A looooong time ago when I was first developing Changing Ways I was still trying to stabilise my technique (that facial hair looks ridiculous). Here you can see the very first illustration of David and Jessie Barrot. Jessie reminds my of that spooky little girl in the movie Dune.
A full page sample from book 2 (pencil and inks only).
Book 2 has some new creatures and they’re very VERY different to the Shadows shown in book 1 (did you spot them all? Have you guessed what they’re up to?).
You’ll find out a lot more about both in the release of Changing Ways book 2 & 3 so as a teaser, here is a frame of 2 main characters looking up at their new found encounter (minus any spoilers/dialogue).
Okay, so technically this isn’t from book 2 but it’s still kinda cool. Here’s some art from book 1 that was never published. If you’ve got Changing Ways book 1, check out page 23 and compare it to the image you see below. This was originally how Marcy Ferguson was portrayed. The technique I used is the same but this art was way too raw and rough. In fact, about 15 pages from book 1 were completely redrawn because the art wasn’t how I liked it.
Marcy Ferguson and her husband had a very rough ride in book 1 but you only got a taste of what actually happened to them. Eventually there will be some published side stories for Changing Ways where we’ll get to go back in time and view these events and learn what actually transpired.
I can guarantee that no character (small or large) was created without his/her own fleshed out story and I’m really excited to be able to share these in the future.
Beauty is in the details.
I love making signage that helps bring a world to life. In this bathroom scene I wanted to show how the world had changed since the outbreak of book 1 but then much of society had forgotten or moved on from those events. Posters for faith or health warnings are slowly being covered over by graffiti as the population becomes more blasé.
So keep an eye out for signage. I like to drop little hints about the story arc into them. Did you notice that the Divine Order of God is still about? hmmmmm interesting.
