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Published: 2011-01-18 03:31:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 40320; Favourites: 761; Downloads: 0
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Whew! This. Thing.This took WEEKS. I kid you not. Though the effort involved far outweighs the payoff of the joke... heh... I regret nothing!!
This comic came about as the result of some joking around on Skype with the fabulous and devastatingly brilliant Biskuits and Kryss LaBryn, who then gave me feedback on every single drawing for every single panel for over a month. You guys deserve medals for your patience in putting up with my neuroses! ("OMIGOD, does the piano look okay NOW?") Couldn't have done it without your feedback.
All penciling and inking was done by hand, with each character and prop being done and scanned separately. Colour was done digitally.
Welllp, it was certainly a learning process... !!
(Characters Christine and Erik are from the original Phantom of the Opera novel by Gaston Leroux -- which is why their look varies from the stage production.)
(*Note: The music on the music sheets IS actually The Jewel Song from Faust.)
**This piece is not to be used without my permission. Thank you!**
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Comments: 321
Bwahaha, that face ! XD
Oh god, it was priceless, and I love the ending
You really did a good job !
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This makes me laugh... really, really hard. I feel like a horrible person for that.
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Just be comforted by the fact that I'm a much more, um, horribler person for having drawn it!
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I think Erik would agree with you there!
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Oooooh, that's a low blow Christine! I litterally went ooooo =O at my computer screen.
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I think we've all had similar foot-in-mouth moments at one point or another!
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THIS MAY JUST BE THE BEST THING MY EYEBALLS HAVE EVER BEEN GLUED TO!!!
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You actually took the time to draw the music on the sheets?
May I please just shake your hand? Holy hell.
Also, the focus and the pages falling in the last panel? Epic.
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Didn't actually draw it, but I did look up the correct music, create an image file from it, and then shrink and distort it to fit on the shape of the pages. XD
Thanks very much! Very glad you enjoyed this. I had sooo much fun drawing it!
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Still, that's a lot of work, and really awesome.
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Going with Leroux's description of his "corpse-like" appearance. Leroux describes his skin as more yellowish, but I liked this sallow, colourless look on him better. Consider it my artistic interpretation.
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I think that is how it should've happened, but, then it would be part of an over used theme.
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Freakin' PERFECT! I love it. Oddly - or perhaps not - I can imagine this actually transpiring between those two.
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Thanks! This was a lot of work, but it was so satisfying to finish it to my satisfaction. Whew!
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Hee hee. I had so much fun drawing that.
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Awesome, you should have, it brought so much fun to other people
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It's been great fun reading people's comments, too!
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So she felt so bad about insulting his face that they decide to kiss and make up? XD Lol! Love it!
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I cannot possibly explain to you how hard I laughed when I found this. I say "your face" jokes to people all the time, and this never even occurred to me to say that to Erik. Omg...so freaking funny XD
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Thank you!
Yeah, it's pretty amazing/ridiculous what can come about as a result of goofy skype conversations. Absurdity of context can be a wonderful thing.
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HAHA holy I never thought of this, it should be such an obvious joke. But you're beautiful, I love this
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AWWWWWW.
ERIK'S FACE IN THAT PANEL LIKE ')':'
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Hee hee. Thanks! I had a ton of fun drawing that.
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Brilliant! I love this comic so much! You did a wonderful job with their expressions and I love how you have represented them! Erik looks awesome! Your Christine is awesome too! Just...WOW!
I actually thought I had favorited it some time ago, but apparently I didn't...what was wrong with me? I must not be looking at the computer screen when I go to click on the fav button or something!
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Haha, thanks! Yeah, I had a lot of fun with this one -- though I can't even bring myself to imagine how many hours I spent on it. Worth it, but... wow, yeah. Major time investment!!
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Very nice details, bravo. As for the picture itself I must say, poor Erik. His little sad tear really conveyed a lot of emotion there.
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Thanks very much!
I even put a tiiiiiiiiny lens flare on that tear to REALLY sell it.
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You are welcome.
I noticed, it really added to the fantastic detail of the piece.
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Thank you! He was really fun to draw. One of these days I'll make another comic with him, I think!
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The last panel had some 3D effect,awesome work!!
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Thanks! Yeah, the depth of focus look was a really fun trick to try out.
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D'aw, sad Phantom face is adorable.
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