This week’s entry is about different sets used in The Final Frontier comic. First we have few shots of the Captain’s ready room.
And here we have the mess hall on board the Odyssey.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Scene concepts aboard the Odyssey pt 01
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Jo'naas' Family
While I'm still working on the next story, which takes place on Jo'naas' homeworld of Volara, I thought I would introduce you to some of the supporting characters of the story. For a little back story about Volarans for those who arent that familiar, Volaran culture is such that they don't wear clothes in the traditional sense. Instead they tend to wear tattoos, which thanks to their technology, they can change on a whim. Much like we would change a shirt.
One of the main reasons for Jo'naas' trip is to celebrate his father's 100th birthday. His father's name is Ab'naar. Older Volarans don't wear the tattoos like the younger ones. They've opted to wear body jewelry.
And this is his younger sister, Par'vati. She's a bit mischevious and flirtatious.
And that’s just some of the supporting characters in the upcoming story. I will try to post more background info, like scenes and other characters as I get the opportunity.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Jan 2013 Update
Just to keep my avid readers in the loop. I haven't disappeared. I'm busily writing the next installment in the adventures of the Odyssey crew. The next installment has a confrontation with the Erazi as well as a birthday celebration and some pranks along the way. Real life as been slowing down the progress, but I hope to be finished with the story part soon and then will begin the illustrations. I'll try and post some more character backgrounds when I get a chance.
Later,
David
Later,
David
Thursday, December 6, 2012
The Evolution of Captain Harrison
Captain Faith Harrison is the lipstick lesbian captain of the Earth exploratory vessel, The Odyssey. She is trying to deal with her first command as well as contend with her 11 year old son, Jonathan and his abilities, and cope with her recent divorce. Rumor has it that her previous tenure aboard the Kennedy ship as first officer ended in tragedy.
I was later introduced to the program ClarisWorks. I then recreated Captain Harrison in digital form. This time basing the likeness off of Gillian Anderson (X-files was very popular at the time.)
Later on I got my hands on the 3D modeling program RayDream 3D and from there moved onto Poser As I began to learn the program, I started creating my Final Frontier characters in Poser. This is what Captain Harrison looked like back then.(Sorry for the blurring image, it was the best I could find.)
As I began to get better skilled at Poser characters, Captain Harrison and crew also evolved. This is a later version of Captain Harrison.
As I became more skilled in Poser, I soon discovered a site called DAZ3D. I began creating my characters using their models. First it was Victoria 2, then Victoria 3. This image is the V3 version of Captain Harrison.
When I began using Victoria 4, I decided to drop the military aspect of the character and just make her a plain civilian. Must've been the "Firefly" and "Star Wars" influences coming thru.
And then thru my job I was introduced to the style called Steam Punk. I like the concept so I decided to envision the characters in that style. And that's how the current look of the Captain came about. This image shows what the Captain looks like now in 2012.
So as you can see the Captain has had various looks over the last 2 decades. For those Poser users that are interested, I'm thinking of making the Captain available for readers. The only criteria is to get the freebie you will need to "like" our Facebook page. Once you "like" the page, you will be sent a message with a link to download the freebie. You must have Victoria 4 in order to use it.