />Lazul's little embalming shop, which appears in issue one. Also, I have been mutilating hieroglyphics today between finishing some pages of the comic. Tomorrow though I'm back in the shop for a full day of work, but I should get some sketching done in the evening while I run the games/comics night. <br /><br />I've now also done what I said I would never do, I made a Myspace. It's basically just an advert for this blog however. Honest!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOH9gTAGe0Ng79wopd5PNa44eKOOsrNcXI-yJeXAb7XB_p6GUAQPTxYL3DbSAWNE8Df3VkdIdFaKBgPhXq5MskTns4WsQPxAML2bz7CyvuGnFPeA8jYQlrhjeY0AoD5UQn64sPAjho6E40/s1600-h/graffiti1.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOH9gTAGe0Ng79wopd5PNa44eKOOsrNcXI-yJeXAb7XB_p6GUAQPTxYL3DbSAWNE8Df3VkdIdFaKBgPhXq5MskTns4WsQPxAML2bz7CyvuGnFPeA8jYQlrhjeY0AoD5UQn64sPAjho6E40/s320/graffiti1.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075697914287162178" /></a>Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483632578866878697noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669212101099767516.post-84431434651526428132007-06-11T01:08:00.000+01:002007-06-11T01:10:28.349+01:00Sketch Dump 2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDUL2UU_Yd55RXcYqLih5C_4ps7TeVs3UTsmynE0Zo_ZYXYBv4ykngrOK5Oxg8hl-eLZXtwtO6TVoDtV54lEP1_IvanL4joBJHyGtigdndCshTEo1OAFces9DQtL2oEHMZTqxNRSULK41B/s1600-h/bastetamseh.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDUL2UU_Yd55RXcYqLih5C_4ps7TeVs3UTsmynE0Zo_ZYXYBv4ykngrOK5Oxg8hl-eLZXtwtO6TVoDtV54lEP1_IvanL4joBJHyGtigdndCshTEo1OAFces9DQtL2oEHMZTqxNRSULK41B/s320/bastetamseh.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074592209316545330" /></a><br /><br />Say hallo to some more character designs. These are all characters who appear in the first few issues.Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483632578866878697noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669212101099767516.post-85498302737810290132007-06-09T15:31:00.000+01:002007-06-09T17:01:45.927+01:00The Cast: Part 5<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e){}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVYmTjPoyrKxmJ9ietEmzBv_0YY-lL-Bg_MiwMebm-Rjxa33uqrinzrt-rcPlFXklg5JZwToe4eBeU1Ev8Vz1wmP3n-dMN_icxvWFLe9kNr2x44GVZnJ4ONis9r9gzAOYH9vEw1g1Bcwb/s1600-h/ahjin1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVYmTjPoyrKxmJ9ietEmzBv_0YY-lL-Bg_MiwMebm-Rjxa33uqrinzrt-rcPlFXklg5JZwToe4eBeU1Ev8Vz1wmP3n-dMN_icxvWFLe9kNr2x44GVZnJ4ONis9r9gzAOYH9vEw1g1Bcwb/s320/ahjin1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074093344570147602"/></a><br /><br /><br /><center>Ahjin Lazuli</center><br /><br />Lazul's father and the High Priest of Anubis. He's a thoroughly unpleasant chap, and is responsible for banning hospitals and doctors from his home planet. Saving lives unnaturally seems to be an offense to their god, Anubis.<br /><br />No one really likes Ahjin very much. Lazul's family is a lot of fun to draw though, they're all very different to him.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQjR_fh3HfYGvURPTNOIXAEjLvcj5WGB1X4Bne9TKoZyJsUkVZYjih8YwHx5lBvp0EKOUYaf1NPwqy-HDpQIvd5TFoSLX_c4WjR2K5oZZb2ofnTE2yJomwUv9mL68jUmrjQRUwMLtPT7x/s1600-h/ahjin2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQjR_fh3HfYGvURPTNOIXAEjLvcj5WGB1X4Bne9TKoZyJsUkVZYjih8YwHx5lBvp0EKOUYaf1NPwqy-HDpQIvd5TFoSLX_c4WjR2K5oZZb2ofnTE2yJomwUv9mL68jUmrjQRUwMLtPT7x/s320/ahjin2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074093580793348898" /></a>Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483632578866878697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669212101099767516.post-5716139375535169362007-06-07T08:44:00.000+01:002007-06-09T14:27:01.586+01:00Sketch Dump 1Hey guys! Sorry for the wait, but here are a few character sketches from the last few days for you.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhco6k6WChb7UREFGhlBhq8cYSGPQVjNLOKalvhRkMz3yFQgJK6y56MX8pHjj5V8MJ97Oe2Oh2eOjkEVTSGK4Zazv7aoAi3GdfH90-Iac86IzLu-FO1wvAiSv_Yv_m6Ds9tyoZ0wZNDpQgA/s1600-h/uribot.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhco6k6WChb7UREFGhlBhq8cYSGPQVjNLOKalvhRkMz3yFQgJK6y56MX8pHjj5V8MJ97Oe2Oh2eOjkEVTSGK4Zazv7aoAi3GdfH90-Iac86IzLu-FO1wvAiSv_Yv_m6Ds9tyoZ0wZNDpQgA/s320/uribot.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074055248210232034" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXo3_h3BXzLMjE9LhgfqnHThraf79RfsN88r814BbpCSYKlsFOyPhfvnf23N0jPkRat8tYJzxuLv6KVEA9S5gAxx5UPyvy9eOns39bcp4sy2DqwEzoXZJQnw5oQbirXzaHRyEnEJZi7cxK/s1600-h/anubissketches.