what's in the hopper, hopping ~

[lookingland]

it's update day over at Reconstruction! (i've really got to stop posting only on Mondays and Thursdays, because really, i should have more to talk about, no?)

today's page is the train that took me forever to draw. so you have seen it before, but here is it in context. this transition never existed in the original book, but i felt like the comic version needed it. i also really wanted a super wide shot of the city itself, but confess i got lazy. that's going to happen a lot, unfortunately.

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bachsoprano told me i had to write the conspiracy story because my posts about it make no sense (ha! sorry about that to everyone on my flist). the good news is: i am making good progress on it. last night i broke down the main character "sets" (who's front and center, who's choric, who's meta-theatrical, etc.) and came up with what i think will be a pretty fabulous construct. i also made some decisions on the "look" of the thing. i have been working on the outline and it's still struggling, but things are lining up with it.

between Reconstruction, Jack, and another project (still in the planning stages, but due to launch in May, possibly), it might be a good long while before the conspiracy story sees the light of day, though my goal for April is to finish up a final complete character list and a bibliography (that in itself is daunting at the moment ~ i keep coming up with new sources).


today's picture, since i have mushed Reconstruction and In Pursuance of Said Conspiracy into one post, is the only point of cross-over that might have been possible between the two ~ it's the Holliday Street Theatre in Baltimore where, in august of 1858, the Booth brothers performed Richard III. Lewis Fletcher attended the performance.

happy thursday all!

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Comments

[bachsoprano.livejournal.com]

:)

I should have said they make no sense to me, but that's because I am an ignorant git about the whole situation as the way this era is taught in our education system is, "And then, guess what those ca-razy Americans did? Okay, back to Confederation and the Hudson Bay Company now...."

But, yay for sets and props (and do you know Sondheim's "Address to the Audience" from the Frogs? If not, I think you might get a kick of it...

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

hahahaha ~ at least they mention american history (for what it's worth). i learned the names of the canadian provinces in geography class, but if canada has a rich and wonderful history (and i am sure it does!), i am completely ignorant of it! so pitiful!

canada (at least montreal) was such a hotbed of confederate sympathizers and spies in the 1860s. i really should read more up on that.

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p.s. and yes Sondheim ~ that's precisely the spirit i'm talking about ~ hahahahahahaha...i didn't think of quoting that one, but i may quote Assassins somewhere in the mix.

[redcoatcat.livejournal.com]

I love this page it looks fantastic!
I know I more than likely say it time and time again I so admire the fact you get the look down of the time period you work with.

Which is something I'm not sure I will ever full achieve in mine.
I’m going to show my husband when he comes home, been having him read it over my shoulder since he does like this era, but also since he’s a train nut! :)

=^,,^-

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

thank you!

i don't love drawing trains, but when they come out, the effect is always great for setting the time and place. there will definitely be more trains later. i have a rather lengthy scene that involves a derailed train that i am not looking forward to trying to draw ~ hahahahaha.

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[amberdulen.livejournal.com]

Do you use watercolors, or what? The sky has such a neat look in today's page.

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

thanks!

i do one layer of tinting in watercolor and then another in digital ~ especially for large areas. so yeah, the sky in this one is digital. i just throw down some tint and smear it around.

i like making clouds ~ they're actually really easy!

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[sparowe]

Outside people are good for clearing the head. My brother and I will be bouncing back and forth An Idea, and it's growing in scope, momentum, whatever. And then someone will hear part of it, or whatever, and be like... what?? Which makes you stop and think. :)

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

ha! that's so true. perspective is a good thing. i was running a concept by my brother this weekend and the point at which he told me i was on crack was when i knew it was a great idea ~ hahahahahaha.

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