Meet My Work

[DanielSchenstrom]

Just looked through the entire thread. The ones I liked the most, and you'll probably hate me for this, are the older ones, like that watercolor and your high fantasy comic. It might be that I prefer your nature environments to your city ones.

And that 24 hour comic - that's just crazy. I don't think I'd manage that even if I had thumbnails as a guide.

What amazes me the most is your grasp of inking and coloring on top of your pencilling, I wish I was half as good.

[666MasterOfPuppets]

WOW. That Medusa 31 drawing is just... Amazing.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Pro! I haven´t tried the download process myself but I think it´s very simple.
IKComics is just starting out, but issues #1 and #2 are already available for download.
I finished the whole series ages ago, so it´s just a matter of lettering and converting the pages for the digital medium.
Infiniteens is an 8 part sage with an average of 24-26 pages per chapter.

Hi, DanielSchenstrom! Welcome to my art thread, I´m glad you liked my stuff. I have to say I´m quite confortable around natural environments myself (trees are so much funnier to draw than buildings... ^_^).
That 24 hours comic was just a hint of my insanity (it comes and goes), I doubt I could pull that off again anytime soon. ^_^
With that said, I think everyone should try it at least once, you learn a lot about yourself and your (creative and resistance/sleep deprivation) limits and capabilities.

Thanks, 666MasterOfPuppets. Medusa 31 was a 3´part series I did way back in the 90s and it told the stories of Isabella Coriolis (girl in the pic), an operative for an organization which took out super-junkies. That was the background theme but for me, the real story was in the rivalry between Isabella and Amanda, another operative.
Medusa 31 "Nec Pluribus Impar") (that´s latin for "unlike many" or "the special ones") was published in 96 and won The 1997 BD Amadora Youth Award.
The following chapters, Medusa 31 "Sieged City" and Medusa 31 "All VS All" never made it to print.
Here´s another pic of Ms. Coriolis.

http://www.etherlair.com/images/net/isabella01.jpg

[666MasterOfPuppets]

Superb stuff, Zeu. Thanx for posting. And that sounds like a cool story.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, 666MasterOfPuppets! :)

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Damn.
Damn. Damn. Damn. Damn. Damn.
I´m on a holding pattern.
Waiting for the greenlight to start inking.
That usually means 24 hours of PART-T-A-Y!
Go shopping, play some videogames, yell at my nieces for stealing my art supplies, finish watching Darker Than Black.....
But today I´m on the mood for some doodling!
So....

FEED ME, SEYMOUR!
Give me ideas! I wanna draw a 6-page punchfest, so throw me a bunch of people I can kick through a wall. Only requirements are:

- 50/50 gender split. 3 supermen, three superwomen. (I´d rather have 100% superwomen but some of you seem to prefer men in tights. Oh, well...)
- lots of ethnic diversity (some bitch sent me a racist e-mail about black supermen once, so i wanna draw one)
- you pick the threat, I´ll pick my interpretation of it. ;)
- you pick the location but achtung! Feed me something weird and you better provide some ref pics too (I´m on a time table!).
- someone dies. Describe how (keep it PG13)

I´m gonna go eat now, then finish a couple more Prince of Persia puzzles.
Back in 2-4 hours, so git those brain cells a-cracking,

-Ka-Tak! < whip cracking> :D

[Typo Lad]

Oh you WOULD ask for this when I'm at work and limited to posting from my Smartphone!

[Typo Lad]

It's too big for my smartphone, but I'm emailing you something Zeu.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Whoa!
Heya, Mordechai, thanks, I got the e-mail and dayum!, that was an awesome script! I had forgotten about your creativity, absolutely loved the team and the character concepts (the codenames in particular ;) )
It was a great read, maybe we should do something together...
However....

I wasn´t really looking for a script.... that seems like work and I´m just doing this for fun. :p

[Typo Lad]

You're too kind Zeu. That was just a quick thing I slammed out (although I am enjoying the names).

I didn't mean for it to be a script! It just sort of happened! I is the funsucker.

Let me make it up to you.

What about six pages of Captain Chastity vs the NymphoManiac?

You know you want to!

[Typo Lad]

and for the record? I'd love to work with you any time or place.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Coolness.
You´re a great guy AND a creative one, so I´m sure we could have a blast working on something.

Right now, however, I am just looking for something to draw.
Somethign conventional, preferably, Superman, Captain America, Wonder Woman, it´s not often I draw characters from the big two or three or four, (I prefer to draw my own :p ).

[Typo Lad]

Black Superman and Asian Wonder Wonder Woman team up to fight Jungle women?

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Nah, I wanna stick with established charachters.

So, nobody wants to see Superman bash Dr. Doom´s head in?
Scarlet Witch turn Darkseid into a lollipop?

[Typo Lad]

How about Dracula vs Luke Cage?

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Now we´re talking. :)

[Typo Lad]

Doc Oc vs Sailor Moon.

Oh ICK.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Okay, here´s what i´ve got to work with:


Digital Webbing
Drakelb
Supergirl, Ms. Marvel ,Barones,. Black Adam, The Hulk (possesed by Eclipso), Whiplash (the ironman villian)
Threat: Baroness has recruited Black Adam to help initiate an attack on a small country. Black Adam has use the eclipso amulet to gain control of the hulk. Whiplash is just there.
Setting: Outsideof an embassy building being protected by the heroes.
During the confrontation, Supergirl or Miss marvel vaporizes Whiplash.

Raven
Mystique Poison Ivy, Valkyrie , Black Adam, Bronze Tiger, Fist of Justice
Threat: Ivy wants to cover Egypt in Green. Black Adam is opposed. Men VS Women!
Setting: Egypt, covered in plant life.
Fist of Justice is horrified when Black Adam kills Valkyrie, fights Black Adam

Comic Book Resources
Typo Lad
Dracula vs Luke Cage, Doc Oc vs Sailor Moon

Comic Bloc
Stormking
Batgirl VS Scarecrow

Superherochat
Dlbiininja
KURSE, THANOS, BLACK ADAM, POWER GIRL, SHE HULK, AND MAXIMA

Penny Arcade
Magictoaster
a duck hero and a hypocondriac solar powered robot ninja girl (man, you sure know how to make my Muse work)

Mayday
a 65 years old superheroine (well, Wonder Woman is at least 65)

Anable
a guy who controls toy-size beasts (Toy Box from Top Ten it is)

Prospicience
an ice hero who melts himself by shooting fire from his hands

Godfather
A superhero that whores merchandise The Flash it is, then

Edcrab
A superhero who thinks their superpowers suck (regardless of how awesome they may or may not be in reality) and so sticks to using regular techniques and equipment/weaponry, just 'cos …..er….. Batman?


Boy, I´m gonna have to sit down and work this thing through. It won´t be a 24 hour thing, though.
I just got the greenlight,, so break time´s over :p

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Change of plans:

Sorry, guys, but I´ve decided to not do that 6-pager I had planned.
For those of you familiar with Silversparrow and that crazy "make a comic in 24 hours" Airla story, this is more of the same "make-the-story-up-as-I-go" madness. Let´s hope my Muse takes me to not too horrible places.

Story´s premise is losely based on a story I did way back in 96 called "Arcane Avatar", but that´s where the similarities end.
Okay, enough yappig, buckle up yer seatbelts, cross your fingers and let´s go:


<<<<<LADY OF THE HORDE>>>>>


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[Typo Lad]

Nice start!

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Typo! :)

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[davidbovey]

I friggin love that last page man. It's great!

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, David :)

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[666MasterOfPuppets]

So, nobody wants to see Superman bash Dr. Doom´s head in?

*Raises hands*

But it's too late, isn't it?

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Lol


Hey, Master of Puppets. Yeah, I kinda changed my mind about the whole thing...

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[SKETCHSANCHEZ]

I really like your work here, your line work is really crisp and clean and your storytelling is top notch.

