This Comic Page was originally posted January 2007
Looking back at this page I feel that the original pencils looks better then all of the shading. The impact of just the lines and the horror seems to translate better with less depth. Thats not to say I don’t like the shading, It just has a greater impact if there wasn’t.

Anyways the story is progressing nicely and we find out that the sand eels are pretty dangerous as they can spew hot acid clouds. I guess it easily dissipates and the energy and heat fade pretty quickly if you can block it.

Computer Tablet (2007) Tony Nguyen

I just wanted to play around with the tablet. Nothing really special.

Computer Tablet (2009) Tony Nguyen

Recently done computer drawing. I had my tablet out so I wanted to draw something funky. I would say this one came out pretty cool. It’s an alien creature that discovered a glowing light. I like drawing things that are all lumpy and warty. Its gives it a little more depth and texture to it.

Computer Mouse (2005) Tony Nguyen

One of the first peices of art that I did when I went to college. Its pretty simple and really easy to replicate. I like to draw this guy as my tag whenever I tag something. Some poeople say it looks like a fish face but its just a crazy grin. Wouldn’t mind seeing this a as a tee-shirt though.

This Comic Page was originally posted January 2007
The sand eels are quite powerful and terrifying. I tried to set them up like the tanks of the Yon Empire. The Irain officer was designed after the officers of the Civil War with their large fluffy staches.

This page was laid out with disjointed lines and jagged panels to heighten the tension and fear that the soldiers are feeling. It was actually quite easy and quick to draw this page. I like it.

Holy Crap!!! Japan is building a giant Gundam! The thing is huge! Well… its a normal size Gundam…. BUT IT’S REALLY FREAKING HUGE! The geek in me is crapping his pants. If Mobile Suits did exist, it would be pretty damn intimidating to see them. Click the link for more pics.

Giant Gundam

-Tony

This Comic Page was originally posted January 2007
Sand EELS! Yes they are quite cool. It took me awhile to figure out how to put a saddle and a person on one of those things without it looking funny. I messed up the design of the eels when I did this panel compared to when they were first shown. Their head fin is in front of the saddle instead of behind it.

The Eel rider is at a higher chain of command and has more details in his outfit compared to the little foot soldiers. I wanted the Yon Empire to have a seashell feel to their attire and and I think it worked out quite nicely.

Max looks terrible in the second panel. The battle scene looks awesome though.

So some of the highlights of the convention was actually just being an ass and taking pictures of cool cosplayers and being an ass with these cool cosplayers. FUN! No really, it’s pretty fun to see some of that stuff in person. There were a lot of typical cosplayers like Final fantasy and Naruto but that makes the interesting and unique ones stand out. Some of the other cool things was the mini concert. It was weird at first cause I don’t think many people knew the singers cause I didn’t, so people were just like sitting there. BUT later they started to get into it and it was really fun. I think it was the singers fault for not getting us into it earlier they were just dancing and not playing to the crowd. Oh and yeah I was being an ass there too so it was fun. And then there is the masquerade. Its not like what I thought it was going to be, but it was interesting. Pretty much people that do the cosplay strut their stuff and then have abuncha skits. The Death Note one was pretty funny and IMO the best one. After that I think the last thing was watching some shows and cartoons. It was some ninja anime and it was freaking strange yet hilarious.

Anyways enough talk, you want Pictures!

-Tony

This Comic Page was originally posted December 2006
The first three panels is all about motion, its a bit goofy when you look at how he holds his sword but the action flows from it. The shading and contrast is much stronger due to the time of day. The page is really about the large clashes.

I tried to make that last panel full of energy with a shading from dark to light, drawing all of the motion towards the soldiers.

This Comic Page was originally posted December 2006
This page is pretty important in how I started to do my comic. The details and the energy that I put into this page is a big leap for me and it is what I began carrying over to almost every page after.

This page also shows Louis’s character a little bit more. He’s quite calm and collected but still a bit on the worrying side.