Ongoing project

Hey guys. So it's been a while since I posted anything here...a long LONG while LOL!

This is something I have been working on for a long time and have been hesitant to post stuff about it due to how slowly it has been progressing. But now that I am getting into doing up page layouts I thought I might pop some of it up for you guys. A bit of commentary from more than the 4-5 people who I have been confiding in about this might be healthy for the project.

Anyways, what is it that I have been blabbering about for the last paragraph? Well for years I have wanted to do a comic book, and this is what I've been working on....maybe with a bit too much pre-planning but anyways. As it is I don't feel like doing a write up of the plot to post as yet, just going to drop in some of the concept art really. But I am hoping to have something of a grand scale space opera once this gets rolling. Hopefully.

anyways... to the arts...

character sketches...sadly a few need to be rescanned, so as soon as I do I will post them
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...ross/maya2.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...ross/maya1.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...oss/clair2.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...oss/clair1.jpg


spacecraft...lots and lots more side sketches...don't terribly feel like posting them all at the moment...lol
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...ross/ship2.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...rior_color.jpg

page layouts....be kind people...lol...these are very very rough layout pages. Not ment to be final in any way. I am just working out stuff from my script into visual form...and yes a majority of the dialogue is missing as well as the narration filled first page.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3.../Comic/pg2.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3.../Comic/pg3.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3.../Comic/pg4.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3.../Comic/pg5.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3.../Comic/pg6.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3.../Comic/pg7.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3.../Comic/pg8.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3.../Comic/pg9.jpg

thats it for now. I am off to work on more pages and will post them when I can. As I said this project's been progressing very slowly, so updates may be slow

[Darrell Lawrence]

Damn. So you finally decided to come out of hiding

Good to see you again!

And please do keep us updated on this.

[evil_genius_180]

Looks interesting so far. Do you have any setting sketches (ie, ship interiors, planet surfaces/cities, etc.) other than what you've got on the page layouts?

Thanks Warrior :P Yes I finally crawled out of my little hole in the universe...lol It was getting cramped with all the papers and pencils n stuff :P

I do have interior sketches, Mr. Evil. I just need to scan them. I would say 95% of all the concept artwork for this project is all sitting in a rather thickly packed folder. I will see about scanning some of the interior sketches for you tonight or tomorrow.

[Darrell Lawrence]

...and don't forget to open up that 3D app once in a while too!

bah I am so rusty at using any 3d app. I don't think I would be able to finish anything that looked decent LOL

[evil_genius_180]

You never know until you try. I'm sure, if you did start something in 3D, it would come back to you quickly. (it's like riding a bike, only without all that annoying exercise)

Well, having never fully understood how to use my 3d app I am at a lack of stuff to remember LOL!

this is the best I have been able to manage so far when I last messed with 3d stuff about a year'ish ago
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3..._wireframe.jpg

Know the feeling, recently got back on the bandwagon myself when i did a mix media project for school. We are talking weeks of tweaking and experimenting with the same few seconds (it's for a commercial) of an animated grey alien interacting with me. Suppose at some point I'm gonna have post a link once it's online. The point is, never sell yourslf short, just keep poking and prodding and sooner or later you will bring your creation to life.

[evil_genius_180]

One thing I've learned about 3D is that it takes time, I only know of a handful of people who picked it up right away. The rest of us took much longer, years in my case, to produce anything decent.

But it sounds like you're pretty busy with this comic project in your spare time. Still, your ship (I'm assuming that's what it is) isn't a bad start. With some tweaking, it could be where you want it.

I figured this is one way to keep me going on thie, Grim. I have a bad habit of getting lazy sometimes and putting my projects down for a little too long, which I do not want to do with this anymore lol

Oh yeah, I am not expecting to be good at 3d all at once. I've been learning how to use maya very slowly from one of my friends when he has time to teach me, but right now the program is not installed on my computer *shruggs*

[Darrell Lawrence]

*can vouch for his laziness comment*

Har har har.....:P

Ok, so this isn't something for the comic I have been showing you guys stuff from. But something else I am doing really quick for a trek game. First three page layouts for a 5 page mini comic. I hope you guys enjoy it. I am having fun working on this. Its a nice bit of a break from the more serious one I have been working on LOL

page 1
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...-post-pg-1.jpg
page 2
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...-post-pg-2.jpg
page 3
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...-post-pg-3.jpg

the last 2 pages will be sketched out by tomorrow. Than I ink, color and finish :p. Than back to the other one!

