BFAShow14: City in the Clouds

BFAShow12: City in the Clouds
Digital Paint



This piece didn't work until I put a red multiply layer over the whole thing and made it into a sunset/sunrise landscape.
Convocation's today, so I'll update this text later.

BFAShow13: Peace Offering

BFAShow11: Peace Offering
Pencil, Digital Color


Probably spent the most work time on this page.

Yup, I'm really happy with my purple shadows.

But what's this? Charpi being nice? AND THE PLOT THICKENS!

:O

BFAShow12: Senior Research Scientist

BFAShow10: Senior Research Scientist
Pencil, ColErase, Digital Color

So this guy...? Yeah. Complete nerd. He's also a key catalyst in setting off the action of the story.

He was chosen as a colony-pod escort; long story short the colony pods contained everything you needed to sustain yourself and establish a colony on a foreign planet. Problem is, during the war, his pod was never called down from orbit. So for the next 100+ years he stayed in the Lazarus Pod, mind kept lucid.

After all that time he was finally able to land the pod / it was called down / the orbit decayed enough to initiate an emergency landing... I don't know yet really.

He just loves science.

That exchange between him and the Captain was inspired by an actual conversation I had with a co-worker. I was talking about the brilliance of the DNA molecule after having seen the NOVA special What Darwin Never Knew, and I started to trace the shape of the DNA in the air... and it looked like I was describing a woman's curves.

I just love science.

BFAShow11: Cadet Armed Escort

BFAShow09: Cadet Armed Escort
Pencil, ColErase, Digital Color

This kid is a derp. He's not really mean spirited, just kinda a jerk.

But a well-meaning jerk.

I like this kid. Not sure what to say about him... I'll just let his personality come out on its own.

BFAShow10: Data Analyst/Tech Support

Data Analyst/Tech Support
Pencil, ColErase, Digital Color

And by "meet her in a few days" I meant, "the very next day." Hurr.

So this is the Data Analyst and Tech Support, she takes care of everything from helping to organize and analyze all the collected data, to field-repairs of equipment, to doing the kinds of stuff that ends up saving everyone's asses and in the end not getting thanked for it.

She's kind of a snob and a bitch though... Sorry, but it's the most appropriate word to describe her. :T

BFAShow09: Aquatic Encounter of the Fifth Kind

Aquatic Encounter of the Fifth Kind
Pencil, Digital Paint

Today is Jelly Fish Daaay~!

So this is the Data Analyst, finally getting out of the office and into some field time. You'll meet her in a few days.

Hm, I think I could make that Jelly Fish look bigger....

Yup!

BFAShow08: City By The Sea

City By The Sea
Digital Paint


I used my reference pretty heavily on this one.
This city is on the equator, so the planet's rings appear as a thin line perpendicular to the equator. ... Yeah, I'm a nerd, I figured all this out... shut up.
The City by the Sea is the least regulated of the five cities, the buildings are the smallest and most numerous. This is the closest thing this planet has to urban sprawl. Culturally the people are very laid back and easygoing. Because of the overall lax attitude, there is a lot of contact and illegal trade with the deserters and wilderness men here.

BFAShow07: How To Win Friends and Influence People

How To Win Friends and Influence People
Pencil, Digital Color

Probably my favorite comic book page of them all. Because it has violence in it.

I also just noticed all the panels are justified left rag right. Huh.

A note about the pages: they are non-sequitur. So don't expect much of a coherent story... yet. YET.

BFAShow06: Native Guide

Native Guide
Pencil, ColErase, Digital Color

Ah, see, this is my favorite update day. I love this character.

She's kinda like a four-foot-tall orca that lives on land and hates people.

For the longest time I've been calling her Charpi...? I don't know, I still like that name.
And I am amused that over the years she has grown more and more ornery and hateful towards the world. *sigh* No wonder we get along.

BFAShow05: Junior Research Scientist

Junior Research Scientist
Pencil, ColErase, Digital Color

I've got to be self-serving sometimes, right? Right?

Yes, this character has always been and will always be at least a little bit of me. The science loving, naïve, young, stupid part of me that I've been effectively stomping out for the last seven years.

But I still love science. So much.