Rudek’s flashback to the campaign in Galicja continues. By the time he arrives at the shtetl, the violence has already occurred…but one desperate survivor needs Rudek’s help… I went out on a limb and watercolored this one, background and characters. … Continued
While I was working on this one, I was just so happy to draw Masha doing everything that makes her who she is. A tough little bear, focused on her goals, knowing an opportunity when she sees it! The … Continued
The flashback continues… The number of characters and complexity of the staging was a fun challenge…but took way too long to complete. Thanks for hanging in there despite my erratic update schedule.
I’m still not sure about the decision to draw Malutki’s eyes all white, like he’s in the Avatar State or something. I wanted him to look fearsome… But is this the right visual cue? Not sure.
A continuation of this flashback. I went very sketchy / minimal on the backgrounds in this one, to try and maintain my update schedule. I’m not entirely happy with it, but content that the characters, their poses and gestures are … Continued
the flashback to Rudek’s days in Haller’s Army continues. I’ve found researching the Polish-Ukrainian conflict to be fascinating, partially because of how divergent the historiographies are. Polish sources tell one story, Jewish sources another, Ukrainian sources still another. Haller’s men … Continued
Flashback to 1919. Private Rudek, ten years younger, drives a cart with a company in Haller’s Army, on the road to Lemberg (Lwów). They stop to rest at a shtetl in Buczacz… Good lord this comic took forever to finish. … Continued
Oh dear! So. I had originally drawn the last comic and this one as a single, double-length page, like ones I’ve uploaded in the past. But I realized that to tell the story correctly, I needed to adjust the pace … Continued
Uh oh! We’ve got quite the situation developing here ;) In coloring this comic, I opted for a scheme of tints and shades of four hues, organized this way: I guess you could look at it as an analogous scheme … Continued
