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Fatal Desires - 12

Ben Steamroller

on March 2, 2018

Josh says:

One thing that has a tendency to piss Ben off is that my imagination holds no bounds and I like to push his artistic boundaries. If he hated me with the wide shot of Hell a few pages earlier, he loathed me with this one and this is just the first issue folks; I have plenty more visions to test his skill – and patience – to come. However, I push because I strongly believe he can do it, and well, and this amazing spread of Scurryport shows that a little push can go a long way. It is a beautiful layout of a city that has only existed in my head until now and as usual Ben seemed to just pull it out and put it on paper just as I imagined it. Kudos, sir!

Ben says:

Shut up, Josh.

In all seriousness, though, this was the most ambitious comic page I’ve ever done and it took SO many hours. So, so many.

Josh gave me direction as far as what Scurryport should look like, but I also had some ideas of my own. For one, I felt that, given the history of the city (which you can find on our Facebook page “Demon Plague Quarantine Zone”), it should look very slap-dash, as though it were built by people who really didn’t know much about architecture. This was fairly easy for me, since I really don’t know much about architecture. Additionally, I figured the place is populated by people that are literally trapped in Hell, so the inside of the protective dome should be disguised an Earth-like sky to make the denizens feel more at home. I also thought that beautification would be important to these people, especially in the poorer districts, hence the colourful paint on the buildings.