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Description Here is the 19th page of my work-in-progress webcomic, "Venus Hunter". It's the story of an assassin, Harry, who lives in a futuristic world where men and women are segregated by a race of not-so friendly space aliens. Harry, seen here, is hired to take down a prominent female politician in the female part of the world. Unfortunately for Harry, the people sending him to bump off the politician want him to do so under the guise of a woman. So, they arrange for him to do exactly that.

This is more of a comic strip (no pun intended) than a comic page, but I thought that I'd use this format to show more effectively Harry's transformation into a woman than the standard 10 x 15 inch format used in comic pages.

What was interesting about drawing this strip was drawing the progression of Harry from man to woman, and what each step in-between may look like. It was a fun exercise in rendering anatomical transition between a full-blown brawny man to a small, round petite woman. The anatomy is not perfect, needless to say (Harry's legs are way too short and thin in the first drawing).

After having completed this page, I'm still up in the air if I'll do other pages, simply because I'm currently working on so many other projects (Opey, Pennies from Heaven, Anyone but Virginia, Everyday is Like Doomsday, and Kingdom Hearts Gender Bender), but if I do, I'll do the first page of the comic and move from there.
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thesorehead [2009-05-16 14:31:02 +0000 UTC]

I like that someone who knew Harry might think the girl was his sister, and that the in-between stages are awkward, but feel "actual".

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cluedog In reply to thesorehead [2009-06-04 23:07:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I've always wondered what would happened to a guy if he changed into a girl. Would he look akin to his female family members or relatives?

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battybuddy [2008-03-05 19:04:12 +0000 UTC]

You might have guessed it by now, but I think that the various process pics where the guy gets changed step-by-step into a girl are pretty cool.
(Seen too many where it's just "Poof" or generic morph.)
Still looking for the other way around (Girl to guy) but it's always cool to see.

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cluedog In reply to battybuddy [2008-03-07 18:21:36 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I'm a fan of them, too. I can see why some artists choose to go with the "poof", because it saves time. Me, I'm masochistic, so I like to draw out the sequence in a series of steps.

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battybuddy In reply to cluedog [2008-03-07 18:29:40 +0000 UTC]

Well, you partly inspired me to get this done... or at least sketched...
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It's been an idea in the back of my head that I've been batting around but been nervous about actually turning into a finished fanart.

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Hardcoreboy [2007-05-18 20:01:53 +0000 UTC]

this is probably one of my favourites at this point..this is mindblowing!!! love love love!!!

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cluedog In reply to Hardcoreboy [2007-05-20 00:09:43 +0000 UTC]

I appreciate the compliment, although I think the page has some anatomical problems.

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Hardcoreboy In reply to cluedog [2007-05-25 11:46:03 +0000 UTC]

well, i didnt see anything but you probably see it from a different view!! anyway..awesome!!!

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sutinen [2007-05-18 15:21:49 +0000 UTC]

His transformation is very handsomely and smoothly done! It looks realistic and possible in the way you drew it.

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cluedog In reply to sutinen [2007-05-20 11:12:25 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I think I messed up on the anatomy on some of the figures, and Harry gets a little too small towards the end, but this drawing was very fun to do.

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sutinen In reply to cluedog [2007-05-20 12:41:36 +0000 UTC]

ThatΒ΄s the most important thing! Anatomy and such can have little flaws as longs as the artist himself enjoys the drawing. ^^ That kind of excited and happy moments keep people drawing.
Welcome.

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chrisnfy85 [2007-05-17 13:52:05 +0000 UTC]

hey man!!!this looks damn cool!!!i love how u did the TRANSFORMING proses~~ XD haha~~~great works!!

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Kagemusha22 [2007-05-17 08:24:55 +0000 UTC]

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cluedog In reply to Kagemusha22 [2007-05-20 22:38:09 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much for your comment! There are, however, a lot of anatomical mistakes, I feel, in this page. Oh well, there's always room for improvement.

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Kagemusha22 In reply to cluedog [2007-05-21 07:10:10 +0000 UTC]

Flagged as Spam

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cluedog In reply to Kagemusha22 [2007-05-22 14:12:07 +0000 UTC]

I know all too well that feeling. I've seen some people here on DA who can draw better than me and they're not even in college yet (I mean, some drawings that look exactly like they came out of a professional manga). Still, a lot of people here on DA aren't big on imagination, even many of the ones who can draw well.

