dreamhive kid

here's another cleanup of a pencil rough i did in germany a couple of days ago - it's one of the dreamhive kids, who may or may not appear in this story - towards the very end, to be discovered and rescued by hope.

his name is J.M., short for joshua march - joshua because josh clearly is the inspiration here, and march because all the dreamhive kids are re-named for the month they've been added to the hive, AND because his outfit is an homage to the march hare, courtesy of lewis carroll...

;)

i don't think so...

sorry for the long silence - we're SUPER-busy at Suckerpunch, and i was 'out' for two weeks traveling to germany in what would under normal circumstances be considered a 'vacation', but which this time around turned out to be a somewhat blurry succession overly tight interiors of planes, trains and automobiles - what i DO remember of non-traveling moments was nice, though - good to see the family and good to know that as much as things change, they DO stay the same...

i wasn't all lazy, though - back on my posting schedule with cleaned up stuff i start working on over in the old country, beginning with this hope pin-up, inspired if not directly by one of frank frazettas paintings, then at least by their spirit... :)

harbour color

this is -almost- exactly the way this panel will end up on the first page

ready to go

hope@home INK

inked panel, and cropped image, ultimately making sure the composition works for special round frame (like looking through a porthole) and position on first page

harbour ink

inked panel, plus repositioned some elements, plus flipped and cropped image, ultimately made composition work for frame-aspect ratio and position on first page

hope at home

there is also the idea of her having a tiny room above an internet cafe somewhere in the middle of La Pacifica, but for this story (and for simplicity) i went with this - she lives on the Iduna, the Midgard Initiative's ship. Shes got her little corner there, her girly stuff, and we find her blogging - providing us with a voiceover that will lead into the story

oh, and she likes panda bears and horsies

;)

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harbour scene

here are the pencils for an additional shot from within la pacifica harbor, adding more detail information to the location of the anchored iduna, hope's temporary home...

this will probably end up being panel 3 on the first page, setting the scene...