The history
with this post goes back to the summer 2010. A friend was doing a placement in
a production company, CR Entertainment/BeActive, and she let me know that they were
looking for artists to illustrate a comic tie-in as part of a multi-platform
science-fiction project.
So I got a
meeting with them and did this sample page based on an outline they gave me of
the project. The project included a feature length film as well as webisodes so
they were anxious that the characters look liked the actors, but at the time
the film had not been cast nor had the aliens that were a part of the story been
designed. So I was free to just imagine and draw.
I based the
human in the image on actors of the same nationality as the characters,
reference gleaned online. As for the alien, I was in a 1950’s kind of B-movie,
schlock sci-fi mood crossed with the desire to be a little bit grotesque. The
head is based on the head of a fruit bat and with the body I went for a rangy
feel, like the alien could grab you no matter how far away you were.
I had fun
with the page but I’d probably make some different decisions now. The inking
and colour choices make it look a bit muddy to my eye now.
I’m pleased
to say I got the job. The writer was the very good Mike Garley and the story,
titled Collider, was to take place in the present and the future, one to be
illustrated by myself (the future) and the other to be illustrated by the very
talented R.H.Stewart. It was a really interesting and well written script to
work from and you can see the result in a link to a free download of issue one
below.
I was
originally slated to illustrate the future segments of all six issues but
unfortunately I had to pull out after finishing issue one due to ill health. I
would have loved to have been able to continue but, sadly, I couldn’t. I will
take this opportunity to thank CR Entertainment/BeActive and everyone I worked with for
their understanding at the time and encourage you to check out the entirety of
Collider World.
Find comic here: http://colliderworld.com/collider_n1_peter_web.pdf
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