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Taming Horses

Josh — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:13:55 +0000

‘Rapid City’ is about (among other things) power. It is about different individuals and their relationships to power. It is about what you do with the power you have and how you feel about the power you have.

These relationships are literal when it comes to the superheroes on the page, but they are also metaphorical for those of us doing the creating. You know, we have certain powers over this work, and our efforts, and we are responsible for how we use them. Power, glory, responsibility, duty, penalty….all that stuff. How we use our powers (for example: the power to draw awesome pictures), will determine the fate of “Rapid City”. See what a cool metaphor that is?

Different characters were created to represent different attitudes toward power.

The werewolves who turn up early in the first act are there to show the results of power gleefully unchecked. Not just loose, but wantonly running rampant. Power with no control.

Meanwhile, in the real world, pressure and time conspire against us and Jason found himself having trouble getting ahold of that creative energy. The power was in there, it just wasn’t doing what it was supposed to.

Back in “Rapid City”. The wolves must have an opposite. If they are power with no control, then there must be someone who has no power but complete control.

Enter Hector. One of the very few ‘normal’ humans in the main cast of characters. Hector represents control. He sees all use of power as excessive. Through training, focus, and determination, he turns the tables on those with powers. Exploiting their abilities as weaknesses.

They are the opposite ends of the spectrum. Power and control.

So, when Jason finds himself needing to not only tap into his power, but control it to get some work done…who comes out on his sketch pad?

Hector.

Hector, putting a beat-down on those wolves.

Hector, Tamer of Werewolves.

Josh

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Scanner.

Jason — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:49:53 +0000

Well it appears my scanner has gone to the big pile of dead tech junk in the sky. I think it got fried out somehow during the storm we had a little over a week ago. I had been trying to get it work again, but haven’t had any luck. I’m quite mad about that too, it was a good Epson scanner too.

So now I need to get a new one, just not sure how soon. Blah.

Well here’s one for you. Josh wanted these two to look kind of ’90′s looking for a short Wraith story. I think WildThing (guy jumping at you) is pretty close to what he wants, but Vector still needs some work.

Well that’s it for now. Hope to get some more done soon.

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[SKETCHBOOK] Random Warm-ups

Jason — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:22:10 +0000

There is a lot like this in my sketchbook. Just random sketches of anything and everything.

More to come this weekend.

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[SKETCHBOOK] RC Collage WIP v2

Jason — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:26:04 +0000

It sure is great to be back to posting some art again. It has been quite a while now. So I’m going to start making that up to all of you that have been stopping by looking for something new.

So to start things off, this is a collage piece I’m working on in my free time in between other stuff I’m doing. Kind of a warm-up piece that is on-going.

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[SKETCHBOOK] Mira

Jason — Sat, 05 May 2007 18:44:23 +0000

Mira is one character I really like, even though she is quite disturbed (you’ll see soon enough). I really enjoy drawing her, though I find myself “refining” her each time I draw her. Hopefully next time I draw her that will be it.

Enjoy.

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[SKETCHBOOK] Wraith

Jason — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 22:16:29 +0000

So here’s a new sketch for all you. This one was a lot of fun. The idea just popped into my head the other night and I just hast to put it to paper. So before I hit the sequentials, I started this sketch and finished it up today.

Enjoy.

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[SKETCHBOOK] Flamethrower

Jason — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:52:46 +0000

Well this one was a tough one to get sketched out for some reason. Erased most of it a few times. I had to really force my way through it. Well it’s done (for the most part) and there are a few things still kind of “off” to me, but I can live with it. I also kind of changed up her costume a bit too.

Enjoy.

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[SKETCHBOOK] Glyph

Jason — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:13:52 +0000

Another character I haven’t drawn in a while, Glyph. This time I decided to show a different “side” of Glyph, the martial arts side.

Enjoy.

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[SKETCHBOOK] Switchboard

Jason — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:07:32 +0000

Just revisiting some of the characters I haven’t drawn in a while. So here’s a warm-up sketch of Switchboard.

Enjoy.

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[SKETCHBOOK] Hector

Jason — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:04:06 +0000

Hector, one total bad### and one of my favorites.

Enjoy.

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[SKETCHBOOK] Bounder

Jason — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 18:13:15 +0000

So I’ve been revisiting some of the characters that I wasn’t quite sure on their look. Something was off to me and so I’m tweaking them. So here’s Bounder. Slight revision to his look.

Enjoy.

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[SKETCHBOOK] Spade

Jason — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 06:06:00 +0000

It’s been a while since I’ve drawn Spade. He’s probably one of the more mysterious characters of Rapid City and one of my favorites to draw. So here’s a new one.

Enjoy.

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