Hahaha...what? Batman?

[secondlina]

 Somedays are just weird. Today was a weird day. Felt like breaking some kneecaps.

Aside from that, oh LJ crowd, meet the most giant suck on my time after my day job (I'm like batman. Or sailor moon. Do one thing by day and the other by night. The other being drawing. I'm starting to wonder where Sailor Moon and Batman get their sleep. Because i'm lacking.) This giant time-suck goes by the name of Rose and it's a comic book. You've already seen the cover a while back, but here is a preview of some of the pages.

The story of Rose is pretty simple. It's basically a strange re-telling of Romeo and Juliet with little creatures that look like Miyazaki movie extras. The story starts off with a girl (who is unnamed. I call her "Rose" by default) who has a rose growing in her chest. The rose is a metaphor for her love. Then the guy dumps her ass, so she rips out the rose. From the blood of that wound are born these tiny all black and liquidy creatures. One of those creatures (the "Romeo") is special, different. After the little black creatures are born, the girl wraps herself in a strange cocoon (metaphor for her sorrow) and from the cocoon are born strange "white" creatures who look much more solid and human then the black ones. The black creatures serve the role of Montagues and the white creatures serve the role of Capulets. From the coccon is born a girl creature both white and black with a rose growing in her chest. She looks very similar to the girl who got dumped and wrapped herself in the cocoon. This is Juliet. She is urged by the "Whites" to choose one of them but she ends up choosing to fall in love with the Romeo.  Then a great battle happens, ends in their death and the dumped girl emerges from her cocoon. The whole story of Juliet and romeo was a metaphor for her hopes for love and her mourning of her relationship. 

"Rose" is not a funny story. It's closer to the style of the fairy tale drawings I did for my university graduation. It's deep, dramatic and has detailled drawings. The editing house i'm publishing this under specializes in the strange and original. So it fits very well and allows me to really get my "fairy tale" need to draw out. It's strange to do something less narrative and mostly bent on the images (there is barely any dialogue.)

So anyways, here is a 5 page preview of Rose. Tell me what you think. I'm still in the process of drawing and inking the thing. Only 40 pages to go... *dies*


 

Drawing blood is hard. How does the guy who draw Hellsing stand it?

-Isa
 

 

Comments

[zorbgoink.livejournal.com]

That is...SO COOL. I'm really looking forward to the finished product. I loooooved the stuff from your art grad show (I got dragged out of the room), so it's nice to see more of the same style.

[isabiunleashed.livejournal.com]

OMG LOVE!!! I'm soooo psyched to see the final result! I do really love when you draw in that style, it's so romantic and crazy and BEAUTIFUL! It makes me want even more the mermaid drawing!!!! XD
AND, also, I'm finally moved in. We should hang out soon. After I get back from Cuba. YAY AWESOME!

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

No wonder you've been busy!

[kitesareevil.livejournal.com]

That's interesting. The rose, her heart, represent the family that Romeo comes from, and herself, her body, is the white 'pure' and represents the Capulets, herself/Juliet. And both are painful to her. Well drawn and I'm drawn into it.

And MAN all that ink has to be expensive.

[chaos-shepherd.livejournal.com]

That's Sad

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

Wow! The style of this is really nice and neat to look at. I can really feel the girl's pain from her expressions. I can see this must have taken a lot of drawing time.

[inverce.livejournal.com]

You are so inspiring! I need to stop being so lazy and start being a late night bat/sailor artist too!

[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

Drawing blood IS hard. I have never mastered it.

Those drawings are so powerful and amazing. It's very easy to get swept up in it.

How amazing is it that you're doing this? I hope I can purchase a copy off you when it's done.

[annekay.livejournal.com]

awesome drawings!!!
like. wow. you win

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Wow! I am indeed impressed. Is there any way one will be able to purchase this once it gets published? I for one would love to have a copy...

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Rose looks amazing.

That is a messed up comic book that your working on. But then again, you seem to like drawing messed up stuff like that. :P

Anyways, keep up the good work.

See you soon