I'm almost afraid to post these, after reading a few talkbacks at Gil Thorp sites! Eh, what the hell, here are the rest of my tryout pages—this time for football season.The first batch of samples (yesterday) featured characters that I tried to keep "on model." That's not the case with today's samples. I had a couple of pages of scripts and descriptions, so I was able to design the characters myself. I wish I'd have searched for the published version of Cully Vale. Wow.
Marty Moon, the announcer, ends up looking a lot like how he was previously drawn, even without reference.
I've received a few inquiries regarding why the Trib is looking for an artist. I have no idea if they're looking for someone to spell Mr. McLaughlin while he's on vacation or if they're looking for a permanent replacement in the event of him leaving the strip. I have no idea of a timetable as to if/when anything will happen. I just had fun drawing samples.
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These are really good.
Wow, they look like real people and everything ...
A vast improvement over the strip as it is now. They were crazy not to hire you.
Just terrific pics! Cully actually looks like a large, young man who might be a football player, instead of... well... a freakish collection of lines.
Part of the charm of Gil Thorpe is the terrible art work... I can see why they didn't hire you.
This is a tough call. You are technically beyond what I expect from Gil Thorp. The narrative has become less obscure considering the level of the writing. I would lik to see you working regularly on this, but the puzzle-factor would be missing.
Thanks, everyone! I thought it would have been a lot of fun to tackle the Gil Thorp strip. A more realistic approach to the artwork could have really upped the Twin Peaks quality of the strip! Regardless, I had a lot of fun doing the samples!
It would have been quite jarring to see Gil Thorp go from the surreal, post-modern, post-expressionist collection of almost-but-not-quite humans uttering inane dialog to well-drawn CHARACTERS that actually look like... people... in places where high schoolers actually might be. The shock could kill a man.
It's going to be hard seeing A-train in the continuing saga after seeing him fleshed out by a pro... oh well.
Great work.
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