[Darrell Lawrence]

Is that a standard issue SF issue uniform she's wearing?

Given that outfit, looks like a mad tribble doesn't want NO for an answer!

LOL No its not a standard issue uniform. It is a flight suit, which is currently unzipped. There IS an undershirt (will be noticably RED when colored)

:P

[evil_genius_180]

The uniform reminds me of some of William Ware Theiss' and Robert Blackman's concept sketches for the TNG and DS9 uniforms.

The ST comic has a bit too much of an Anime look for my taste but, as far as Anime comics go, it looks pretty good.

I would like to see those concepts!

If I can get my lazy self to do more than just work on the last couple pages for this I will do up a drawing of the flight suit fully buttoned up and ready for action :P

:P I like drawing in this style. It's fun for me. I could draw less anime if I wanted to, but I am just having fun so *shruggs*

[evil_genius_180]

Don't change your drawing style just for me. It's really more of a preference thing and I'm not a huge Anime fan. However, I think there are many people who would enjoy an Anime-style Star Trek comic.

I'll see if I can dredge up some of the TNG and DS9 uniform concepts online. I have them in the book The Art of Star Trek but that would mean hooking up my scanner (after I find room to put that huge thing around or on my computer cart) and scanning them.

[evil_genius_180]

I found a page with some of the costume concepts to which I was referring:

http://www.ottens.co.uk/forgottentrek/tng_7.php

Those are most of the TNG costume concept drawings from The Art of Star Trek (in fact, someone could probably be charged with copyright infringement but that's beside the point.) You can probably tell which ones made me draw parallels to your uniform design. And the DS9 ones are on this page:

http://www.ottens.co.uk/forgottentrek/ds9_7.php

They're not as much similar to yours as a few of the TNG ones are but they do have that open jacket look, even more so than how most of the actors on the show wore their uniforms.

Oh those are cool!

I really like these 2 veriations...
http://www.ottens.co.uk/forgottentre...9/ds9_96-2.png
http://www.ottens.co.uk/forgottentre...9/ds9_98-2.png

[evil_genius_180]

That site doesn't allow you to direct link to images (probably to save on bandwidth.) But, I went to the page and I see the two you mean and I like them also. In fact, I like the jumpsuit with the TNG color scheme a little better than the uniforms they actually used on DS9 and Voyager. But, they obviously decided to go with something a little different (unfortunately. )

Yeah, I was never a big fan of the DS9 pajamas :P

Anyways, here is the fully penciled 6 page run for that little trek comic, with properly cleaned up panel devisions. Next phase will be to ink it and color it and letter it and call it done...than get back to meh regular project

Ohyeah, if it doesn't really seem to go anywhere, is because this is fit into the plot line in an email game. So there is stuff written out that goes before and after it

page 1
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...-post-pg-1.jpg
page 2
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...-post-pg-2.jpg
page 3
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...-post-pg-3.jpg
page 4
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...-post-pg-4.jpg
page 5
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...-post-pg-5.jpg
page 6
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...-post-pg-6.jpg

[gmd3d]

Great body of work mate .. love the drawing

Thanks, Taranis

[Darrell Lawrence]

heh Cool!

[ulimann644]

Really cool sketches Looks like "More trouble with Killer-Tribbles" For my taste an Anime Star Trek Comic is an interesting new aspect of this show.

Thanks guys. I will post updated inks and colors as I get them.

Yah its a pity though that the artwork in the Star Trek manga is very plain.

Some very interesting work here!

I'm not a very big fan of Star Trek (or Star Wars... or Star Gate... or Starship Troopers... come to think of it, most things with "star" in it don't grab my attention), but please don't hold that against me.

I am, however, a great believer in new and original stuff... this has got lots of potential.

Cheers! — Möe

Thank'e Moebius

The trek thing is just a quickie project while the ongoing one is all original hehehe