[chizel man]

I agree, your art is great. I remember seeing some of your work around the net.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hey, SKETCHSANCHEZ, thanks!

Thank you too, chizel man!

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[Eliseu Gouveia]

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[Eliseu Gouveia]

I think I finally know what direction I want to steer this thing. ^_^

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[Gumbo Maximillian]

So wait....did she just kill both her friend, the cop (who I presume she was intending to protect or something) and the rest of the mob types as well?

Little harsh there...

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Nah, she´s still a heroine... :P

[polystyleneman]

You certainly do draw some sensual women! I think the inking and coloring could use some refining, but the pencils are tight and solid!

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, polystyleneman! :)

[chizel man]

All I can say is that the inking is far superior to anything I can do right now.:D

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Chizel Man, you´re too kind :)

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[armandoB]

really like the shadows on that new page

[howyadoin]

This new stuff's lookin' pretty sweet, man.

[Roquefort Raider]

I think I finally know what direction I want to steer this thing. ^_^

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_4722c68cba87a.jpg

Beautiful use of lights and shadow, Eliseu. Another great page from your talented hands!

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thank you, ArmandoB!
Thanks, Howyadoin!
Thanks, Roquefort Raider!

You guys are great! :)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

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[garth_b]

Hi Eliseu

New to this site and just picked up on this thread.

Amazing art and good story telling.

Had you thought of pitching to someone like Zuda. Perhaps you have already done that.

An alternative would be, perhaps, distrubuting your own comics on line. Not sure how you would go about that and get some coin but it's a thought. I am sure that the fans you have here would help get the word out, do a bit of viral marketing for you.

Oh, by the way, I did notice a couple of times where you interpretation of some english sayings were a bit astray. I think it was in Silver Sparrow where you had Jessie say something like "Rub it on her nose". The saying is actually "Rub her nose in it". But then again you may have done that deliberately.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hello, Garth and welcome to the CBR! :)

Thank you for your post and comments, I´m glad you´ve liked my stuff.
I have heard about Zuda but I haven´t considered them since I´d like to learn more about their plan. I´be been thinking about Wowio if I do decide to take the web publishing route.

I don´t remember using that line in Silversparrow (I´d have to take a looksee, been a while...) but english is not my native language, so I am bound to stumble every once ina while.
When that happens, please feel free to point it out for me, I´ll be most grateful. :)

I hope you stick around and enjoy this colorful little e-community of ours, there´s lots of outstanding folk to meet and amazingly talented writers and artists to discover. :)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Sorry for being away for so long, time to get back and see what Nadra´s been up to. :)

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[jasonbaroody]

soooooooo nice! great stuff, Eliseu.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Jason! :)

[armandoB]

love those inks, Zeu

[boomboom]

Nadia sure has a lot of Ghouls in her head!!!

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Armando! :)

Hey, Boomboom, thanks! :)

LOL
Nadia? Someone´s been reading too much Infiniteens. ^_^
Our heroine´s name is Nadra. But yeah, she´s one messed up girl.... :p

[Eliseu Gouveia]

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[Eliseu Gouveia]

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[Eliseu Gouveia]

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[Caio Oliveira]

Fantastic work, Zeu! Realy, really amazing!

Oh, and I see that you are portuguese? Great, so I can talk in português contigo, que alívio! É que te elogiar em inglês não seria o suficiente, já que não domino completamente o idioma e os elogiso assim não fairam jus à teu trabalho.

Incrível mesmo, fiquei hipnotizado em cada página do tópico. Parabéns.

-Caio, um colega brasileiro-

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Olá, Caio,

Obrigado pelo teu post e pelas tuas palavras amáveis, fico sempre feliz por encontrar alguém por estas bandas que também fala português (se bem que se calhar é melhor falarmos em inglês para não alienar o resto do pessoal :) .
Então, também és um desenhador?
Espero que comeces também a colocar os teus desenhos aqui, gostava de os ver...

[garth_b]

I have to say I wouldn't normally read a horror comic but I am enjoying this one. Oh, I do hope you are intending it to be a horror because that is the way it reads to me. :o

Anyway a couple of english corrections. In the panel where Nadra is visualising her high school (college?) buddies/peers: the statement should be "To think I asked her to the prom!"

And in the last panel "... I looked everywhere"

:)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Heya, Garth, thank you so much for your post, comments and suggestion!
I really appreciate them and I´ll correct those bits straight away.

LOL
I never thought of LADY OF THE HORDE as a horror comic, but now that you mention it, it does have some thriller elements (and some "people" in desperate need of a plastic surgery).

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_475387df3ef9b.jpg

Noticed the panel borders? ;)

[mattx110]

Am I supposed to be on the foul-mouthed guys side? Cause I'm ready to kill some demon-thingies right now. Very pretty. Those nightmarish things with bunnies is exactly the kind of thing that can trip an artist up and look silly, but it scares the hell out of me.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

LOL
Thanks, Matt!
I have to say I´m not very confortable with the type of "friends" Nadra hangs with these days, but at least they´re loyal to her.

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I think The Phantom#20 hit stands this week or so, so I figured I could show you these samples Mike Bullock sent me a couple months ago.

Story by Mike Bullock, Pencils and Inks by yours truly.


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[Caio Oliveira]

Olá, Caio,

Obrigado pelo teu post e pelas tuas palavras amáveis, fico sempre feliz por encontrar alguém por estas bandas que também fala português (se bem que se calhar é melhor falarmos em inglês para não alienar o resto do pessoal :) .
Então, também és um desenhador?
Espero que comeces também a colocar os teus desenhos aqui, gostava de os ver...

I'll be totally ofuscated by your talent, my friend, but, Yes, I can draw. In fact, I take part in the last Comic Book Idol, you can find some threads with my work over there, and I put some on the threads here also, like in the "Draw Hawkman", "Draw Superman", "Draw Batman", etc.

Hope you like it.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hey, I´ve justr checked your work and I liked it!
The Hawkman comic pages were great, I see lots of potential there.

Have you ever heard of Chiclete com Banana?
For some reason, I fcaught a certain vibe from that strip in there....

[Eliseu Gouveia]

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- Last wishes?

[armandoB]

congrats on the gig!

the new b/w page looks fantastic also

[Caio Oliveira]

Hey, I´ve justr checked your work and I liked it!
The Hawkman comic pages were great, I see lots of potential there.

Have you ever heard of Chiclete com Banana?
For some reason, I fcaught a certain vibe from that strip in there....

Hey, I'm a brazilian guy, it was inevitable that I knew CHICLETE COM BANANA, but I'm surprized that you know it, and hapy that you see something of that in my work. Thanks!

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Heya, armandoB, thanks!
I grew up reading Phantom, so being able to draw him for Moosntone was an honor for me! :)

Heya, Caio! Yeah, out here there was a newspaper that used to print the strip and I never missed it!
You have a very unique style, I liked it. :)

[mattx110]

That last page is alot more "japanese" than the rest. The rooftop and slope on the right contributes to that thematically (along with the giant person-monster and the grayscale-ness), and the sort of crouched position of the man.

And don't hurt too many musketeers... I like them folk.

And it's all good. When I start commenting on thematic elements and atmosphere stuff, it means that the drawing is good enough that I don't even notice it. You do make me feel completely lazy, I wanted you to know, but not in a way you should be guilty about.

[chizel man]

I love the new stuff Eliseu. Those Phantom pages are hot!

[Eliseu Gouveia]

mattx110 - Thanks, man, really appreciate it. I wouldn´t even have noticed if you hadn´t pointed it out.
And don´t worry about them musketeers, they´re all left intact, a couple skull marks on the cheek nonwithstanding. :D

Hey, Chisel Man, thanks! Those were fun to draw. :)


Busy-busy-busy these days, but I managed to scrape the bottom fo the barrel for some free time to cook this one up, hope you like it. :)

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[Eliseu Gouveia]

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[ScottDMSimmons]

Zeu,

In case you didn't see it, I included news about your recent work in my column "(th)Inking Globally": http://www.silverbulletcomics.com/news/story.php?a=6716

Scott

[Eliseu Gouveia]

WHOA!
Hey, Scott, haven´t seen you in ages!

