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I've been Thud!ed
Just for the record, I think Thud! is the only book that has ever given me actual chills.
I just finished re-reading it on Sunday, and realized there were a couple dozen things I meant to draw but didn't, last time. The challenge now will be keeping them near the front of my head long enough to get at least some of them drawn.
I had a really clear image of Grag Bashfullsson (whose name, I just realised, I've been spelling wrong) so I tried getting it down last night:
It didn't gel until I got on the Cintiq and hashed it out at lunch. Paint in OpenCanvas tonight at home because (AIGH!) OC doesn't work on Macs.
On second thought, perhaps I should have painted his robey thing green and the detail on his shirt red, as he is a soothing character and green tends to communicate that. But it's a pretty docile red. And I don't see the dwarfs being much into green, what with it being a surface colour and all.
If you've finished the book, scroll down; you may find this funny. If you haven't, click away now!!
Someone cried from the depths of the cave, 'Just give him his g'drjakz* cow!' I had the idea for this the first time I read the book but my sketchbook of the time is littered with failed attempts ... so I guess I have learned something in the last two years, however much I feel otherwise.
*totally spurious Dwarfish
I just finished re-reading it on Sunday, and realized there were a couple dozen things I meant to draw but didn't, last time. The challenge now will be keeping them near the front of my head long enough to get at least some of them drawn.
I had a really clear image of Grag Bashfullsson (whose name, I just realised, I've been spelling wrong) so I tried getting it down last night:
It didn't gel until I got on the Cintiq and hashed it out at lunch. Paint in OpenCanvas tonight at home because (AIGH!) OC doesn't work on Macs.
On second thought, perhaps I should have painted his robey thing green and the detail on his shirt red, as he is a soothing character and green tends to communicate that. But it's a pretty docile red. And I don't see the dwarfs being much into green, what with it being a surface colour and all.
If you've finished the book, scroll down; you may find this funny. If you haven't, click away now!!
Someone cried from the depths of the cave, 'Just give him his g'drjakz* cow!' I had the idea for this the first time I read the book but my sketchbook of the time is littered with failed attempts ... so I guess I have learned something in the last two years, however much I feel otherwise.
*totally spurious Dwarfish
Thank YOU.
Oh, and your Grag Bashfulsson is really good! I've always had problems picturing him in my head, but now I don't think I will.
As for the Ramkin-house-storyboard thing, I have to say that I loved that scene, it had a really, really, good description of just how furious Vimes was when he was running up the stairs.
Oh, and I noticed that Thud! kind of reminded me of The Ring.
-Falcon
Re: Thank YOU.
And ... no. Thud! is an M. Night Shyamalan movie, all the way. I'm going to have to watch Signs again before doing my board to get into his style. Just his sense of timing and limiting exactly what the audience is allowed to see and making things genuinely creepy, as opposed to just scary, would be perfect for Thud!.