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Published: 2017-07-22 22:51:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 1225; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 0
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Description The character I drew belongs to and his upcoming webcomic, "Sea Legs" and you can enter the contest here (its been extended to until the end of August)
Sea Legs Contest!

This guy has no name, he's just the second member of Aubrey's pirate crew as seen here on the lineup; nealdanderson.tumblr.com/post/…

My personal headcanon is that he's the younger brother of the rival pirate captain, Cornelius Delacroix, and he's ran away from his brother for some reason (not wanting to be his responsibility, forge his own path, i'm not certain) and that's why he looks so sad seeing that boat in the distance (I tried to renforce that theme by having his arms in the railings look like his arms are behind prison bars, symbolising his need for escape). 

All of this, from the thumbnail sketch onwards, was done digitally on my new Wacom tablet. Its a really fun device ot use, I haven't used my old sketchbook for some time and this means I can save on paper too.
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Comments: 6

Phobos-Romulus [2017-07-24 03:23:17 +0000 UTC]

This is really neat! Wasn't expecting any entries of these characters, so this is nice surprise! Great colors and style, it has a very indie comic feel to it. 

Interesting story as well, I'll keep that in mind when I make the comic! Thanks for the entry!

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ArtOfMattEldritch In reply to Phobos-Romulus [2017-07-26 03:48:08 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the kind words, I'm proud that you like it so much. I like to base my artwork more on current cartoons (Steven Universe, Star vs the Forces of Evil, Wander Over Yonder, Gravity Falls, Transformers Animated, Mystery Incorporated) and anime (Studio Gainax, Dragonball Z, Cowboy Bebop, Black Lagoon, Studio Trigger) than on indie comics, though his face looks identitcal to the orginal artist of the Boom Studios comic Lumberjanes. 

Glad you're open to this idea. I was also thinking Corneilius had the voice of Keegan Michael Key.

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Phobos-Romulus In reply to ArtOfMattEldritch [2017-07-30 03:59:36 +0000 UTC]

Haha, Key would be a good voice actually, that would be wayyy down the road if it ever happened, but it's cool to think about!

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NamcoHero21 [2017-07-24 02:28:04 +0000 UTC]

Cool.

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ArtOfMattEldritch In reply to NamcoHero21 [2017-07-25 15:22:00 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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NamcoHero21 In reply to ArtOfMattEldritch [2017-07-25 15:44:31 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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