As a kid I watched several movies over and over again, The Ten Commandments and Ben Hur among them (courtesy of my Southern Baptist grandmother). If my memory can be trusted, Charleston Heston does a terrific job as an epic, God-fearing protagonist. For now I’ll leave the 10 plagues out of my comics, but you never know… swarms of locusts could be around any corner. It’s a good way to increase drama (or start an epic adventure, right Jeff Smith??)
As a kid I watched several movies over and over again, The Ten Commandments and Ben Hur among them (courtesy of my Southern Baptist grandmother). If my memory can be trusted, Charleston Heston does a terrific job as an epic, God-fearing protagonist. For now I’ll leave the 10 plagues out of my comics, but you never know… swarms of locusts could be around any corner. It’s a good way to increase drama (or start an epic adventure, right Jeff Smith??)
Featuring the caterpillar. I don’t know if and how I’m going to work her in, but she seems to fit here. Enjoy!
I watched The Mummy (the remake with Brendan Fraser) a few days ago. Ee gads! It’s a bad movie, but it’s entertaining. Where’s your Theme, guys?! All set-up and no theme?!? But the special effects are cool and the scenery sets the mood. Based on this film, Egypt will have mummies around every corner!
As I prepare for our trip to Egypt later this semester, I am penciling a few pages of “before” comics, which underscore the depth of my naive upper-middle class American upbringing. I’ll be posting these pages every few days for the next couple of weeks as they are finished. More soon!
Back in Vermont! After a great holiday at home and a good start to the new year, I am back at home in the New England cold, swinging away at my thesis project to make some significant progress. Expect to see a lot of drawings and comics over the new few weeks from my sketchbook and desktop. Here are a few more figure drawings from Kriota’s workshop:
Structure of the figure while standing and at rest:
Various added deformities to our two models (Cave-Man & Scoliosis):
And of Kriota (such a wonderful model herself!) as she drew ON the models:
