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[Chris G.]

Hey guys, here is a character that came to me in a vision. I'm trying to come up with a story for him. Let me know what you think, lates!

[deantrippe]

Neat, dude! My only advice would be to maybe push the fishinees even further.
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Dean Trippe | Project Rooftop

[Chris G.]

[deantrippe]

sorry this is so rough, but i wanted to take a sec and sketch out some ideas for the fishier direction i was talking about. i also modded the costume just slightly to give a more alien feel. anyway, it's a great idea for a character, and i hope to see more of him.


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Dean Trippe | Project Rooftop

[Chris G.]

Ahaha! Man, that's great! Here's a pic of the design I had set for him a while back. But today I thought "Grrr, he's got shorts and leggings and is fishBOY just like hellBOY." Maybe I'll call him Fish Man or "Burt" like i intended. He materialized in my head when I realized I'd never seen Creatur from the Black Lagoon, the other night I finally did and man, it was gorgeous. Now I'm really into the fishy man stuff

[Chris G.]

oh and it's a big honor having you interpret my brainchild. Thanks Dean!

[Chris G.]

okay I'm back with these roughs. Fishy enough yet? here they are with a little color

[deantrippe]

very nice! PERSONALLY, i'd go with the fun orange color. orange isn't color often used on supercharacters in general, and the greenish hues have been used on a few too many fishguy characters, like abe sapien and lagoon boy.

okay nobody remember lagoon boy.

so what's the plan? gonna set up a webcomic or something? let me know and i'll rock you some fan art.
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Dean Trippe | Project Rooftop

[Chris G.]

Wurd. I was thinking of doing a 1-shot book or something. But I guess I'll try putting it on the web first and then printing it sometime. Gotta outline a story first, the ideas have been swimming in my head but there's no flow for it. Thanks again dude. I'll stick with the orange!

[Chris G.]

Okay, I cranked out the first page! Here's what I've tried to color so far. It's dark so I tried to make the sky purple, and try to make sand in panel 2. Maybe I should make the outer parts black? I'm still trying to color in PS7 so if I can make this better let me know, your way better at it!

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[michael patrick]

I say absolutely go with the orange. It contrasts well with the background.

[Chris G.]

I did a grey toned version http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisgraves/105162682/
I guess I'll stick to that, feels like sin city with tones.