Covers – Pencils & Layouts #5

The cover pencils and layout for issue #5. This was the most simple but it was probably one of the most fun. It gave me the opportunity to draw a lot oc characters I haven’t been able to before now, like Pyott & Pruitt. The art nouveau frame was something I created on a whim while doing the pencils.

 

Eddie Youngblood – Design Pin-Up

Now it’s Eddie Youngblood’s turn to take the spotlight.

Eddie was born a gutter rat. His mother (now dead) was a whore from Leith, the port city outside of Edinburgh. He speaks with a pronounced brogue that is more street than highlander. He is only 14 when our tale starts and he has been in Dr. Beaumont’s service for the last 2. How he came about the position of henchmen to the sniveling Beaumont is a mystery. Eddie is extremely bright and a brilliant inventor with natural talent. The staff he carries was created by him and has a number of functions, all of which even his master doesn’t know. He as a certain level of contempt for Beaumont, but he sees it as a means to an end. He has a particular venom for Myles Ballantyne, the other young brilliant mind of his age who was born with everything and Eddie nothing.

Eddie was originally NOT supposed to be in these initial design pin-ups but I liked his design so much that I added him anyway.

 

Timothy’s Scooter

This is a quick sketch featuring Timothy’s motorized kick scooter. It appears only briefly in the story, but is it’s Timothy’s favorite gift created by his uncle Myles.

Timothy's Scooter

 

Preliminary Character Designs 5 – Child Supporting Cast

This is the children of Arthur & Jane Cavendish. They aren’t a huge part of the story but they needed to be designed. The Cavendish children take after their father in looks mostly, especially Timothy.

The initial concept for C.O.G. Chronicles started because I watched the movie “The Prestige” and became fascinated with Nicola Tesla and his war with Thomas Edison. I learned a great deal about their rivalry and about the tragic genius of Tesla. I had been interested in doing a Steampunk story for awhile, but just never had the hook I needed. Tesla was that hook. While I didn’t want to do a story about Tesla, I did like the idea of an “Invention War” and when I decided to add my character Myles to the mix, the world of C.O.G. Chronicles seemed to unfold almost all by itself.

C.O.G. Chronicles - Child Supporting Cast