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St-Agatha-City — Empathy in the Apocalypse: Intro

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Published: 2017-07-20 23:31:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 209; Favourites: 2; Downloads: 0
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Description Heyyy guess what's finally here! This is the kind of unofficial intro page into my potential comic Empathy in the Apocalypse.
In this page we are introduced to the hook and inciting incident to this story, that being the mysterious virus that has already been claiming new victims since an unfortunate patient zero.
Although you do not yet have the character names: Jack, Emma, Professor Armstead, Mo, and Jeremy are all heavily based on real people, and I was given their permission to do so. Professor Rind and Adam are based almost entirely on fiction.

The most nerve wracking thing about this piece was drawing the outside of Lauffman Dillard Community College (which will sometimes be referred to as the LD CC in story.)

I am aware and ashamed of some of the things that went wrong in this piece, namely line work, but I didn't want to kill myself on the hypothetical first page of a comic, so I'm letting it slide for now. Technique and style will likely evolve over time with this project.
Anyways, thanks for your time! I hope you like Empathy in the Apocalypse!
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Comments: 7

detectOplasm [2017-07-21 00:08:53 +0000 UTC]

The intro was great. The gradual outward zoom from a tv talking about the virus to a victim of the virus was well drawn and well executed.

The writing on the board is funny. "THOUGHTFUL CHARACTER DESIGN". I know they're probably discussing art forms and general design, but I'd like to think this is the equivalent of an easter egg. The people notice it, but they never quite process it. It's there and yet hidden from their minds.

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St-Agatha-City In reply to detectOplasm [2017-07-21 00:31:19 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, friend!

Yeah. The blonde in front is Emma. She, Jack, and Adam are in a visual design class, taught by prof. The person Armstead is based on is younger than I, and the main cast is mostly based around friends who are seventeen. (Emma is loosely based on myself, but the resemblance is solely in ideology which comes out later.)

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detectOplasm In reply to St-Agatha-City [2017-07-21 00:58:50 +0000 UTC]

I actually see the resemblance between you and Emma, believe it or not.

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St-Agatha-City In reply to detectOplasm [2017-07-21 01:04:39 +0000 UTC]

Oh, right. We both have glasses.

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detectOplasm In reply to St-Agatha-City [2017-07-21 01:17:18 +0000 UTC]

That and (to me) a similar facial structure.

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St-Agatha-City In reply to detectOplasm [2017-07-21 01:25:07 +0000 UTC]

Right, okay.

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St-Agatha-City In reply to detectOplasm [2017-07-21 01:00:39 +0000 UTC]

Really? Do tell.
We both have kind of long faces.

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