Thank you so much for the plug, I really appreciate it! :)

[SoulStar]

Dammit Eliseu I'm pissed. Your artwork , like alot of us, should get some serious high regonition. The phantom designs were great and made me all giddy inside( yay the phantom!). And I like that b/w comic piece you got going on too with the intense horror theme.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hey, Soulstar, welcome to my art thread!

i´m glad you liked my Phantom and are enjoying my Lady of the Horde webcomic.:)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Would you date a woman who sleeps with a dagger under her pillow? ^_^

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[Typo Lad]

Would you date a woman who sleeps with a dagger under her pillow? ^_^

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_4774606d04c87.jpg
I'd marry her.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

LOL
You´re a brave man. ^_^

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Dial-up surfers, beware. ^_^
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[chizel man]

Haha! I agree Typo. Great pages Eliseu.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Chizel Man! :)

[Xia Moua]

Love the atmospheric feel of your work, bro:) . I'll see ya up the road. Peace.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hey, Xia, thank you! :)


Whew!
Insane week this was, but a new finished page I managed to cook, yes?

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_478beddc50800.jpg

Swear to God I only noticed the ghoul cleaning his nose on Nadra´s coat when it was already done.^_^

[armandoB]

very sharp.
shame on him using her coat as a hankerchief

[Gonzalez]

Zeu,

Your stuff is amazing. It's certainly DC- or Marvel-worthy in any honest person's eyes, I think, and it certainly beats the quality of a number of their artists. It definitely beats mine.

From here on in, if you're looking to get published, I would say that the challenge now is for you to naturally click with the personalities of the people at some publishing company. I expect that that's where you'll get the best work, be the most genuinely appreciated, and feel the most love.

(To round out my critique, however, I don't really care for your lettering style, even though it looks clean. The "font" has too much horizontality to it, and I think the individual letters should be condensed a bit in that dimension.)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Armando!
LOL
Yeah, but something tells me Nadra doesn´t really mind. Given the companies she cultivates, I´m sure her concept of "disgusting" is a bit broader than most people´s. ^_^

Hey, Gonzalez, thank you so much for your post and commetns! Really appreciate it.
Honestly, DC and Marel are so far out of my reach they don´t even register in my imaginary. But I do agree that my lettering sucks beyond belief. ^_^


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Booom.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Aaand we gots... a cover! ^_^

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_479f56555d693.jpg

[chizel man]

All I got to say is Wow!:eek:

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Chizel Man! :)

[Kara Zor El]

Would you date a woman who sleeps with a dagger under her pillow? ^_^

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_4774606d04c87.jpg

That is one beautiful bottom.

I love this new comic. The horror is so well drawn it oozes out of the panels. Just my cup of blood this.

I just love the way you change styles with different projects. Your layouts are brilliantly put together, very dynamic, such good compositions.

[Froggy]

Dial-up surfers, beware. ^_^
http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_47841bfc3329f.jpg

wow.tha'ts bonkers

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hey, Kara, thank you so much for your kind words, been a while since I last saw you around these here parts. :)
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Really glad you´re enjoying this new endeavor of mine, to tell the truth, I don´t really see "Lady of the Horde" as a horror story.
To me, it´s essentialy a tale about friendship.
Now of course some would ray that my report on friendships is a horror story, but that´s another matter entirely... :D

Hey, Froggy, thanks! :)

So, who´s up for chapter 2?
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[Meyvn]

[QUOTE=Eliseu Gouveia;6312251]Hey, Kara, thank you so much for your kind words, been a while since I last saw you around these here parts. :)
.
Really glad you´re enjoying this new endeavor of mine, to tell the truth, I don´t really see "Lady of the Horde" as a horror story.
To me, it´s essentialy a tale about friendship./QUOTE]

I'm not positive, but Kara may have been referring to the actual creature in that particular panel as 'the horror.' Anyway, just wanted to drop in to add yet another person who's loving this sequential work. Are you currently/have you recently worked on any published titles?

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Meyvn! :)

My most recently published stuff is either Phantom#20 by Moonstone Books or Project Elohim#3, by Strange Matter Comics.

I have a couple more gigs coming out soon but I don´t have their release date yet.

[Kara Zor El]

Hey, Kara, thank you so much for your kind words, been a while since I last saw you around these here parts. :)
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Really glad you´re enjoying this new endeavor of mine, to tell the truth, I don´t really see "Lady of the Horde" as a horror story.
To me, it´s essentialy a tale about friendship.
Now of course some would ray that my report on friendships is a horror story, but that´s another matter entirely... :D

you're welcome. I can't get enough of your comics.

Yes I've been away, lost in the lake of nothingness, and filtered through the eyes of smokey wine but I found my way back to lap up what was once never ending.

[LewMoxinsghost]

Really nice work. Care to reveal your secret to getting that super clean line? Like, what tools do you use primarily?

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Kara, I have to say it´s good to see you around. Welcome back to the real world. Sorta... :)

Thanks, LewMoxinsghost!
LOL
Folks often ask me about the lines and to be honest... I have no idea what you´re refering to. :p
I just usa a regular mechanical pencil 0,5mm 2B and a couple rottring and brush pens...

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_47b9bd9ca1992.jpg

[mattx110]

Every single page feels like it's about to lead to some big reveal, then I'm just as lost on the next page and it feels like the next one is the climax.

Really great storytelling building the suspense. It's hard to get a constant feeling of being chased in a comic the way you can use cameras and literally move them to do the same effect in a film.

In fact, I'm pretty sure you had an influence on the way I did the script contest thingy at the top of the Showcase forum. Which, if you see my comic collection, you've got some pretty competent competition, so that's really one of the highest forms of praise I can give about comic work. "It had an impact on me".

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hey, mattx110, thanks, I don´t really know what to say after a post like that.

I had no idea there was a competition thing going on in here but now I´m really curious to see everybody´s entries.

About the cliffhanger thing, I think it´s a habit I got from reading Flash Gordon strips on the newspaper my dad used to bring home.
I can safely say that him arriving at home was usually an Event for the Gouveia kids... and a catastrophe the days he forgot to buy the newspaper ^_^.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_47c1ff3580065.jpg

[LewMoxinsghost]

Thanks for getting back to me.... I was also wondering what scale or size you liked to work. Do you use Bristol or illustration board? Maybe the pencils are my biggest problem... I have been using the larger .7s mms. I'll try switching.:)

[Meyvn]

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_47c1ff3580065.jpg

Your use of comparisons and recurring images makes for very effective storytelling. The transformation of the Narkissa character from blonde girl to monster and back is really powerful and intriguing thanks to this symmetry. Good stuff.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

LewMoxinsghost - I´m not picky with the materials.
Hell, I have whole books drawin in machine type paper.
I work at 11"X17" and I recommend that size (or above), especialy if you like to add lots of tiny details.

Meyvn - Thank you, Meyvn :)
I really like the Narkissa character, so it´s not easy to draw her in monster form. Maybe it´s age or something, but I find myself trying to be kind toward my characters in Lady of the Horde, a weird stance for someone used to treaat characters like napkins. :p

[Eliseu Gouveia]

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications/////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_47c79de7815f2.jpg

[Viktor Bogdanovic]

wow.

LOVE that opening panel.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Viktor! :)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_47d6df62bf3e9.jpg

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Feels like I´m a madman singing in the desert sometimes, is anyone out there actualy reading this story?

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications/////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_47defe857de9c.jpg

[LewMoxinsghost]

I'm readin it, and I'm diggin it Zoo! Is this appearing somewhere else besides CBR?

