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Citadel – Arcadia page 14

by Randall Drew on July 28th, 2010

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Citadel – Arcadia page 14

This page actually is part of a 2-page spread to end the chapter part. I stuck to a 6-panel grid to increase the impact of the trees in the bottom tier as they continue into the next page, which I hope to have up next week. I have found I enjoy those montage-y, aspect to aspect transitions like in the middle tier, tho I think I should cut back a bit in the next chapter, as I have at least 3 in this one alone!

Next week: the final page of this part and an update of what’s to come to wrap up the summer and this chapter of Citadel!

Ink on Bristol board, colors in Photoshop CS4

-RD

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Citadel – Arcadia pg. 13

by Randall Drew on July 22nd, 2010

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Citadel – Arcadia pg. 13

The pivotal page 13…where our two main characters finally meet face to face, though not under the best circumstances. I feel like I nailed the expression in the center panel, and put a lot of effort and re-drawing into just that one. Amy’s awakening is the key purpose of this scene, but we won’t discover that until the next part of this chapter. Within the city limits of Alexandria, weapons are prohibited.

Ink on bristol board, colors in Photoshop CS4.

-RD

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Citadel – Arcadia page 12

by Randall Drew on July 8th, 2010
Citadel – Arcadia page 12

Despite winning the war, Arcadia has become a dark place, especially it’s ancient and capitol city of Alexandria. Thieves and black market traders are everywhere, hiding in the shadows of alleyways. On a delivery route with his father, Miles is forced to react…not thinking of the consequences of unveiling his blade, but it will set in motion events that will decide his future.

Ink on bristol board, colors in Photoshop CS4.

-RD

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Citadel – Arcadia page 11

by Randall Drew on July 1st, 2010
Citadel – Arcadia page 11

Page eleven continues the dialog of the world as it changes, and our soon-to be hero discovers the power the world has to offer for the first time. For completing his training he is gifted with a special dagger by his master.

War changes people however, and when his father finally returns from the 4-year war, he is not pleased to find his son training in the art of fighting himself. They depart for the city to make a weekly delivery, and young Miles decides to avoid further trouble…unfortunately for him, he’s about to get into even more!

Ink on Bristol Board, colors in Photoshop CS4.

-RD

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Citadel – Arcadia page 10

by Randall Drew on June 30th, 2010
Citadel – Arcadia page 10

I had to rush the last 3 panels a bit, but I wanted there to be a definite change in the value of the colors, to indicate a change in time from morning to mid afternoon. I think the flat colors with limited color shading helps. So for now, I’ll leave it.

-RD

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Citadel – Arcadia page 9

by Randall Drew on June 24th, 2010
Citadel – Arcadia page 9

This page is another that covers a wide swath of time in young Miles life. We follow him from birth to tween here, the call to duty on the family farm as soon as he was deemed old enough by his father. In the last panel, his father heads to war, summoned by the Arcadian government. This will be a pivotal turning point in Miles’s life…and will change his Father forever.

Ink on Bristol board, colors in Photoshop CS4

-RD

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Citadel – Arcadia page 8

by Randall Drew on June 22nd, 2010
Citadel – Arcadia page 8

This page used to be much MUCH wordier. The important things on this page were handled visually ultimately. I wanted to communicate a large swath of time very quickly. The farm, abandoned after John MacGovern’s grandson Joshua left to travel the world, his return with a bride from a distant land, the hard work that brought the farm back into prosperity and the birth of our hero, Miles J. MacGovern.

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-RD

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Citadel-Arcadia pg 7

by Randall Drew on June 10th, 2010
Citadel-Arcadia pg 7

This particular page gave me a lot of trouble with the writing, as I’m covering 3 generations of the MacGovern family here.

The exiting of John MacGovern in the top tier originally had lots of text crammed into it, as he was supposedly forced to dissapear by the kingdom he helped to create, for fear of his “power.” His son Jacob takes his own life; unable to task-manage like John was able to, the immense pressures put on by the farm, his family, and the Arcadian government.

Whether or not he had the same “powers” as John is not known…but Jacob’s son Joshua…raised by his frumpy, grumpy and city-slicker mother makes an unusual choice when he finally comes of age, and his mother abandons him for the city life she misses. Come back next Tuesday to find out what the decision is!

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Citadel – Arcadia pg. 6

by Randall Drew on June 8th, 2010
Citadel – Arcadia pg. 6

Page 6 gives you a closer look at the farm at the edge of the Forbidden Forest, the Emerald Mountains behind it, and the plains that stretch towards Citadel and the east. As it is written; John MacGovern entered the forest alone, emerging a much more solitary man. Luckily for the young Arcadia, he had inspired enough strong leaders to make the provinces hold together.

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Citadel – Arcadia pg. 5

by Randall Drew on June 3rd, 2010
Citadel – Arcadia pg. 5

Page 5 presents the map for the World I have created so far. Arcadia is the country that occupies the vast plain in the middle, it’s neighbor, Daikogen, is the eastern country on the Great Plateau. To the north are vast deserts, the south a great ocean, and the west a deep wood. The fringes of this map are where the mysteries lie. I hope to bring my story to these fringes, and that you’ll enjoy following my characters exploration of them.

-RD

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