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Atland #258 - Avalanche of the Dead
Submitted by nate on November 11, 2009 - 08:58
OK, the first person who correctly counts ALL the skeletons in this episode wins a...
...just kidding. If I did that, it would mean *I* would have to count them -- and there's no way I'm gonna do that. But rest assured, I did not cut corners on this episode. I drew skeletons until my eyes felt like they were going to bleed. Here's a zoomed-in view:
And I tweaked the coloring on this episode for 2 weeks. In fact, I was still adding background skeletons yesterday. Ugh.
I think it came out pretty cool, though.
Atland #257 - He's Coming Apart
Submitted by nate on November 4, 2009 - 09:35
I tell ya, I thought long and hard about how the Nameless One could make a dramatic exit. And I came up with zilch until the very MORNING I sat down to draw this one. It finally hit me...what would be cooler than an avalanche of corpses?
Not too damn much, that's what.
I gotta say, I'm sooooooo looking forward to drawing sexy ladies and trees again in Season 2. No more snow scenes or cave scenes for a while once we're done here.
Atland #256 - Help Me...
Submitted by nate on October 28, 2009 - 09:18
Thus exits the Demon Sissyl. And good riddance! Just think, this is what might have happened to Lily if things had gone differently… ::shivers::
Normally, I would have put Sissyl’s final dialogue in a word balloon…but somehow the white on black, floating text seemed to feel so much more like…a VOID, a place where even her voice is obliterated. One of those moments where a stylistic change just felt right.
HappY Birthday
Submitted by nate on October 26, 2009 - 05:16
Happy 40th birthday, Chuck, you old geezer!
~N
Atland #255 - Welcoming Committee
Submitted by nate on October 21, 2009 - 08:38
The story behind this episode is that I was too sick to finish it myself. A couple of weeks ago I got food poisoned at a little coffee shop. Apparently their creamer was...shall we say...less than fresh. I spent the next few days in abdominal agony. There was just no way I was going to be able to color this episode with everything else on my plate (if you'll excuse the joke)...so I called in the amazing Jason Embury. Long time web-buddy and colorist extraordinaire. I had already hired Jason to color some episodes of ATLAND Season 2 for me, so it was only natural that I enlist his help for this episode.
Atland #254 - A Third Option
Submitted by nate on October 14, 2009 - 08:54
We learned a few things about Inky here that I've never told you guys. Inky doesn't like to talk about his past, but he's trying to properly address a nearly omnipotent being... We learned his dad's name, that he was a member of the Desert Glass Thieves' Guild...and that he's from Naen (you can go find it on the map). We already knew he was a former spy for the dwarves...that's how he knew Nodd.
So I asked myself... why wouldn't Inky & Barry plan to stab the Nameless One with the Demonbreaker? A couple of reasons:
Atland #253 - KNEEL
Submitted by nate on October 7, 2009 - 08:15
So there it is: Sissyl's true form. Adorable, huh?
I figure the lesser demons in ATLAND look more literally like "demons". The 13 Greater Demons are nearly omnipotent, and so can look like whatever they want.
Atland #252 - The Avatar, Pt. 2
Submitted by nate on September 30, 2009 - 13:17
If there’s one thing you can count on, it’s that you can’t count on a demon. It’s amazing that the agreement between the Nameless One and the priestesses of Ria has lasted as long as it has – but then again, what’s a few hundred centuries to a greater demon.
Atland #251 - The Avatar, Pt. 1
Submitted by nate on September 23, 2009 - 08:59
I gotta say…it felt good to not have to draw snow after so many winter wilderness scenes. (In fact, it may never snow in ATLAND again after this story…)
Atland #250 - Finishing the Job
Submitted by nate on September 16, 2009 - 08:17
250 episodes!!!! Woo hoo!
There was no clean and easy way to do this. The fact is, Barry and Inky have to get moving if they want to save Lily. I didn't want them to seem uncaring, but they've already lost one friend...they don't want to lose another.
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