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, LewMoxinsghost. :)

I do post it in a couple more comic forums but the reaction is very similar to the one I get here.
Makes me wonder if I did a wrong theme choice somewhere....

[LewMoxinsghost]

eh... I wouldn't assume much from people's reaction- just my opinion. These forums are really great, but everything has its limitations. I mean, who is used to commenting on pages they read in print? Nobody. That would be nutty. You can't interact with print really (print is what I'm most accustomed to) you are a captive, mute audience- but naturally still have real reactions to the pages, good or bad. Most people who grew up reading print are conditioned to not say squat about what they feel at the end of a page. To see page creation in real time on the web is a real treat though and having the technical stuff revealed is also a plus. But it is all so tricky I guess... magicians are reluctant to give up their secrets. Are artists any different? Art is magic after all. Personally I always struggle with what I should reveal and what I should not reveal.
Still, it's of course not all just about the forbidden techniques and revelatory working times... the entertainment value has got to be there in some capacity. It's a matter of taste.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, LewMoxinsghost, You do have a good point there. :)

[LewMoxinsghost]

Thank you. I do get to ramblin' on sometimes... ;)

Your work is really tight!

[Red Jack]

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7bf8a1230/images/IMAGE_4068b7bab4ab9.jpg

What's this one for? Is it claimed? I'd love to get it as cover art for something I'm working on.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Don´t worry, LewMoxinsghost, I´m a bit of a rambler sometimes too :)
And thanks, I hope you continue to follow the story.

Hey, Red Jack, LTNS!
That´s a piece I did way back in 96 for a graphic novel called Prime Sorceress. I still have the script around here somewhere but I can´t find the time to draw it - or look for an interested publisher-.

[666MasterOfPuppets]

Feels like I´m a madman singing in the desert sometimes, is anyone out there actualy reading this story?

Don't you dare giving up on me, Zeu.

I admit, I haven't read it. But I haven't because I really haven't had much time at my disposal. Good news is, I'm starting vacations pretty soon, so I'll catch up.

[howyadoin]

Feels like I´m a madman singing in the desert sometimes, is anyone out there actualy reading this story?I've been kinda slackin' off lately - busy as hell, plus there's so much more to look at on this board lately.

From what I've read it's damn cool, though.

[mattx110]

Don´t worry, LewMoxinsghost, I´m a bit of a rambler sometimes too :)
And thanks, I hope you continue to follow the story.

Hey, Red Jack, LTNS!
That´s a piece I did way back in 96 for a graphic novel called Prime Sorceress. I still have the script around here somewhere but I can´t find the time to draw it - or look for an interested publisher-.
It's awesome. Fleischer-esque on the figure, and some more going on with the rest.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, 666MasterOfPuppets!
Thank you, howyadoin!
Thank you as well, mattx110!
You guys are too kind! :)

Time to see what the girls are up to, in their new careers as freeloaders. :D

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications/////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_47e95c27d1971.jpg

[jasonbaroody]

very nice!

[666MasterOfPuppets]

Hey, Zeu!

Eehh... Could you please tell me in which page does your story start?

Yup, I'm lazy. :)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, jasonbaroody! :)

Hey, 666MasterOfPuppets.
LOL
Here:
Lady of the Horde starts here (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=18670&page=35)

You have to scroll a bit down til you see two little girls playing in the middle of the forrest.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications/////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_47f3ea8691093.jpg

No, Nadra was NOT in a bathtub with Sethos, that would just be way too icky. :eek:

[Kara Zor El]

http://forums.comicbookresources.com/member.php?u=6221 This comic is just incredible. I've just reread it all over again and thoroughly lapped it up. Your art is top notch as always and the imagination and scope is incredible. What a genius you are, you are, oh what genius you are. :)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Kara, I can´t tell you how happy I am that you took the time to read through the story, most folks just glance at the pages.
I´m glad you liked it, when I first started I had no idea of what I was getting myself into but now, little by little, page by page I am falling in love with this little universe where dreams and nightmares are the exchange currency.

[Kara Zor El]

Thanks, Kara, I can´t tell you how happy I am that you took the time to read through the story, most folks just glance at the pages.
I´m glad you liked it, when I first started I had no idea of what I was getting myself into but now, little by little, page by page I am falling in love with this little universe where dreams and nightmares are the exchange currency.

Yeah, it's very clever stuff. Make a bloody good movie too.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Interesting you should say that.
I´ve been entertaining the idea of who I´d like to see play Nadra or Narkissa in a movie. :p
I´m just sad that David Bowie is kinda old to play Sethos now...´

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_47fbf8f591002.jpg

From now on, everytime you see either Nadra wearing extra large clothes, just assume that she borrowed them. :D

[Eliseu Gouveia]

We´ve already seen at the beginning of the comic what sort of games Nadra was into.

I had to go back and forth a bit trying to decide what types of games Narkissa would like to play. :D

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_48069248b4319.jpg

[Eliseu Gouveia]

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_4810062573eaf.jpg

[Shade101]

Omg you're very good! I'm very impressed!

[LewMoxinsghost]

Zeu, this looks great as always... I've read the first part of it and part of the last part... I need to go back and fill in the gaps before I'm really following it. Do you see these more as standalone pages or as a book?

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hey, Shade, thanks, glad you liked it! :)

Hey, LewMoxinsghost, thanks! I see Lady of the Horde as an actual webcomic, more than assorted sequentials, even though I´m not working from a script and making it up as I go (which explains the "bumpy ride").
Reading them out of order may throw the story a curveball, but if you want to check it in sequence without posts to break the pace, I have it in my Comicspace page (it´s in my sig).


IFf you do check the stry so far, please let me know of any mishaps so I can go back and correct it.
At this stage, I´m more concerned about the story making sense, given the volatile nature of thismethod...

[DSNG]

Fantastic artwork man!

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/7148/sfahalfbannerip3.jpg (http://www.drunkduck.com/SFA/index.php?p=361276)

MY FREE SFA WEBCOMIC. UPDATED 5 TIMES A WEEK. [NSFW]

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, DSNG! :)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_481f233fe92c7.jpg

You like my gargoyles? ^_^

[Meyvn]

Your sequentials get better all the time.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Meyvn! :)

[boomboom]

Hey, Shade, thanks, glad you liked it! :)

Reading them out of order may throw the story a curveball, but if you want to check it in sequence without posts to break the pace, I have it in my Comicspace page (it´s in my sig).


right...damn.....keep forgetting to get that ball rolling.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hey, Richard, great to find you here! :)

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_482b4cb822f86.jpg

[robel g]

Wow! To a young comic book fanatic like myself I am really fascinated by your talent. I want to see your finished work colored and published. That would be great and maybe I can convience my local comic store to stock your stuff. :smile:

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hi, robel g! :smile:
Thank you for your post, I´m glad you liked my work.
Welcome to CBR, I hope you enjoy it here, lots of talented guys hanging around.

[boomboom]

Zeu,

It might be a good idea to sometimes give a list of where one might be able to purchase your stuff...
?

[SAndrews]

great work.. i love the craft you put into your comic pages. and of course i like yer ladies :) :)

cheers!

[666MasterOfPuppets]

I read the whole thing, Zeu. Absolutely amazing stuff! Looking forward to reading more!

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Richards, you may have a point but I fear that would probably qualify as spam.
If folks PM me asking for places where my work is available I´ll be happy to answer, but for this thread I´d like to keep matters art-oriented.


Thanks, SAndrews, and welcome to my art thread., I hope you enjoy it here.

Hey, 666MasterOfPuppets, thank you, I´m really happy that you´ve taken the time to read th ewhoel thing (and enjoyed it :) ).

-----------------------------------------------//----------------------------------------------------

It´s sunday and I feel like relaxing a bit.
So, I´m in the mood for some superheroine action!!! :biggrin:

Do you guys have any suggestions for a piece?
I want INSANITY, completely out-of-left-field stuff (but keep it simple, I may have only an hour or so to draw it :) ).

