Hey All!
This is my entry for this week's web-comic contest by @cobmaximus.
We have a pretty awesome topic this week.
This week, it's all about Monsters and Mythical creatures!
Ooooohhh so plenty of awesome to choose from.
My imagination just went on overdrive.
I had a couple of ideas, but which creature?
Hmmmm.. Hmmmm....
Then it hit me! Why not gather them up? Why feature only one creature?
So a story stormed inside my head. And man, I thought it was good... Really good.
But I also thought it was very ambitious and will require so much hard work.
I told Cob that I had some ideas (I selected two. One really simple, like a 3-panel comic
and the other one is the epic one).
I wanted to do both but I don't think I can finish on time. So Cob decided for me:
"Choose the ambitious one.."
So, I took the hard road and went on to finish the most epic comic I've ever done so far.
It took time..
It took guts..
Now it's here...
I'd like to give some warning first though. Some of the scenes here are too graphic.
So this is not the usual stuff I do. Squirmish people, please stay away.
Just kidding! Please check it out too.
I've drawn it in the most cutesy way I can. (you get to see a unicorn!)
And now for the feature presentation...
Yep. The invisible man was there all this time. Even in the first panel. He was riding the unicorn. When I was conceiving the story I already thought about him as the winner. But how do the other creatures lose? Hmm.. I thought the only real threat to him was the Wolfman because he can smell his presence, so I had wolfie taken out early by Dracula. How did Drac got the jump on him? The wolfman was too preoccupied with eating the delicious mummy and forgot all about the match! It was quite fun thinking about how to take down each mythical creature one by one. I pondered hard how to take out Dracula epicly and which creature to do it. A stake to the heart would kill him but which monster would carry the weapon?
Then I realized, why not make the stake, a unicorn? Thus my favorite scene in the comic was born. Have you ever seen a unicorn impale Dracula? No? Well there you go!
Frank is afraid of fire (cue movie: Hotel Transylvania!) but who could burn him? Well why not the unicorn too? So now you know that unicorns let out a deadly flatulence when they breathe their last breath. This is actual fact and totally not made up! Spread the word! Hehehe.
Designing the characters was really fun!
My inspiration was the cast of the animated film "Hotel Transylvania".
Here's a peek of my raw drawings on paper:
First I sketch them with a mechanical pencil.
Then use a 0.1 unipin and a 1.0 artline calligraphy pen for the ink.
I have these scanned and edited / colored via Photoshop where I also add the text.
And that's a wrap!
Man I'm exhausted!
I hope you all enjoyed it!
I’d like to say thank you again to @cobmaximus. His wonderful contest has inspired me to bring out the best, and has helped me improve very much.
I invite everyone to join in on the fun! The webcomic contest is done weekly. You may have an amazing story to tell on the next theme! We encourage even those who are not able to draw. You can use stickmen if you want to as long as you can convey the story that you have in mind.
If you'd like to see more of my webcomics, please drop by my steemit blog!
Stay tuned for more! I'll be posting a new one next week!
Here are some of the previous webcomics I made that you may want to check out:
-- At the end of the day.. The kids always win..
-- The Super Blue Blood Moon
Thank you so much for the support!
Oh dang, I forgot that unicorns fart fire when they die as well! Loved the surprise twist. This whole thing is hilarious, and thanks so much for the detailed post around what was already a really cool comic strip!
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Cheers - Carl (@curie curator)
Hi Carl!
It would be an honor to get featured in the Showcase.
Please go on ahead and use any part of the post.
I'll look you up on Discord for the other details.
Thank you so much for the interest in this ol' silly post.
I'm very happy you loved it!
Author showcase post is up :)
https://steemit.com/curation/@curie/curie-author-showcase-march-1st-2018
Awesome! Thank you so much @carlgnash! This made my day! 😁
Great comic, nicely drawn and laid out. I even laughed out loud! Congratulations on the win and nice payout.
SDG
I'm so glad you liked it! Thank you so much for dropping by!
Moral Lesson: It's good to be invisible sometimes. Use silence to your advantage. Haha! You just gave all of us a good laugh, @guri-gure!
This was something that was talked about at our Sunday school in church this week. Something my wife @lildebbiecakes is working on.
SDG
For introverts like me who find solace in silence, we forget that such can be used as a weapon, too, @sighmanjestah. Is it another of @lildebbiecakes awesome projects? Best of luck!
Cheers,
Jeanne
Hey @sighmanjestah! Ooohh I bet @lildebbiecakes is working on something very awesome. Can't wait for the surprise! :D
Hahaha yeah. Invisibility is one awesome ability!
Thanks for dropping by @jpmkikoy!
this is the best comic you've done so far no questions about it :D! I'm very happy you ended up making this comic :D! Raising the bar to all contestants :D!
Bro this is your fault! Hahaha! Thank you so much!
