Author: skye

Why a Comic?

Posted on by skye

Why a Comic?

I have drawn horses for as long as I can remember.

Other children would tease me in school because horses littered the margins of my school notebooks and I rarely drew anything else.

So when I tried to write Seeds of Dawn as a novel and decided it needed a more visual format, I decided a comic would be a better medium.

Of course, there are lots of hurdles with that!  While many characters are horses, many characters are also humanoids.  I hadn’t practiced humans much, nor do I know much about comics, but I decided to give it a try.

I’m documenting what I do as I go so that others can learn as I learn.  I also want others to see that drawing skills do improve with practice.

Onward!

Knight’s horse drawn in ~2000.

 

Darkness

Darkness

Transcript:

Panel 1:

Description: Alaich is faced with a humanoid entirely hidden under a dark cloak.
Orvyn: Am I going to die?
Darkness: That depends.  Are you feeling tired yet?

Panel 2:

Description: The Sea of Burning Light churns and rumbles.

Panel 3:

Description: The Sea of Burning Light sloshes onto the shore and Darkness moves away.
Darkness: Are you trying to kill me… Again?

Panel 4:

Description: Light, as an angel, steps out of the Sea of Burning Light, carrying a huge boat-like ship on his shoulder.

Panel 5:

Description: Light walks to Orvyn and Darkness.

 

Waiting

Waiting

Transcript:

Panel 1:

Description: Orvyn, an elf, stands on the shore of the Sea of Burning Light, alone.

Panel 2:

Description: Orvyn continues to wait.

Panel 3:

Description: As Orvyn waits, a shadow envelopes him from behind, causing him shiver.

Panel 4:

Description: Orvyn slowly turns to look behind himself.

Panel 5:

Description: Orvyn starts to develop age wrinkles on his face.

Orvyn: Oh, gods.

Original Sketch:

 

Soulmate Search

Seeds of Dawn: Soulmate Search

Transcript:

Panel:

Description: A figure mounted on a dapple grey and covered in a cloak ride, alone, along a road towards a distant village.