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---full view please----characters- Good God, Guy Salvatore
from- my comic, "The God Machine." [due this July 09]
media- photoshop
The cover that would never end.
So I believe I started this cover for book #2 back before my carpal tunnel set in. Everything was going pretty well, had just finished working on book 1, and I just got a new computer. That's when trouble started! New computer didn't like photoshop 7 anymore, and i had to go to CS2. Lots of weirdness with the program occurred, and then other drama happened, etc. Then the carpal tunnel happened! [nooo] I did originally finished this image before April of last year, because I remember premiering this as a print for NYCC 08'.
Fast forward to a few weeks ago when I decided to add more detail to this, because it felt "incomplete."
Course now, this WON'T be a cover image anymore, just a chapter break. Which is fine by me.
So for any of you who didn't read my journal here, The God Machine WILL be coming out this year. July is the target month. Then following that, the book will be in graphic novel format. yay!
Chances are, that you'll probably have to re-order the book in the future when ever it's re-listed for ordering. [I know, it's frustrating to me too.]
I'll have more info on that when it becomes available to me.
So that's it.
..i do like this image, even if i'm still unhappy with some details still.
-Chan
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Comments: 38
ZtheDoomyPirate [2012-03-10 04:22:52 +0000 UTC]
I own your book, and this is one of the pictures that I just like to stare at. @_@ So pretty. I love the concept, too.
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Aceles [2009-03-05 16:20:46 +0000 UTC]
I have to say, your art has gotten me really excited to see how this turns out. I look forward to its release!
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moad [2009-02-23 06:00:01 +0000 UTC]
Love those monitors! Really draws you into the picture and tantalizes you with the characters mind.
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VieraSketch [2009-02-22 22:10:42 +0000 UTC]
I Loooove this cover! Beautiful composition--I especially like the ambiguity around the edges--it really sets the mood perfectly.
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glasshousetarot77 [2009-02-21 21:57:57 +0000 UTC]
this is such a great picture! i love the composition and the mirror effects!
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lovely-able-heather [2009-02-21 17:45:26 +0000 UTC]
I love the dramatic angles of the woman's body. On those long boots! The elongation of your subjects is splendid. I love the effect it has on the picture.
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ImagineTheEnding [2009-02-21 03:01:57 +0000 UTC]
I feel as though this is th best picture you've done so far. I really like the concept.
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neurotic-elf [2009-02-20 12:35:32 +0000 UTC]
amazing as usual !! can hardly wait for the book !!!!
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Tapionia [2009-02-20 10:26:41 +0000 UTC]
Gosh how I looove your style, it gives my shivers, youΒ΄re amazingly talented
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TheHumungusStudio [2009-02-20 01:28:04 +0000 UTC]
You know, when those crazy Awakening guys were faced with a similar problem, they created supplemental journal entries with atmospheric images to help flesh out the story and the world between issues...
Maybe not journals per se but some kind of prose supplement between chapters or as a bonus alongside gorgeous pieces like this might be fun!
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Derrewyn [2009-02-20 00:55:13 +0000 UTC]
this might sound silly, but even when I think the whole illustration is awesome, I really really love the way the screens' supports fade away in the background, it makes it seem as if she is surrounded by this thick mist with her as the only thing with a definite shape (which adds a very nice bit of unsettling feeling), almost as if the screens would also fade would she be not there.
to put it in few words, I loved this
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SpookyChan In reply to Derrewyn [2009-02-21 01:11:28 +0000 UTC]
that's very much on par with the idea of the screens- kind of that paranoia/watching over you, sort of concept. Everywhere there is Guy, and a lonely Good God at the center of it all.
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StickMasterNinja1 [2009-02-19 22:16:32 +0000 UTC]
Cool! Congrats! I really like your art so if i see it i'll pick it up and check it out next time i'm at the store!
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SpookyChan In reply to StickMasterNinja1 [2009-02-21 01:09:08 +0000 UTC]
thanks. Though you have some time to wait before my book comes out. July, is when you should keep an eye out for it.
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StickMasterNinja1 In reply to SpookyChan [2009-02-23 19:11:27 +0000 UTC]
Will do thanks for the head's up!
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evilmind2 [2009-02-19 21:46:15 +0000 UTC]
Gahd if this is just a chapter break then the cover must be EPIC AWESOME because this is simply stunning and very cover worthy.
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SpookyChan In reply to evilmind2 [2009-02-21 01:08:31 +0000 UTC]
heh- let's hope i can pull that off. I haven't even started on the cover for the GN yet. I have quite the task to set the standard for all the other books to follow and make it look lovely. oy!
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SlimeKingK [2009-02-19 21:18:50 +0000 UTC]
*applaud* ^______^ Exceptionally beautiful artwork! I love her expression! So dramatic, so forlorn... ^_^
Simply beautiful, spooky
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KidNotorious [2009-02-19 21:04:48 +0000 UTC]
Cover worthy but I can see it as a chapter break, one of the most impressive chapter breaks ever!
I know my favorite comic shop will be carrying the grapic novel!!!
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SpookyChan In reply to KidNotorious [2009-02-19 21:08:48 +0000 UTC]
Thanks Charles!
It is a shame it won't be a cover anymore.Maybe i'll look into other things it can be.
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pyromancy [2009-02-19 20:59:32 +0000 UTC]
This is absolutely lovely, Chan. It sets a mood really well.
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MegerisAzarael In reply to SpookyChan [2009-02-20 12:57:12 +0000 UTC]
lol you're a riot
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SpookyChan In reply to MegerisAzarael [2009-02-21 01:07:04 +0000 UTC]
i could say the same about you.
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