[armandoB]

luv the texture in your pages

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Armando.

You wouldn´t happen to have any idea/suggestion for my superheroine piece, would you? :smile:

[666MasterOfPuppets]

Hey, 666MasterOfPuppets, thank you, I´m really happy that you´ve taken the time to read th ewhoel thing (and enjoyed it :) ).

It was my pleasure, man. Keep up the outstanding job.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, will do. :)

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_4833190b9994d.jpg

In case you were curious, here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bKAPVpA46o)´s what the hooded guy was singing.

Let it never be said that Nadra doesn´t have a sense of humour. ^_^

[666MasterOfPuppets]

Was that guy in the fourth panel singing a Janis song?

[armandoB]

Thanks, Armando.

You wouldn´t happen to have any idea/suggestion for my superheroine piece, would you? :smile:

it's pretty awesome as is

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Was that guy in the fourth panel singing a Janis song?

More like a Brotherhood of Man tune. :biggrin:

it's pretty awesome as is

Thanks, Armando. :)

[boomboom]

Thanks, Richards, you may have a point but I fear that would probably qualify as spam.

gotta be kiddin' me :D

No way that would be spamming...especially since you are showcasing here for the longest time!!

Just promiss the fans here that WHEN you have somethng on sale, that they get the info from you immediately :D

Anyway

PROJECT ELOHIM can be purchased here
http://lunasea-studios.com

It was a great read (ps I got the tradepaperback) with great art!!

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Richard, you´re a cool guy. :)

Yeah, Project Elohim is awesome, I´m really proud of working with Rebecca Hicks, her talent is just amazing!
Canb´t believe one of the big 3 hasn´t hired her yet.

Speaking of which, I gotta get back to finishing the pencil touh ups for issue #5, but first....

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_483ed87b6d5e1.jpg

Okay, now here´s the problem...
I have NO idea of how Sethos is gonna make out of this one alive 8which he does), given that Narkissa made paté with his (slightly more robust) brother Aeron with her hands behind her back... :p

[LewMoxinsghost]

Zeu, I look forward to each page you post. Your consistency is really understated. I kind of like how you just sort of make it up as you go along and trust your intuiton. Have you already completed stories using this technique? Can you provide a link to it? (it is okay if I have to pay for a print edition)

[robel g]

I am excited to see how Sethos will make it out alive, too!

By the way, when you finish will you have paperback copies? I want this for my collection

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hey, LewMoxinsghost, thank you for your post, I´m really glad you´re enjoying Lady of the Horde.

I have done this make up as I go thing a couple times online and it can be really fun because you´re drawing what you feel like, without being creatively tied to the constraints of a script.
Only problem is you have to always look back to make sure the pages you draw are consistant with the ones that came before.

Those pages are in this thread, but here´s a couple links to make the reading a bit easier.


SILVERSPARROW (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=31&t=144691)

Latest one was this crazy "Make a comic in 24-hours" marathon I did a couple months ago.
Please, please, don´t ever let me do that again. :tongue:

AIRLA (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=31&t=503150)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

I am excited to see how Sethos will make it out alive, too!

By the way, when you finish will you have paperback copies? I want this for my collection

Thanks, Robel G! :)

Paperback, paperback... well, I am not thinking that far ahead, right now it´s just for fun to vent some creative steam at the end of the day.
To be honest, I am extremely inexperienced on the publishing part of making comics, I usualy just do the art and let someone more savvy than me on those wares handle that bit. :tongue:

[Eliseu Gouveia]

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_48480685ce29e.jpg

A cookie to the firstr person who recognises that symbol. ^_^

[chizel man]

wow!.......

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Chizel Man! :)

[666MasterOfPuppets]

Dammit Zeu, this is totally nuts! And that is AWESOME.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, man, glad you liked it. :smile:

[jasonbaroody]

more, i want more!!!:smile:

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Jason, consider it done :)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Enough yapping.
I believe it´s time we introduce some violence into these proceedings. ^_^

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_4851312d96413.jpg

[armandoB]

new page looks fantastic.

[666MasterOfPuppets]

And the details in the panel borders...

Simply astounding.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Armando!

Thanks, 666MasterOfPuppets!

So, you guys up for some head busting?
It´s gonna be brutal but I promise to keep it PG-13. :biggrin:

[Eliseu Gouveia]

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications//////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_485b416caa30b.jpg


What, what?
Did you honestly think Sethos would stand a chance against Narkissa?
Shame on you! ^_^

[boomboom]

wow....those nightmarish things are sweet childlike this time around!! WOW!! What a cool way to tell your story!!

O...and I love the way you create borders and even go over-bording with panels...

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Richard! :)
Yeah, Nadra´s entourage used to be a bit more cuddly in the beginning.
WAY too cudly, perhaps... I´m getting the urge to draw Puppy-Poppy more often... :D

[666MasterOfPuppets]

Hell yeah. This is GREAT.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, 666MasterOfPuppets.

I aim to please. :)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_4864127d8f79e.jpg

[Kep!]

WOOT! Zeu has just made the Comic Book Challenge's TOP 50!!!
http://www.comicbookchallenge.com/

Sadly, they only allowed one name, so he's under mine...but it's all his art, folks! Damn that's just pretty!

RIVERPORT
Written and Lettered by Jim "Kep!" Keplinger
Penciled and Inked by Eliseu "Zeu" Gouveia
Colored by Kevin "Kevin" Volo
http://www.wordybastard.com/Riverport-issue01-02.jpg

http://www.wordybastard.com/Riverport-issue01-03.jpg

http://www.wordybastard.com/Riverport-issue01-04.jpg

[boomboom]

I am stunned...

I demand to see this in print :D

[666MasterOfPuppets]

WOOT! Zeu has just made the Comic Book Challenge's TOP 50!!!
http://www.comicbookchallenge.com/

Sadly, they only allowed one name, so he's under mine...but it's all his art, folks! Damn that's just pretty!

RIVERPORT
Written and Lettered by Jim "Kep!" Keplinger
Penciled and Inked by Eliseu "Zeu" Gouveia
Colored by Kevin "Kevin" Volo
http://www.wordybastard.com/Riverport-issue01-02.jpg

http://www.wordybastard.com/Riverport-issue01-03.jpg

http://www.wordybastard.com/Riverport-issue01-04.jpg


WHOA!!!!!! Hyper-cool!!!!!!

I want MORE!

[666MasterOfPuppets]

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_4864127d8f79e.jpg

For some reason, I think he shouldn't have done that...

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Aw, MAN!
That is absolutely AWESOME, Kep!
Riverport is just a great tale all around that brings back the creative team of Genie (hopefuly a couple years more seasoned and skilled :) ). Kep, me and Volo. :)
Really cool characters, plot twists and everything.


Been away for a couple days but I´m back now, what did I miss? :)

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_4870058009eae.jpg

Puppy Poppy is now officialy my favorite of Nadra´s creations . :p

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Somebody get them offa me, they´re everywhere!! :biggrin:

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7ba2a6050/images/IMAGE_4874e50a3a1c2.jpg

First one who says they look too young gets a trout over the head, m´kay?

[Kep!]

A trout? Really? Fresh or frozen?

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Whichever hurts the most. :tongue:

[escapegoat]

Somebody get them offa me, they´re everywhere!! :biggrin:

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7ba2a6050/images/IMAGE_4874e50a3a1c2.jpg

First one who says they look too young gets a trout over the head, m´kay?

Damn Eliseu...that's beautiful...and they look like teenagers...THANK YOU!!!

Too many artists in the industry just don't seem to know how to draw a realistic teenager.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, EscapeGoat, that was a fun piece to make.

I think I was chanelling my years as a children and school books illustrator for this one. ^_^

[666MasterOfPuppets]

Holy crap Zeu, this stuff is too damn good.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Master of Puppets.

