[Vyle]

Here are some sketches for a little story that I am drawing for a friend who writes it.
(nice to do something different outside work)



The guy who wrote the story wanted the main character to be based on someone that looks like Michael Stipe (from the band REM). So I tried, and made him a little bit weirder and darker.
Comments and crits welcome

david

[Line]

Let's read the story!

-Line

[Zorglub]

Looks very interesting and moody. I love the little tutorial. Sure wanna know what the story is now.

[iByrn]

Amazing mood you've got going here.

In the first pic, the lines on the floor are visually distracting. I would lessen or simply remove the three that are furthest away from us, to simplify things.
Also, it took me a couple seconds to realize that the light squares on the floor are reflections from the window. I think they should be closer to the window.

The guy's face is great, but it might look better with some deepened shadows, maybe around the eyes and cheeks. It could use more contrast between lights and darks.

[Alkatraz]

Wow! That was great!
The first and last one is awesome.

[Vyle]

Thanks everybody...
IBYrn>>> I agree on the shadows for the guy's face, I think I went overboard with his lighting, it looked better before I went to far. I have a terrible tendency to overlight everything I do...

A little bit of the story: (that's pretty much all I have to work with for the moment!)

"Patrick Emery is insane. People keep telling him that, so it must be true.
He’s been in and out of institutions all his life, so it must be true. He’s
in the State Home For the Mentally Disabled, so it must be true.
But it’s not. Patrick is a latent psychic talent. He’s connected to the
subtle energy currents all about and around the world, invisible to
non-psychics. He’s knows things most people don’t. He knows one very
important thing that most people will very shortly become all too aware of."

[Molako_Plus]

Holy Awesome!... the first pic opened my eyes. Flippin creepy atmosphere created in that pic. The character in those blue jammies looks like a dude from a video game,...hitman or some crap

i would love to read the story, ask your friend for copy rights,lol so you can post some samples