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rudolf-the-artasin [2007-05-17 00:29:53 +0000 UTC]

nice progression
the facial expressions are priceless

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Manjou [2007-05-16 22:36:21 +0000 UTC]

I love transformation sequences and this one is no exception 's

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Jaszcz [2007-05-16 17:04:18 +0000 UTC]

You killin me. What a expression!

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darkroundbubbles [2007-05-16 13:47:59 +0000 UTC]

LOL.

I'm sorry xD too funny...

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SusanaVieira [2007-05-16 11:36:19 +0000 UTC]

hahah, this morphing is amazing. Still, Harry looks masculine and thats what absolutely love about this character. When I created Violet I was hopping that despite the fact she was taking hormons there would always be some femininity in her, but very dissimulated!

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FatherStone [2007-05-16 10:38:51 +0000 UTC]

Very cool scene of metamorphosis! Great!

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scalpod [2007-05-16 05:02:51 +0000 UTC]

Alright! Now we're talkin'...

Thanks for giving us the chance to really appreciate your great work.

You've got such a great cinematic sensibility to your work. Are you sure you're not Frank Miller's kid or something?

Bravo!

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Regreme [2007-05-16 04:23:46 +0000 UTC]

Much better.^^

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Alicia-Hannah [2007-05-16 02:48:09 +0000 UTC]

I love the different facial expressions! The progression of his/her hair growing in is neat too, and the dramatic button popping action in the last panel lol

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AlfredoValle77 [2007-05-16 00:56:12 +0000 UTC]

great work this progression.

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MacDoninri [2007-05-16 00:42:02 +0000 UTC]

creepy cool!

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FunkyLilith [2007-05-15 23:28:43 +0000 UTC]

Whoa! How do you manage to get facial expressions that precise? I'm in awe!

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cluedog In reply to FunkyLilith [2007-05-16 16:22:57 +0000 UTC]

Drawing portraits and people's faces has always been a personal passion of mine. Thanks for the comment, by the way.

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FunkyLilith In reply to cluedog [2007-05-16 21:20:40 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure. I like drawing faces too although I haven't done it for years and I'm nowhere near as good as you!

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Shobu12 [2007-05-15 23:23:54 +0000 UTC]

Where can I see the rest of the comic? cause I looked in your gallery and only saw pades 19 and 20.

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cluedog In reply to Shobu12 [2007-05-16 16:13:36 +0000 UTC]

Currently, there aren't any earlier pages. "Venus Hunter" is still in the sketchy stage, so I wanted to start at the ending and work from there. Maybe I'll do some more pages at a later time, but my webcomics "Opey the Warhead", my comic strip "Pennies from Heaven", and the "Kingdom Hearts Gender Bender" series is taking up a lot of my time.

Thanks for looking at my comic, though.

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JadeGL [2007-05-15 23:10:14 +0000 UTC]

The progress was very interesting to watch. Harry is a LOT shorter in his female version. O.O

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cluedog In reply to JadeGL [2007-05-16 16:02:57 +0000 UTC]

I agree. There are a lot of anatomical and size problems on this page, but, overall, it was fun to draw.

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JadeGL In reply to cluedog [2007-05-16 17:39:44 +0000 UTC]

I didn't see size problems, I found it interesting that a female version could look shorter, in fact I think it should be normal if posible. In Ranma, the guy was shorter in his female version.

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jhames34 [2007-05-15 23:08:43 +0000 UTC]

I think we can all agree that Opie and Pennies should come first, they're your runaway successes at this point, hehe...
if you were to put this in a comic, I think you could split the first four images onto one page, and the last four onto the next, as a 2 page spread...

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cluedog In reply to jhames34 [2007-05-16 15:34:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the comments. Opey and Penny are two biggest favorites, while "Venus Hunter", beyond the depiction of Harry's sex change, will probably take more time to tell than I have currently at the moment.

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Buttwheel [2007-05-15 22:55:31 +0000 UTC]

MMn i love the progression through the-uh.. changes <333 mmmmmmm you do so good <333

And i love the story <3333

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