Gawain comic: The Darkest Hour, 4-6

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"Like I said, you want to make him miserable, and yourself with it. That is why old Klingsor should lend a helping hand."
- Adolf Muschg, Der Rote Ritter (1993)



It's been one of those weeks... I haven't drawn nearly as much of the story as I'd hoped. Next week I should do better :-).

Do you remember my Gawain and Ragnell picture? It won me the third prize in the Arthurian Contest at deviantART :D. I'm really pleased with that - I wasn't really expecting it to do well. Almost all other entries were digital paintings and photomanips, so I thought the judges would think my black and white, inked lineart hopelessly old-fashioned. But apparently they liked it. Hee.

I must not forget to scan and post a few Arthurs that I sketched this week. The sketches are good news, because they mean I am getting to know Arthur - and he is pretty crucial in Gawain's story. Arthur scares me. He has to be really, really strong as a character, because he truly is the best-known figure in the entire story. And he's so difficult. Well, for me at least.

Anyway - let's return to the story. As always, constructive criticism is welcome!

What went before:
On a dark winter's night, a strange figure enters a stronghold. Who is he? What is he doing there? And has anyone escaped his sleeping spell?

The Darkest Hour 1-3

Comments

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HA! It's the hair! I did sort of expect the change of colour to be problematic... It will be explained later on in the story how/why Ygraine's colour has changed. But you are quite right: especially in this sketchy form, it's hard to tell whether or not the two women are the same person :/. They are, though.

-Yes, the story is indeed being written to be read in one go instead of three pages at the time. That's a bit wrong of me. It's true that the comics that used to be published two strips at a time in our daily newspaper have a kind of cliffhanger every half-page... I do try to make the instalments as neat as I can, but this time I did a rather poor job. The problem was that the title had to be on a page with an uneven number, in view of a book form. That has a rather awkward effect when posted.

Thank you for helping me out!

And thanks for the tumbleweeds - must remember them when I draw the final version :D.