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OWD.1.pg4.Szekeres

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Originally painted in 1993, This was from the first issue of the Original WaveDancers comic series, page 4. The art features Tilaweed, the mascot for the series. Originally Tilaweed appeared with her eyes closed, but for this retrospective look, I decided to open her eyes, just a bit. So many fans of the character and of the Original WaveDancers have told me that they wished her eyes were open, so now they are.

I learnt to paint on this series. I had 8 weeks to do an issue. This was the breakdown of time for the 24 interior pages plus cover (25pages all up per issue):

week 1: thumbnail roughs for all interiors plus cover.
week 2 & 3: A4 pencil roughs for all interiors plus cover.
week 4: A3 pencil clean-ups for all interiors plus cover.
week 5 - 8: Painting for all interiors plus cover. (that's almost, and most often was one finished painted page per day for a whole month...being approximately 30 days, and having 25 pages to paint). Usually by the end of that 2nd month, it got grueling.

Though Tilaweed was a secondary character in this original WaveDancers series, she was well loved by her creators and fans alike and will feature as a major player in the new series of Elf-Fin that Julie Ditrich and I are currently working on.

Art © and ™ 1993-2006 Jozef Szekeres
Tilaweed © and ™ 1993-2006 Black Mermaid Productions
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© 2006 - 2024 Jozef-Szekeres
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Beautiful! Love the colors