Meanwhile, in an abandoned mine on M8R-558... (Amnesty 2008, Sickness challenge)

[astridv.livejournal.com]

Title: Meanwhile, in an abandoned mine on M8R-558...
Artist: astridv
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: 5x17 Infection; this won't make sense if you haven't seen the episode.
Pairings: none
Thanks to ratcreature for turning me in the right direction when I was stuck with this drawing.




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What happens next - who knows! (But, it's Todd. I'm sure he'll be alright.)

Preview:

Comments

[ratcreature]

Wow, that is so cool that it is now Todd in the mine! I really like how this turned out. And iratus bugs never stop being creepy.

[astridv.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Todd makes more sense to me here, and the bugs really were a good idea. I already have an idea for another McShep pic anyway. (And recently I'm feeling a need for more character diversion in my fanart.)

I still want to try out something with this picture that needs a little more time... could turn out pretty neat, if I can get it working the way I imagine.

[less-star.livejournal.com]

Brr, creepy. (If this was a scene from the show I'd cover my eyes.) Very well done, no-one could tell you had problems with it.

[astridv.livejournal.com]

Thanks! (I have plans for this picture that hopefully might make it even a little creepier. Heh.)

[eleveninches.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, great details in the mine!

[astridv.livejournal.com]

Thanks :O)

[trystings.livejournal.com]

Oh! I really like what you did with the initial sketch. Very clever! Great drawing.

[astridv.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'm glad it works for you. :)

[teenygozer.livejournal.com]

Hey, we have it in canon that Todd went looking for an Iratus bug, this could be that time! Not quite so scary if he's looking for it as a cure.

Great illustration!

[astridv.livejournal.com]

That's exactly what's happening here! (Hence the spoiler warning for 'Infection' :) Still kind of a scary cure though...

Glad you like it!

[kiku65.livejournal.com]

Guy should get covered in glory for having to go through that. Letting an Iratus Bug feed on you? Yeeeeeeeech!

[astridv.livejournal.com]

I know!

[cathalin.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's so cool what you ended up doing with it! Oh, and so very creepy.:) The black/white/grey makes it really dramatic.

[astridv.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It's *still* not quite what I wanted but I since I didn't know what I wanted in the first place, I figure that's okay...

[busaikko]

Eee, lovely! My favourite Wraith!

[astridv.livejournal.com]

Mine too. :) Glad you like.

[calcitrix.livejournal.com]

Very nice! You've done such an excellent job with the tones. I'll take this scene as closure if we don't get any in the show, thanks!

[astridv.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[astridv.livejournal.com]

Thanks. This thing actually started out as an exercise in illumination. :)

[aurora]

Oh cool!! (I think I saw an earlier draft of this in your journal, with John and Rodney, but I really love how you adapted and fleshed out this one. It's fantastic and creepy.)

[astridv.livejournal.com]

Thanks. My mind is in such a default John/Rodney state, but I was stuck on this and became un-stuck the second I realized, hey, I can put any character I like in there.

[horridporrid.livejournal.com]

Eee! I love it! The approaching light, the "who could it be?", and then Todd triumphant! :D (And yeah, it's Todd. He's triumphant. *g*) Very, very awesome.

[astridv.livejournal.com]

Yep. In Todd vs Iratus, my money's on Todd.

[sor-bet.livejournal.com]

Very cool. Not only nice storytelling, but great use of perspective and light (or I guess it would be called shading, since it's a drawing and not a photo? I really know nothing about art. I just know what I like. :-D)

[astridv.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'm glad you like it. This is actually still something of a WIP, because my original plan was to make this an experiment in animation... have the panels appear one after the other. I hope I'll get around to that someday.