Spacetastic Art Party~!

[Christianne]

Hmm...lost the first version of this post. Anyway, here's my idea for a "Space" story. I hope I make the cut, but even if I don't, I'm probably going to draw this. I like what I've come up with.

The premise: Marla is a girl from a high-gravity planet who is traveling to the inner systems to go to school. Aboard her ship, she's the only high-gravity native, which is painfully obvious to everyone because it makes her short, stocky, and generally much stronger than everyone around her. The other kids on the ship are only interested in her when they want a ringer for sports. Otherwise, they treat her as a freak. Marla hates sports.

This is what Marla will look like aboard ship:



After a particularly humiliating session of bullying, the Captain approaches her. It seems a nearby scientific expedition has discovered life on a gas giant. No one in the expedition can stand the gravity on the planet, and Marla is the only person from high gravity within ten light years. They ask her to suit up in a special rig to make first contact with the aliens. The suit has a big balloon attached to it so that she can float in the atmosphere. There are attitude jets so she can maneuver. So Marla suits up and goes out to meet the aliens. Here's a sketch of the suit.



The aliens are basically a cross between jellyfish and balloons, floating high in the atmosphere in the narrow (relatively) anthropic zone of the planet. The intelligent aliens are descended from a predator species, though, like the prey species with whom they share a common ancestor, they are equipped with feeder tentacles. The prey species, or the "drifters", float in the sky in great herds trailing feeder tentacles that take nutrients from the air like orchids. The "shepherds" tend these herds, protecting them from larger predators. It's the "shepherds" who are intelligent. This is what I imagine the shepherds will look like:



I figure there's four pages of story in all this. More, actually, but limits are nice. Comments and criticisms are very welcome, so please send them at me. Enjoy.

[katiesaurusrex]

Originally Posted by Joamette Gil

K-katiesaurus! May I have your space angel drawing's hand in marriage? *A*

Haha, I don't think one of my drawings has ever been proposed to before!

Christianne, its always interesting to see another artist's ideas when they're working out a comic. I hope you do work on it, I always really liked sea creature-like aliens.

I thought I'd share this link for anyone interested in more space art, or inspiration for spacesuits and such. I particularly love all the pulp scifi stuff! SPACE!

[Chandra]

Originally Posted by katiesaurusrex

Do it! Do iiiit! Peer pressure! And I'm pretty sure there are other things that could out-class space pegasus.. Space dinosaurs?

Hey, that's the comic I'm working on to self-publish right now!

[katiesaurusrex]

Oh my goooooooooosh~<3! I hope you'll let us know when its available. Dinosaurs in space are way too adorable.

[Christianne]

Okay, here's a more finished piece for my story. This is a vector. I work in Adobe Illustrator rather than Photoshop. It was fun to draw.



Comments and criticisms are VERY welcome.

[katiesaurusrex]

Alrighty, here are the first three pages of the space comic I'm hopefully finishing up soon! I still have to letter and color.. Its a comic about a space future where magic has been outlawed for defying the laws of science. Those who break the laws (such as a sassy spacegirl with a rocket-powered mace) have to deal with the J.A.W.S. a fearsome robotic shark police force! I was working on it for fun, so I just put in all the crazy ideas I could come up with, haha...

[charibdys]

Robot sharks, space girls with maces, space angels, and gas giant squid-rays? This thread is epic!

[Chandra]

I sent my space comic off for printing today after spending all day just on preparing the already finished cover. So, space dinos in full color in all their retro futuristic pulpiness:

[lilyinblue]

Originally Posted by Chandra

I sent my space comic off for printing today after spending all day just on preparing the already finished cover. So, space dinos in full color in all their retro futuristic pulpiness:

Dinosaurs make everything better. That looks insanely fun.

[Chandra]

Plus throw in cats, a giant space lobster and perhaps a dino using the words "inevitable" and "betrayal" in the same panel.

I wrote it with young comic book readers in mind, even consulting with my daughter on the progress of the story to gauge interest and understanding. You know, hook the future audience in early.

[cheeseisgood1918]

Nice stuff. Whimsical and clean. Your colors are vibrant and really catch the eye. Good work! Welcome to DW and keep on posting!

[CSWYellokat]

Originally Posted by katiesaurusrex

I figured with the announcement of the new Womanthology theme lots of ladies who already draw crazy cool space stuff would flock over here! I'm certainly extra inspired.

So I don't know how successful this will be, but I propose everyone shows off their awesome space themed artwork! 'Cuz I don't know about you all, but there's nothing I like better than oogling a whole bunch of different space stuff! YEAH!

Beautiful work!

[CSWYellokat]

Here is a 3 page comic I did for a friend's anthology on Robots. I am not sure it takes place in space, but it could...

[katiesaurusrex]

Wow, I thought this thread might be doomed to end, what an awesome surprise to check this morning and see so many new posts and new awesome art!!

Chandra, I really like the title of your book, it makes it extra adorable! The T-Rex is looking extra cute on the cover too. Eeeee!

CSWYellokat, as far as I'm concerned robots totally count. It made me laugh so much.. I really like how the announcer guy looks as a robot, ahahaha.

Thanks so much everyone for posting more, seeing everyone's work together is really fun. I'll upload some more pages from my space comic soon.

[Christianne]

Yay, robots!!!