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The Gutter
Published: 2004-11-01 21:59:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 15637; Favourites: 630; Downloads: 853
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The Gutter exists in perpetual shadow and fog, thin alleyways at the bottom of man-made canyons, below the criss-crossed bridges and balconies of those blessed with higher status. Down here life is harsh, sharp and short for anyone without the strength or skills to survive these predatory pathways. At the very bottom of the gently sloping streets lies The Lip, that roughshod extension of ramshackle structures that leans out over the infinite cloud-filled depths, below the City and stretching out to the horizons past The Wall...More of Bibliotech, inked 100% digitally in Comic Studio.
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Wow, it got a DD! It's so oooold.
I think this might be the first thing I ever inked completely in Comic Studio. It would have been on that old Graphire 4x5 I started with, too. It was (and I suppose still is) an early image in a sadly aborted story I thought I knew how to write before I actually tried to sit down and write it, and it all went thbbbt. SO in the meantime Bibliotech represents a collection of concept illustrations that I'm totally sure I'll pick up again if I can ever wrap my head around the idea of thematic character plotting. Or when I give up and just blow out a portfolio of random imagery.
As if the internet didn't have enough of those.
I still like this image. I'm pretty sure I could do a better job if I did it again, and I probably will.
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Comments: 76
Most excellent!! I'm really diggin this stuff! I just wish Bibliotech was a real comic that I can get in my hands right now so i can enjoy reading it and looking at the awesome artwork..
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Hah! Beautiful work, you say it's digital inking? It feels and looks really natural. Great use of black!
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Dude, this is so awesome.
I guess this qualifies as a lame ass comment.
Wish i could think of something better to say.
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i'm pretty sure it's just me,
but i think that this picture makes this whole world look like ti's someplace else, since the alley way looks like a key hole to me and we're peering through
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Y'see this is what using heavy amounts of black in comics is meant to be about. it's not a 'filler' it's supposed to be suggestive.
You have done very well sir.
Although I keep thinking I'm seeing Spiderman or another superhero crouched on the top right ledge *blinks* I dunno why.
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I really like that tree on top of that house. Definatly an awesome take on a city, I would most certainly live there.
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dude this is awesome, nice composition and negative space. i would love to take a shot at coloring this. let me know if you have a higher res!
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i SO with the patterns made a skull or something
they ALMOST do.
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I think everything flows quite nicely, and there's some great neg space as well. Kudos
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I *kinda* see a skull in a sort of chiaroscuro[sp] effect played between the blacks and whites. I don't think I would have if kidoho hadn't mentioned it. This is sweet. When Bilbliotech finally come around man . . . it'll be huge.
I'm thinking you might want to take this to TokyoPop like Pop Mhan did his creator owned story. You know they have the book market on lock.
More of the same Ben Diesel, more of the same.
K.
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obviously subliminal then. It's in silhouette - compare the positive verses negative space in the upper portion of the image. I'm seeing a stylized skull.
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Oh, yeahhhh...
*ahem*
Yeah, totally on purpose. Right.
That's my story, an I'm stickin' to it.
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LOL that was actually one of the first things i noticed about the picture, was the hidden 'skull'. it's almost even in perspective~! XD this is a lovely drawing apart from that
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Jesus! I agree with you I can see the skull all right!
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Great imaginatiom i like the point of view and the details (the stone house), great work 
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