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Post by Tom on Sept 14, 2008 1:04:36 GMT
What on earth is lazy about that cover? PS Don't ask me why the colours look so garish, it came direct from Elson's computer.
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Post by Adamis on Sept 14, 2008 8:45:14 GMT
Oh my! Thanks a lot, Tom. Can I ask if you have any other arts like that? If so, can you send me an e-mail with them please?
I think the colours look like that because of the CMYN/RGB transition...
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Post by Balls on Sept 14, 2008 10:35:35 GMT
The problem with that cover is that everything on it looks awesome except Sonic.
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Post by Tom on Sept 14, 2008 13:13:28 GMT
I dunno why, even after the model sheets had changed to the Sonic Adventure stuff, Elson kept drawing Sonic's spikes pointing upwards - I suspect his instincts had been bullied into submission after that Sonic 3D business...
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Post by Balls on Sept 14, 2008 13:35:15 GMT
It's not just that, though. His face looks really off as well. And it seems weird to see Elson drawing such a tall Sonic Adventure-esque Sonic.
EDIT: Tails looks pretty off and all. Everything else is great, though.
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Post by Prowler on Sept 14, 2008 14:26:27 GMT
I wasn't actually referring to the quality of the drawings/way they were drawn, but more about it looking a little... messy, that's all.
I love the look of Robotnik on there, and I've always been glad about the Sentinel reference from the strip way WAAAY back - how they pieced that together nicely
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Post by Knuckles on Sept 14, 2008 15:16:02 GMT
Somebody was asking about my background story for Knuckles. The one that was approved by Sega. Notice that I don't assume that they know anything about their own game: KNUCKLES HISTORY OF THE ECHIDNAS BY NIGEL KITCHING. 22/10/97 THE OFFICIAL STORY FROM THE MEGA DRIVE GAMES Knuckles lives alone on the Floating Island and he is the last of his race. The ancient race of Echidnas who once ruled the Floating Island have long ago vanished. Originally Knuckles was Sonic’s enemy but they have since teamed up to fight Robotnik. This background to Knuckles raises a lot of intriguing questions; why did the original race of Echidnas vanish? Why is Knuckles the only survivor? We know Knuckles was raised on the Floating Island but by who? In Sonic The Comic I have already added a few hints of my own to some of these mysteries but I would now like to establish a constant back story for Knuckles. I should perhaps explain that the Drakon Empire are a race of powerful alien baddies which I have created as enemies of Sonic. SUGGESTED HISTORY OF THE FLOATING ISLAND ECHIDNAS The Echidnas and the Drakon Empire are ancient enemies. In the days when the Drakon Empire had an outpost on Mobius they and the Echidnas were at war (for at least some of the time). In these days the Floating Island was a normal island and not the flying version it is today and it was not the only place on Mobius which was inhabited by the Echidnas. This war was over the Chaos Emeralds which the Drakon Empire claimed belonged to them. The Echidnas lost the war and their entire race were taken prisoner. Just before the last of the Echidnas were captured some scientist put their champion (Knuckles) into suspended animation and hid him, along with the Chaos Emeralds on the Floating Island. When the Drakon Empire returned to search for the Chaos Emeralds they found the Island vanished and assumed it had been destroyed in an act of sabotage by the Echidnas. In actual fact the power of the Chaos Emeralds had lifted it high into the sky and hidden it amongst the clouds. The plan had been that Knuckles would revive and organise a rescue, he would have the power of the Floating Island and an army of powerful robots with which to accomplish this task (These robots have already been introduced into the series, by the way). Unfortunately the plan went wrong in some fashion and Knuckles ended up being in suspended animation for thousands of years and, when he finally did revive he had no memory. Knuckles was able, from various bits of evidence, to find out that his people had left in a hurry and that he had been entrusted with the Chaos Emeralds. I think this back story gives the possibility of interesting plots but there is one thing which should not be done – Knuckles should never reunite with his people, we don’t want a Floating Island full of Echidnas and, on the other hand we don’t want Knuckles leaving the Floating Island to join his lost race. The simplest answer might be if we discover the Echidna race have become fragmented and spread across the galaxy – it has been thousands of years since their abduction after all. So Knuckles’ quest to find his people is ultimately doomed but it would be nice if he could find out about himself and perhaps meet some of the people with which he shares common ancestors. Thanks for that, that's really interesting. What characters were your favourites to write for?
