Myst The Book of Atrus The Comic: Part 1

About this Project

I fell in love with "Myst the Book of Atrus" when I was twelve years old.

After I read it, I was determined to make it into a comic book. I started drawing a page by page adaptation of the book into a ruled marble composition notebook. I got through half of the book and most of the notebook before I stopped.

Over the years, I've worked on other projects, written my own stories, studied biology and art ... but I always come back to thinking about the Myst.

Many of the themes of the story - parent/child relationships, the feeling of being trapped, science, mindfulness - are ones that feel as important to me now as when I first read the book.

I am working on other original projects - comics, storyboards, animated films. However, I have a deep longing to turn the Book of Atrus into a graphic format. I have decided to start a new version of the composition notebook comic.

This time though, my medium of choice is Photoshop. I use a textured black brush for drawing and a warm gray to define values. There are a lot of pages, so I wanted a workflow that was quick. Each page about two hours or less. It's not terribly tidy, but I like that it allows me to be spontaneous and revise quickly.

I can't promise when it'll be updated, but I know I have no lack of motivation to work on it.

That's my story. I hope you enjoy it!

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Part 1

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