This pic was a bit of decompression as well from the present doom and gloom in Lady of the Horde.

[666MasterOfPuppets]

I hear you. That reminds me of an interview Lance Henriksen did during his Millennium days (kick-ass series, BTW). Due to the dark nature of the series, he had to get himself a hobby that helped him to relax.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Well, I´m doing Lady of the Horde to relax.
So what does it say when I have to make a side project to relax from my hobby? :biggrin:

[666MasterOfPuppets]

Well, I´m doing Lady of the Horde to relax.
So what does it say when I have to make a side project to relax from my hobby? :biggrin:

Hehehe... Well, I dunno. Oranges?

EDIT: :biggrin:

[Eliseu Gouveia]

LOL

Than too.

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_487687f136eb8.jpg

One day, one of them Pendargrave boys are gonna have to tell me what is their beef with wearing shirts. ^_^

[666MasterOfPuppets]

Oh crap... Things are about to get nasty.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

LOL

Relax, mods would send me on a one-way ticket to Bansville if I put on paper half the torturing images I had in store for Sethos. :biggrin:

"- I have a whole team park for you." :tongue:

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_487fb1847ef82.jpg

I can hear you folks collectively calling me "- Chicken!" for dialing down on the gore factor... :p

[666MasterOfPuppets]

But you can post links to them, right? And everybody wins. :biggrin:

[Gumbo Maximillian]

Interesting; why most of them look younger than usual, whats her name "star spangled girl" or something like that, looks older than I think she is usually portrayed.


Somebody get them offa me, they´re everywhere!! :biggrin:

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7ba2a6050/images/IMAGE_4874e50a3a1c2.jpg

First one who says they look too young gets a trout over the head, m´kay?

[Eliseu Gouveia]

That´s tough, I can barely get free time to make one page a week, let alone two versions of a page, one gore, one PG-13....

[666MasterOfPuppets]

Dammit. That's too bad. the pages are still awesome, though.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Interesting; why most of them look younger than usual, whats her name "star spangled girl" or something like that, looks older than I think she is usually portrayed.

Thanks, Gumbo, that´s Stargirl, of JSA fame. :)

I tried to put them all in the 11-14 age range. which IIRC, is somewhat close to her present age (13-16?).
I dunno what´s the deal with DC that they have to have all their teenage heroes bordering 18.
They should take the lead of Marvel who has unmistakenly "kid heroes" like Power Pack to click with the younger readership..

Dammit. That's too bad. the pages are still awesome, though.


Thanks, Master of Puppets. :)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_488430d60ea04.jpg

My favorite detail on this page?
Check the face of the fairies on the 3rd panel. ^_^

[666MasterOfPuppets]

Hot damn, Zeu.

And no matter that explosion, I'm feeling things are far from over.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Master of Puppets. :)

Well, that explosion was 10 years ago.
Nadra made it, so did Sethos who was with her, and Narkissa, albeit weakened, is a creature of the stars who takes hot steam baths iat the core of supernovas.
I´m sure she managed too. ^_^

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_48873a6ca4beb.jpg

And now we´ve come to the part I´ve been really looking forward to:

Nadra prancing around in her new dress.

What, what, you thought I was gonna say:

"Nadra facing the full brunt of the Pendargrave Pride?"

Shame on you. ^_^

[chizel man]

Somebody get them offa me, they´re everywhere!! :biggrin:

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7ba2a6050/images/IMAGE_4874e50a3a1c2.jpg

First one who says they look too young gets a trout over the head, m´kay?

Wow! I love this.

[Typo Lad]

Somebody get them offa me, they´re everywhere!! :biggrin:

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7ba2a6050/images/IMAGE_4874e50a3a1c2.jpg

First one who says they look too young gets a trout over the head, m´kay?
Zeu,

I haven't been checking this thread every update, but I just saw this and have to ask -

Any chance of buying a print of that for my daughter? She'd love it.

[escapegoat]

Zeu,

I haven't been checking this thread every update, but I just saw this and have to ask -

Any chance of buying a print of that for my daughter? She'd love it.

Come to think of it, mine might like it too...although the only character she would recognize out ot the bunch so far is Supergirl.
She's only 4, so it's not like she's been exposed to too many super-heroes so far :tongue: I'm eager for DC to get that all-ages Supergirl comic out there.

[Typo Lad]

Not to drift, but 4 is around when I started hooking my daughter. Her favorite is Zatanna.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Chizel Man!
Thanks, Typo Lad-
Thanks, Escape Goat!

I´m glad you guys liked that pic, it´s one of my favorite pieces of late. :)

Typo, "Buying a print" falls into the category "what is that, how is it done, I´ve never done it before and I have no idea of how to pull it". :D

I´ve got you all beat, I was introducing my nieces to Sailor Moon by the time they were three.

Hey, she qualifies as a superheroine too , right? ^_^

[Typo Lad]

Well, to be fair, I only formally introduced her to the DCU at three. Prior to that, she once put the Thing in her potty, and used to go with me to the comic shop.

As for how to do it... hmmm. I'll PM.

[escapegoat]

Typo, "Buying a print" falls into the category "what is that, how is it done, I´ve never done it before and I have no idea of how to pull it". :D

I´ve got you all beat, I was introducing my nieces to Sailor Moon by the time they were three.

Hey, she qualifies as a superheroine too , right? ^_^

No idea on the print thing...I imagine it's just a matter of getting it done up at a print shop....no idea on the costs.

Just got both my daughters (got a 2 year old too) hooked on the Powerpuff Girls, mainly because I realized the 4 year old was getting exposed to too many movies/shows with male protagonists. She loves all the Pixar movies, and is a huge fan of Buzz Lightyear (I've lost track of how many Buzz Lightyear toys she has), but she would pretend to be him a lot (Not that it's a bad thing, and kinda of funny to explain to people out in public when she suddenly starts pretending to be Buzz :tongue: ). So I've started exposing her to some movies/shows with lead female characters (oddly, I haven't really touched on a bunch of the Disney classics yet).
We just exposed her to Kiki's Delivery Service last week, and she enjoyed that one... :smile: I'm keeping an eye out for some Sailor Moon as well to get her hooked on.

So currently, she'll pretend to be either Buzz, Mr Incredible, Bubbles, or Kiki....:biggrin:

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hey, don´t knock Powerpuff Girls, those girls can benchpress aircraft carriers! ^_^

I too have been exposing my nieces to a steady diet of super-heroines for most of their childhood, from Kim Possible to Cardcaptor Sakura to Sailor moon to Chugo Chara..
My biggest failure to date was never being able to sell them Wonder Woman...


Okay, time to get chapter 3 started. :)

Can you guess which panel was totaly stolen from the "My Girl" movie? ^_^
(yes, I too was dragged to go see it...)


http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_488c78d5839ac.jpg

Someone read one Michael Strogoff story too many, growing up. ^_^

[K-DoG7p7]

Somebody get them offa me, they´re everywhere!! :biggrin:

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7ba2a6050/images/IMAGE_4874e50a3a1c2.jpg

First one who says they look too young gets a trout over the head, m´kay?

Interesting.. the 2 Collage Girls look older then the rest.. :p

but that take care of the flyers/big power girls (I call Misfits power "big power")
How about the street level/no power chicks? you know like Batgirl, Spoiler, Ravager, Speedy, Empress (Ok shes got power.. but not that much :P) and so om..

:biggrin:

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Batgirl and Spoiler scare me, I have no idea of what the Batbooks editors are gonna do with them next, so i prefer to steer clear from them until someone who really loves the charactes gets to the helm..

I added Misfit because I wanted someone streetlevel-ish in that team (teleport/regen is awesome, but I don´t consider her big power just yet :biggrin: )
I do like your suggestion for a roster, I don´t know Ravager very well but Speedy would be a fine addition.