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXo3_h3BXzLMjE9LhgfqnHThraf79RfsN88r814BbpCSYKlsFOyPhfvnf23N0jPkRat8tYJzxuLv6KVEA9S5gAxx5UPyvy9eOns39bcp4sy2DqwEzoXZJQnw5oQbirXzaHRyEnEJZi7cxK/s320/anubissketches.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074055132246115026" /></a>Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483632578866878697noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669212101099767516.post-71796853768519053232007-05-31T01:42:00.000+01:002007-05-31T02:56:41.317+01:00The Story So FarHello, then! I'm the Dave who writes Nemesis Fleet. Insofar as "Script" can be a job description, it will be listed as mine inside each issue of the comic. The first issue, though, is testament to the fact that it isn't as simple as me writing a script and Abby drawing it.<br /><br />Today, we sat down around the stack of paper that makes up the first issue, and went through it pointing and laughing. Nothing has changed, we haven't suddenly decided it's rubbish, it's just something we do as often as we can, to make sure we're looking at the comic objectively. It would be the easiest thing in the world to come up with a story, bash out a script, slap down some drawings and call it our unalterable Word, but we don't like doing it that way.<br /><br />The story for issue one didn't begin with a script as much as it did a head full of ideas. I'm technically going to be "writing" this comic, but really what I'm doing is organising the story into something other people will be able to read. The whole thing has existed in a sort of bubbling, exciteable form in Abby's mind for a fair while. I just divide it into issues and panels and set down what specific words the characters should say. I make sure all the little bits of the story go in the right direction and end up in the right place. I don't write it, I herd it.<br /><br />Today I helped Abby lock the barn doors. No, forget that metaphor now, it's gone too far. What I'm trying to say is that we made sure it's where we want it, and it isn't likely to escape. We went over every page, picking apart each panel and making sure we had told all the story we needed to tell, had omitted nothing that needed to go in, and generally had written something that reads well and doesn't just dump exposition on the reader. The problem is that we are quite picky, and prone to thinking up entirely new and much more interesting plot ideas each time we look at it, meaning Abby has faced total re-draws more than once before.<br /><br />But here's the good news. For the first time ever, we found we barely wanted to change anything. A page here, a panel there, a few camera angles and the emphasis of some scenes, but nothing major. Nothing that means rewriting and redrawing the whole thing yet again.<br /><br />That's got to be a good sign, surely.Dave Bulmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06034543653023813112noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669212101099767516.post-8038732172780071432007-05-30T20:39:00.000+01:002007-05-30T22:34:11.302+01:00Panel Progress<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98ommZ6g-rLbUtPYHd57rAiSGsHoxgQw5RZEFRhZ5KZbrdk5gN-iHQhwnTrJOlnp65ECw-3WyJgEcG-Bt_OlH9_1Gj5QpvHDSi5_EJNgi2MoMdp-ZmfKBd2aKKGuKWzykqv_eh_YD9p9f/s1600-h/panelWIP2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98ommZ6g-rLbUtPYHd57rAiSGsHoxgQw5RZEFRhZ5KZbrdk5gN-iHQhwnTrJOlnp65ECw-3WyJgEcG-Bt_OlH9_1Gj5QpvHDSi5_EJNgi2MoMdp-ZmfKBd2aKKGuKWzykqv_eh_YD9p9f/s320/panelWIP2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5070466641542465714" /></a><br /><br />An update to the panel I posted earlier, what are your thoughts so far guys? There's a character to add next, standing on top of the rocks. <br /><br />Dave and I have been working out some more written stuff today, tidying up a few loose ends in the initial story. We've planned a 6 issue mini series but I have more hiding in my head like every other good dork making their own comic. Fingers crossed on it all going well! <br /><br />Here's another bit of background I've been working on:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvyPf_9TdtoRX61jGknAs5OTEnNWewgVbHfozVFL4xjts1bN_IbfojyZZ1Jr1hU3Drt5T5pzmexSZOZ_RW62EB98wG4aPcml_DWxUCf4QSnm_1X3dyoc9aKGm5RqPTR33aOc7WlOZIxG2Z/s1600-h/panel4WIP.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvyPf_9TdtoRX61jGknAs5OTEnNWewgVbHfozVFL4xjts1bN_IbfojyZZ1Jr1hU3Drt5T5pzmexSZOZ_RW62EB98wG4aPcml_DWxUCf4QSnm_1X3dyoc9aKGm5RqPTR33aOc7WlOZIxG2Z/s320/panel4WIP.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5070469725328984274" /></a>Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15483632578866878697noreply@blogger.com4