World tree - Page 36
I tried to dig up the previous version of Slepnyr that I had created but I think that pic fell victim to the deleting habits I’ve had for many years. Basically I’ll have to make a new design sheet for him, but even without it, I’m quite surprised I was able to really conceptualize him with just a silhouette and a head shot. More on that later…
The silhouette behind Lyron is Slepnyr, who is like Lyron’s anti-version. He’s the main bad guy in this story, but he doesn’t show up until much later (probably after the Edenworld story arc). The significance to this is, the “possible and likely” future that Hresvalgr shows Lyron depicts Slepnyr looking back at his would-be “good version”. But since this is the worst possible scenario, Jotunheim gets nuked and the Devil Mashina get to do whatever they please (much to the dismay of the regular Devils.)
July 18th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Page 32 could prolly do with gradually fading into grey then into a black frame as you scan down the page boarders, to make it absolutely obvious that what follows is a vision, and not an actual scene change, and back up the other way when the vision ends.
For a few pages I thought I was looking at ‘real life,’ not what Hresvalgr is showing Lyron…
Isn’t Slepnyr an 8-legged horse, by the way..?
July 18th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
I think this is a PORKCHOP SANDWICHES!?! moment….. XD
I have to say the darker shades on this page reaallly add to the mood…. Good effect dude!
July 18th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
yeah, Slep is Odins 8 legged horse. there is some dispute over the name, ive heard it spelled “Gleipnr” “Sleipnir” etc. In this comic though, Slepnyr is a very evil mecha guy. Rest assured I only used a few norse refrences for the comic, you wont see some guy named Odin or Wodan or Seigtyr walking around town or anything. I more or less picked names i liked the “sound” of.
July 18th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
The anti-Lyron is FREAKY!
I agree with Jaylaw’s idea of the fading thing, I was confused over whether this was happening or not too. I’m going to kill my eyes trying to pick out all the detail on that Sleipnyr sillouette. XD