Black Alice would be nice too. :)

[K-DoG7p7]

Actually i think Spoiler is safe for now..
Dan has always loved her and he did come inn to late to save her(as he and Geoff have said several times..)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

That´s awesome news, I would pay top dolar for a Batgirl/Spoiler comic.

I haven´t checked Beechen´s BG yet because I feel like I´d be commiting some sort of a sacrilege. :biggrin:

[K-DoG7p7]

I haven´t checked Beechen´s BG yet because I feel like I´d be commiting some sort of a sacrilege. :biggrin:
havent read it myself.. but i would imagine it to be... just wrong :p

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Well, on a positive note, at least Cass is back.

...sorta....

So why does it feel so wrong?

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_48908f575a484.jpg

Him again...
What, you didn´t think I was gonna forget the very first person Nadra saved at the beginning of this story, did you? ^_^

Too bad I have NO idea of what I´m gonna do with him.
Any ideas?

[666MasterOfPuppets]

"Total annihilation"... I like the sound of that.

Great job as always, Zeu.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Master of Puppets. :)

Yeah, now that she´s back in the game, Narkissa´s one heart beat away from leveling the playing field.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_489d9d243179d.jpg

Alx over at Silent Hill Forums asked for girls kissing (other girls). I wonder if this is what he had in mind... ^_^

[666MasterOfPuppets]

I doubt it. But even so, this is still awesome.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Master of Puppets?

So, what about you, any requests for this story? ^_^

[666MasterOfPuppets]

Nah... I'm loving this one as is. Plus, blood and gore are out, so...

[boomboom]

where is my MUMMY ?

:D

[Kara Zor El]

Interesting.. the 2 Collage Girls look older then the rest.. :p

but that take care of the flyers/big power girls (I call Misfits power "big power")
How about the street level/no power chicks? you know like Batgirl, Spoiler, Ravager, Speedy, Empress (Ok shes got power.. but not that much :P) and so om..

:biggrin:

Beautiful man just beautiful. Not been here for awhile. Nice place to start. I'll go back over your thread and see what I've missed.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Well, no blood and gore but I´ll be sure to put plenty of violence just for you, Master of Puppets. :biggrin:

Hey, Richard! Mummy? I think you´re in the wrong story. :tongue:

Hi, Kara! Great to see you around! :smile:


http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_48a707d95cad1.jpg

It´s always the little people that pays the bill.

[Ben Morgan]

Awesome work as always Zeu

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thank you, Ben, I´m glad you liked it. :)

[mattx110]

I was going to compliment the last bunch of pages you did, but my mind is too blown from that last big on to remember what they looked like.

Gorgeous composition and everything about it works.

WowWOWWOWW

[howyadoin]

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_48a707d95cad1.jpg
Damn, that's a great piece. That thing she's riding on is cool.

[HynerianChef]

I haven't checked the entire thread so Eliseu might have posted it somewhere, but a few days ago I was reading some very old portuguese editions of marvel comics and on one of those there was this great Cloak and Dagger fan-art piece by him. Great use of shadows and light there, I thought.

Eliseu, any chance you have the original and want to post a scan of it here?

[yume]

i just wanted to pop in and say that this thread is awesome, i've been following you on ca, didn't know you were here, too-just wanted to say your work is really good! :smile:

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hey, gang,

thanks a lot for your posts and comments, I really appreciate it.

mattx110 - thanks, I don´t usualy do doublespreads because I feel like I´m cheating or something, but I figured if I could use at least one, it doesn´t come better than the title page.

howyadoin - thanks, I really like your work too. Glad you liked the creature Nadra´s riding, I have a blast coming up with these nasties. ^_^

HynerianChef - Hey, thanks, I remember that one! God, it´s been AGES! If they didn´t trash it, the original is probably stll in the possession of Editora Abril, I mailed them a couple drawings that eventualy saw publication.
My absolute favorite of that batch was an original Supergirl piece that never saw print, it just got lost in the mail or in some office desk... really broke my heart...

Yume - Thanks, Yume, I do post these pages in a couple places looking for comments and feedback: Conceptart, Digital Webbing, PennyArcade, CGTalk, Comic Bloc, Wetcanvas, Silent Hill Forums, Anipike, DA...

[boomboom]

Hey, Richard! Mummy? I think you´re in the wrong story. :tongue:


we must work something out some time about that...!!!! I did send you several emails about it :p


@splash: wwwwoooohooooooo...bring it on!!

[boomboom]

Hey, Richard! Mummy? I think you´re in the wrong story. :tongue:


we must work something out some time about that...!!!! I did send you several emails about it :p


@splash: wwwwoooohooooooo...bring it on!!

[boomboom]

Hey, Richard! Mummy? I think you´re in the wrong story. :tongue:


we must work something out some time about that...!!!! I did send you several emails about it :p


@splash: wwwwoooohooooooo...bring it on!!

[666MasterOfPuppets]

I second everything that's been said. Great pencils, great inks, and great story.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, guys. :)

NO GODS. NO QUEENS. ONLY WOMAN. WONDER-WOMAN.

This is a concept I cooked up over at YABS following a thread about how posters would recreate Wonder Woman.

(It´s also the reason why there wasn´t new Lady of the Horde pages in the last couple days. ^_^)

http://www.etherlair.com/images/Zeu/ww0.jpg

The pitch: Anastasia with super-powers

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7cb361a9b/images/IMAGE_48b5f5e78bfce.jpg

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7cb361a9b/images/IMAGE_48b5f634e5fd1.jpg

[Eliseu Gouveia]

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7cb361a9b/images/IMAGE_48b5f649ac7cf.jpg

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7cb361a9b/images/IMAGE_48b5f65f7ef3b.jpg

At the beginning of Bioshock, you can read the words "No Gods. No Kings. Only Man."
I like that concept, because it´s exactly what i think of when I think of one of the ways I´d recreate Wonder Woman.

Step 1, I´d get rid of the mythological greek gods.
I always thought that they steal too much protagonism from the ones who should be the real heroes of the story, the Themiscirian amazons.Why would a race of highly advanced, highly evolved immortal women worship a 3,000 years old,dead religion that revolved around adoring a bunch of self-indulging creeps?
By getting rid of them, you can attribute far more merit to the amazons who acchieved the point they are not due to some divine gift, but to the fruit of their labour, their efforts, rsilience and constant thrive to evolve.
They gained immortality on their own, through their own perserverance, science or magic.
It also bears a much more empowering message than the original.
"The gods granted me immortality" VS "I gained mmortality on my own."

Step 2. I´d get rid of the queen.
I don´t like monarchies, the idea that someone is destined to rule over others because some god said so. Democracy is not perfect, but I´d choose being a citizen over being a subdict any day of the year.
My amazons are a meritocracy, a society where you advance on the strenght of your worth, not due to which family you were born in.


Step 3.
Which brings us to the story I had in mind.
The amazons instituted this meritocracy centuries ago, throwing the queen off her pedestal. I imagine there was likely a gruesome civil war (otherwise it would be boring) and queen Hippolyta was believed killed.
Centuries after, today, she resurfaces.
In the patriarch world.
Living with a mortal man who gave her a child, an all-american girl.
With superpowers.

Step 4.
Makiing Diana an all-american girl solves one of the problems I´ve always had with Wonder Woman: her custume. She´s not american, she´s an amazon princess and ambassador representing the proud nation of Themiscira, so why does she wear an american flag? Because she likes america? So does french president Nicholas Sarkozy, but you don´t see him drapping himself in the american flag when addressing the UN, do you?

No, my Diana was brought up by her mom, Queen Hippolyta and some yet-unnamed guy (I thought of calling him Steve Trevor, but that would be just too icky). She learned much of the amazon ways but like any other girl, she salivated at Billy O´malley´s broad shoulders in high school.