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Post by Nam on Sept 14, 2008 15:44:13 GMT
That cover looks like it's been assembled from bits cut from various other issues. Most of which come from the story within said issue, just skewed around a bit and scaled to fit.
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Post by Warped‽‽‽ on Sept 14, 2008 16:01:46 GMT
Coming from a general perspective, I like the cover. Although I do agree something looks a little odd about Tails... Something around the eyes maybe. Anyway, what has this to do with the thread now?
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Post by Smithy on Sept 14, 2008 16:19:11 GMT
The pitch is Gimmik, partly redrawn and totally rewritten. Awesome!
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Post by Adamis on Sept 14, 2008 20:21:22 GMT
Tails is taller than usual. But I love this cover.
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Post by Tom on Sept 14, 2008 21:10:22 GMT
And where's Cedric on that cover, eh?!!
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Post by Robert Frazer on Sept 14, 2008 21:20:05 GMT
A question for Nigel: The pitch is Gimmik, partly redrawn and totally rewritten. Awesome! On the topic of other comics, I unfortunately missed "A.H.A.B." the first time around - has there been anything mooted about it being featured in the graphic novels bagged with the new Judge Dredd Megazine?
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Post by The Stiv™ on Sept 14, 2008 21:35:51 GMT
And where's Cedric on that cover, eh?!!
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Post by Pete on Sept 14, 2008 22:17:46 GMT
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Post by Knuckles on Sept 15, 2008 0:49:52 GMT
Stiv? You rule.
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Post by Baxter on Sept 15, 2008 7:14:56 GMT
Genuinely laughed out loud there. Bravo!
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Post by Mambo's Here! Look Busy! on Sept 15, 2008 8:53:30 GMT
I think Sonic has had some botox in that picture! XD I can see why some people find that piccie looks a bit "off"; everything there looks good apart from Sonic himself. His head really looks strange. I think its because his spikes are really thin and pointy and are facing upwards, whereas there's none on his body. I'm used to Sonic the Christmas tree! ;D
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Post by The Stiv™ on Sept 15, 2008 16:17:36 GMT
I have a bigger version of that 223 cover with the right colours but I don't want to upload it because the tower's clearer <_<.
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Post by Adamis on Sept 15, 2008 19:02:43 GMT
"The tower is clearer"? (Well, you have my msn )
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Post by Knuckles on Sept 15, 2008 19:13:16 GMT
"The tower is clearer"? (Well, you have my msn ) In the wind of ka the Tower is always clearer.... Anyone get the reference?
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Post by Charles on Sept 15, 2008 20:37:36 GMT
Genuinely laughed out loud there. Bravo! Seconded!
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Post by Insector on Sept 15, 2008 23:32:12 GMT
I never disliked the cover much, but the last frame in the comic always got me.
"You haven't seen the last of this hedgehog!"
...Yes we have.
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Post by Raxadian on Sept 16, 2008 0:39:25 GMT
Sonic tried some hair spray....it took ages for the freedom fighters to convince him it didn't make him look good...
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Post by Alex on Sept 16, 2008 1:11:13 GMT
I never disliked the cover much, but the last frame in the comic always got me. "You haven't seen the last of this hedgehog!" ...Yes we have. ... 'cept you're on a forum for a continuation of the comic... So... No. No we hadn't. (Not to mention it'd be a bit hard to miss him with about 3/4 games out every year and a 3 season anime series as well as a certain other comic...)
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