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Duel on the Docks by =hever:iconhever:

Categories Contests > 2008 > Comicstock Contest > Comics

©2008-2009 =hever
:iconhever:

Artist's Comments

I'm definitely not a comic artist. But I've kinda always wanted to be. Unfortunately, I've never been good at it. Never. However, when I saw the source images for the comicstock contest [link] I couldn't resist giving it another try...after all, the image was already there..it just needed to be drawn. And it was quite an awesome image done by *Della-Stock

I know my process was completely backwards when it comes to comic art....and I thought about all the steps and stages (I own books on the subject), but then I figured the hell with it--I was going to do it my way...which was basically a watercolor painting with outlines.
This is done completely by hand using watercolors, acrylics, and india ink.

Really, all I wanted to draw was a monocle.

EDIT: First Place winner!
I really can't believe it. There were some amazing comics submitted that made some fierce competition and I was convinced I wouldn't even place.
Many thanks to ^misskittyoooo and all of the judges!

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~moha13 Mar 23, 2008, 9:40:05 PM
wow, great job ! :D
:iconhever:
=hever Mar 23, 2008, 10:26:08 PM
Thanks very much :)

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And I'm lost in the window, and I hide in the stairway
And I hang in the curtain, and I sleep in your hat...
:iconlyinglikelions:
~lyinglikelions Mar 23, 2008, 10:28:55 PM
this is freaking amazing. so piratey. i love how it looks like its in an old encylopedia or something.

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on ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.
:iconhever:
=hever Mar 23, 2008, 10:37:33 PM
Thanks :)
I guess it is sort of piratey. I knew I wanted to do something steampunk, and when I had the characters drawn out I couldn't think of where to place them....then my boyfriend mentioned adding tentacles and the dock was born!
I wonder what sort of entry this image would reference in an encyclopedia.....

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And I'm lost in the window, and I hide in the stairway
And I hang in the curtain, and I sleep in your hat...
:iconwonderdookie:
~WonderDookie Mar 24, 2008, 2:10:01 AM
Whoa! Steampunk pirates!? That's intense! You're breaking all the rules!

This is seriously awesome. All the colors look great, and it's always cool to see people branch out a bit too!

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The More You Know :star:
:iconhever:
=hever Mar 24, 2008, 3:26:48 AM
Hahaha...do you have to be a pirate to end up on a dock?

I'm actually not too crazy about it...I like the colors, but I hate my line drawings. But that's pretty typical. Or it could be that extreme uncomfortable feeling you get when you actually branch...

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And I'm lost in the window, and I hide in the stairway
And I hang in the curtain, and I sleep in your hat...
:iconk-el-p:
~K-EL-P Mar 24, 2008, 5:11:48 AM
"you offend me sir" *punch* "back to the Kraken from whence you came!" :D

Very interesting pic. ;)

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I came for the art.
I stayed for the lulz.
:iconhever:
=hever Mar 24, 2008, 7:52:38 AM
Hahaha...that should be the caption.

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And I'm lost in the window, and I hide in the stairway
And I hang in the curtain, and I sleep in your hat...
:iconlyinglikelions:
~lyinglikelions Mar 24, 2008, 8:14:36 AM
hahahahahaha steampunk pirates. i would like to see that.

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on ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.
:iconhever:
=hever Mar 24, 2008, 8:19:43 AM
well...there are steampunk airship pirates, aren't there?

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And I'm lost in the window, and I hide in the stairway
And I hang in the curtain, and I sleep in your hat...
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