This gives us readers an "in". It´s hard to empathise with perfect princess from paradise land, born with a golden spoon in her mouth. But a princess fallen from grace? That´s GOLD!
It has drama, and most important it has the sense of loss that WW´s origin lacks.
A good superhero origin tale has a degree of tragedy to it.
Superman lost his homeworld. Batman lost his parents. Peter Parker could have stopped the man who killed his uncle.
And now, Diana ha lost her crown.

Step 5.

I really like the idea of a fallen princess struggling to regain her place in the world.
Of course she´ll eventualy return to Themiscira and there shall be much @$$tkickery.
She´ll have to face her "sisters" in the arena just like she originaly did under Marston and Perez´pen, but this time she´s not The Special One, with powers given to her by the goddesses.
It´s another Wonder Woman pet peeve of mine.
"All amazons are special but one is more special than others."
The Contest of Champions where she faces the best of the best of the best always felt so fake to me because there is no valor in it.
Sure, an amazons can lift a car in her best day, but WW can benchpress aircraft carriers!
Where´s the fun, the challenge in that?

This way, you can finaly give the Contest of Champions the unsurmountable odds it always lacked, piting a NYPD rookie who moonlights as a superhero against seasoned, immortal amazons warriors with 3,000 years worth of combat under their belts. I salivate at the mere thought.

Step 6.
Now of course I can already hear the DC boys groaning. "-Noooo, we can´t have a race of wimminz as powerful as Superman walking around.
Superman -> smash.
Wimminz -> kitchen."
Chill.
I´m sure one or two or twelve could occasionaly visit earth, but the vast majority of "dem wimminz" would be confined to whatever dimention Themiscira exists in, where I imagine they´d spend eternity fighting off demon creatures bent on invading earth. How´s that sound? ^_^

Step 7.
This also solves the issue of technological advancement.
Themiscira is supposed to be a highly advanced society (unless this is Amazons Attack, where they´re basicaly a bunch of idiots who spent 3,000 years riding horses because inventing flying cars was too much for their little heads) but I could never buy the idea of paradise island as an advanced society. Sorry, but if I spent my days walking at the beach at sunsets, chewing grapes and drooling at half naked women, I would have had zero incentives to develop Purple Ray emmiters.
But fighting demons for all eternity? Now there´s an incentive to evolve. ^_^

Step 8.
Now this advanced society doesn´t have to have excelled only in science. Magic exists in the DCU, so they could just be really good craftswomen. Wonder Woman´s weapons (inherited from her mother when she fled the amazon nation), the golden lasso of truth, the unbreakable bracelets,the razor tiara, would have been forged by them. They would be weapons of war, not cute trinkets to dazzle Superman during late hours.
I dislike the lasso of truth as a weapon. But a whip that can cut through metal like butter?
There´s an endless number of things you could do with this weapon, it doesn´t have to be just a whip. It´s magic, remember?
I confess I may have stretched it a bit with the lasso changing from bracelet to whip, it´s just that I never liked the way that rope hangs on her belt, there´s gotta be better ways to carry your weapon around.
Plus I like the idea of her losing one of her defenses when she summons her primary weapon.

Step 9 . Civil War
"As long as there are two men around, there will be conflict."
Same goes for women. I don´t buy the whole "there would be world peace if women were in charge". My amazons are not a homogenous group, they are divided in factions that cohexist peacefuly. Wonder Woman would be the catalist for the rift. The extremists VS the moderates, the monarchists VS the democratis, the amazons who hate the patriarch world VS the ones who wouldn´t mind paying a visit every now and again. Some of Wonder Woman´s archenemies would in fact be amazons, following her to the patriarch world to kill her and, in the process, becoming supervillains themselves.

Point is, the amazons are a rich, untapped pool of great story material if you give them the protagonism and prominence that Zeus and Hera and Athena and Aphrodite and Hermes have enjoyed so far.

In the end, of course she wouldn´t regain her crown as the Princess of Themiscira. I hate monarchies, remember? No, in my book, they would do what Wonder Woman comics do best, the ole "come together in mutual understanding".with lots of hugs and xoxo.
the amazons would welcome her in Themiscira during summer vacations or 2 weekend per month or whatever terms of custody allowed her to dump mom and crash at aunt Kleio´s place every once in a while to learn how not to get her derrière kicked by Artemis at the arena.

[Typo Lad]

Your Wonder Woman concept would actually work great as a seperate concept. You should really try to put it together and pitch it.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Typo, you gave me much to think about. :)

[rogerio]

Thanks, guys. :)

NO GODS. NO QUEENS. ONLY WOMAN. WONDER-WOMAN.

This is a concept I cooked up over at YABS following a thread about how posters would recreate Wonder Woman.

(It´s also the reason why there wasn´t new Lady of the Horde pages in the last couple days. ^_^)

http://www.etherlair.com/images/Zeu/ww0.jpg

The pitch: Anastasia with super-powers

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7cb361a9b/images/IMAGE_48b5f5e78bfce.jpg

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7cb361a9b/images/IMAGE_48b5f634e5fd1.jpg

I loved it.:smile:

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Obrigadão, Rogério! :)

[rogerio]

Obrigadão, Rogério! :)

De nada, vc é muito bom!
Vc tem algum desenho da Black Widow pra nos mostrar?:smile:

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Boa pergunta! :)
Sou um grande fâ da Viuva Negra desde os tempos do George Perez, mas tenho de confessar que nunca a desenhei.
Talvez tenha chegado a altura... :wink:

[rogerio]

well...I cannot wait to see your Black widow!:smile:

[spiderman_rj]

WOW.....wait me recover my breath......gasp...gasp......okay.
I loved your art style,very fluid,very smooth,and you draw woman great,and thats hard.Do you have the avenger vs JLA in higher resolution ? i would love to have that as wallpaper.I loved your costumes redesign,except captain america,from the much you can see i cant related the costume with the name,i liked the shield redesign tough.
Can i use you wonder woman redesign for my art ? crediting the costume creation though ?

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Rogerio, you may have to wait a while, I´ve got a lotta stuff on my table right now.
But I am pumped to draw Ms Romanova.

Hey, Spiderman, thank you for your post and welcome to my art thread. You want to use that Wonder Woman design, go ahead and have fun! Just don´t forget to post your drawing for us to see. :)

[spiderman_rj]

I just checked the last pages,i enjoyed your work on the panels.The expressions, the action,it doesnt even need dialogues,and thats how comics should be.
Never though of showing some work to marvel or DC, like i said before i really like your redesigns,you could try to get some contacts in the game industry,for concept art and stuff like that.
Like many said you a really talented artist,you should get your name and work out more, comic conventions, whatever.

Btw,did you made a spike spiegel ? i saw you faye valentine,and one of the pages had a link to spike but aparently its dead,if it was him,could you please kindly reupload it ? i would love to see him in your rendition.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Aw, man....
I remember that pic, but I did it AGES ago.

I´m gonna try to find it,but it´s gonna be tough, my place is a mess.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Break time´s over, time to see what Nadra´s been up to these last couple weeks:

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_48c412d32e74d.jpg

There is no such thing as to many bugs. ^_^

[666MasterOfPuppets]

Hehe... I like that line: "Don't hurt them... Too much".

And your version of Wondy is really hot. And hot, because "cool" doesn't make it justice.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Master of Puppets, I have to say I had this Wonder Woman bug for quite some time.It felt good to finally get it out of my sistem and draw a sequential with her.

[boomboom]

do tell me you also pitched this as an Elseworld-tale to Dan Didio at DC??!!

:D

[spiderman_rj]

amazing,how do you do that gradient background ? do you paint with watered nankim, or was it digitaly ?

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Nah, DC wouldn´t touch me with a ten inch pole.

Hey, Spiderman, I use an old texture I scanned into the computer.


http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_48d3e28be7bc0.jpg

I´ve been itching for the chance to to backhand slap someone since I started this webcomic!
Guess Tactical 7 picked the short straw. ^_^