OMG the payout for this post!!! that's awesome dude!!!
OMG I know right? It's unbelievable! 😱
AMAZING!!!!
LOL! OH man that's hilarious hahaha from farting fire to the invisible man winning that was a surprise!
Haha! Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it!
This is so cool bro!.. This is my current favorite in your comics.. COOL!
Thank you bro! 🙌
welcome :D
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Owgawd wow just wow! I cant believe this just happened! Thank you so much for this!
wow!!! just wow that was awesome.. hope to see more from you @guri-gure
I'm happy you loved it! Stay tuned for more! 😉
of course I love seeing more of your work 😊
Thank you friend! 😊
you're welcome :D you've inspired me again to draw :)
Wow. That is one awesome praise. Looking forward to your stuff my friend!
yeah thanks for the inspiration :)
I like the ending of this comics strip! As of now I will be your fanatic :D
Thank you. Honestly that sounds a bit scary.... But still, thank you! Lol! :D
Ha ha ha, funny, I win without doing anything, it was invisible ha ha.
Haha yes! He just stood there watching! 😂
Oh man the unicorn scene was so funny. I am dying here!!!
Hahaha! My favorite scene too! 😂
haha @guri-gure. laugh trip over 9000! this is the most fun among all your strips so far. congrats on the curie vote! and that's quite a big one.
Thanks man! Finally bagged a good one! 😂
Wow JUST WOW ! Wala ko masabi ! Lodi talga
Hahaha salamat haiku lodi!
Nice animations and excellent humor there hehe.. good job on the comics, looking forward for the next :)
Thank you so much for the praise! Pls do stick around! There's more to come! 😁
really funny @guri-gure, I knew the invisible man had to be in there somewhere.😂
Hahaha! He's my favorite character. So easy to draw. Lol!
I died with how the story ended. You make great web-comics as always gureee. :)
Hahaha! Thank you beauty!
And congratulations on the curie vote! :)
Thanks! 😂
Hey there @guri-gure! You were featured on the #49th edition of steemitfamilyph's featured posts.
Congratulations!!!
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Huwaw! Thank you again for featuring my wonderful Ohana!
Hahahahahahhaha Nice ending :D
I thought that the mummy would be the winner because it was already dead in the first place xD
Haha thanks! He just couldnt get up thanks to Wolfman! But it could have been a good twist too! Nice!
Ok that's not cool....Nope Not cool at all....it's freaking awesome :D love the creativity in this and the pure slapstick surprise humour :D
Lol! Thanks for the freaking awesome praise man! 😁
Hi @guri-guru, absolutely brilliant comic! I’ve seen you in the art community before and you do amazing artwork. I have entered this particular contest a couple times before. Love what everyone does here. @renascence turned me on to it. I’m involved in so many art contests I have to pick and choose. Before this I never even drew a comic. Not real great at it, but I’ll give it my best shot. Comic was so funny your a genius!
Thank you so much! I remember you from the contest before too! I really love that scene with the little girl and old lady. You are really good! Never think otherwise! Im no genius, we all just need a good spark of inspiration. 😊
Your very wise and kind, and I love your fun sense of humor. I am going to try to enter a comic strip again this week, but I have to swing it by my husband, he’s my personal critique person. I happen to have a odd sense of humor sometimes, what I think is hilarious, no one else may not! So if he doesn’t even crack a smile, then I have to maybe try it again! Thanks bye
True we can't please everybody. Not everybody shares our humor BUT not everybody doesn't too! So I'm sure what makes you smile also makes a lot of other people smile. And I'm sure your husband will support you either way. Take care!
That invisible man, though haha. So that's why you've been busy lately haha. This one is on rank one as of the moment. Keep it up, @Guri-gure. That creative brain of yours, you should cherish and flourish it even more.
Looking for more comic strips to come.
Thanks @vien32! Hahaha! I was busy with this back then wasn't I? My apologies!
You have a creative brain too! Come on and join!
Oh well, that busyness of yours paid off hahaha. And now that you have a new toy to fiddle with, I am more excited for the days to come. If you know what I mean.... ;]
Very entertaining! I'm impressed.. Lodi ka talaga! 👏👏👏
Hahaha! Thank you lodi cinderz!
Nyahaha.. Balikan
I did not see the fire fart coming... Well played.
Hahaha! Oh man it was so obvious that it was going to happen! it's a well known fact!
Thank you for dropping by @jpgaltmiller!
Hahah, this is great! I totally wasn't expecting the ending :D
Thanks man!
Just saw that comic series you are working on too. I love it! Looking forward for more! :D
hahaha this is sooo funny! The ending was unexpected! Didnt know the invisible man was there right from the start! Haha great job and congrats with the curie vote! 😀
Hey Andy! So glad you liked it! Hahaha. Thanks for dropping by! 😁