December 4th, 2010 by John
Lots of updates to the site.
First and foremost is Flashlight, the photo series formerly known as Glimpse. The entire series is online now, so do check it out. (I hope to make a “behind-the-scenes” post at a later time.)
Other updates include a photograph of a dirtpile, a photograph of a ventilator intake (Myst fans particularly ought to check this out), and the logo for The Sextons’ Guild.
Also note the new header, in which I experiment with the logo I designed recently (never before seen online).
Oh, and there’s a new page of Sunrise too. Read it >
Tags: dirtpile, Flashlight, Glimpse, logo, Myst, Sunrise, The Sextons' Guild, updates, ventilator
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June 23rd, 2010 by John
Sunrise never sleeps. I finished Issue 7 yesterday and already it’s time to start working on Issue 8. Here’s some sneak peeks for you. Here’s an image of the new medical officer, Suri Sudeshna:
Suri is my replacement for Kuruschov, who, as you may be aware, I decided to eliminate from the main cast. I did this for a number of different reasons, the most prevalent of which is that Kuruschov never really managed to interest me as a character. Admittedly he never got much of a chance, but at the rate he was going I’m not sure he ever would have. Secondly, I wanted to add another female character to the main cast, so it made sense to replace Kuruschov for that reason. Hopefully Suri will be a bigger success than her predecessor.
And here’s a rough sketch for the cover of Issue 8:
That’s Hamete and Suri in the background, and a visiting character in the foreground.
Tags: characters, sketches, Sunrise
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June 2nd, 2010 by John
I’m still hoping to switch Sunrise to physical inking, which should make the art better and make me happier (despite being somewhat more expensive). This morning I did this little test to try some more potential methods.
The characters are inked with a nylon brush, the background with a nib pen, and the cross-hatching with a pigment liner marker. I tend to be kind of sloppy with a brush, so I probably will just use a nib for characters in the future. I’m planning to start doing all my crosshatching with markers, though, as that might potentially make my nibs last longer. (Whether Sunrise will begin to use extensive crosshatching remains to be seen.)
Tags: brush, crosshatching, Hamete, ink, marker, pen, Realm, Sunrise, tests, Zark
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