PAZ: Character Sketch

Appearing for the first time in MBTF#2 is Paz - subject to a hefty dosage of mutation during the Ultralima disaster, (that means nothing to anyone just yet i'm afraid, but don't worry dear - everything will fall into place!) Paz is blessed/cursed with an extra pair of hands or two along with some facial, optic deformation. She resides above the Red Eyed Chaser bar with her two older brothers. I'd tell you more but it's getting late and this UK heatwave humidity onslaught is sweating my senses dry.

Page 7 MBTF#2

Pencilled MBTF page including the first rendering of The Red Eyed Chaser public house as seen in the previous blog post in sketch form. This building is FUN to draw!

Slightly less fun to draw is the machinery seen in the bottom layer of panels. The idea here involves a primitive release mechanism for a secured ladder, leading to the elevated back door of the Chaser - only for those in the know of course - friends and family of the establishment.

Whilst my personal understanding of physical force meets mechanical design is somewhere in the region of limited to nill - This contraption has been put together by someone with a mind for DIY in the comic world - slipshod though it may be. Therefore, the release should work, if only theoretically, in a distant dream, in my mind. You'll have to trust me - but if everything were weighted and counterbalanced correctly - this mess of cogs and springs would 100% work - I swear it.

This is perhaps the sort of thing that works more effectively in animation; Wallace and Gromit being the obvious go to point for madcap, intricate, domino effect inventions. But hey - No Pain, No Gain Baby.

MBTF#2 - The Red Chaser Designs

Rough pencil concept sketch for a public house in the Chrome sector of Nova City.



The general idea is that of a Heavy Metal bar built of metal/plastic scraps from a vehicle manufacturing trade now extinct in this comic book world.



The rest of the sector will follow similar stylistic tendencies, but the 'Chaser has had that extra bit of care and attention laid out in it's eagerness to impose and impress.



The demon sculpted into the wall is an idea inspired by a metal karaoke bar easily spotted for anyone who has ever had the opportunity to walk around Shinjuku - Tokyo.



Killer!