although, in some ways, i'm actually early. You know what I realized doing this ambitious painting? this year is going to be the 15th anniversary of IAMP.
The call for auditions was uploaded September 22, 2009, and if I recall correctly my audition as artist and VA was accepted around October or November of that same year. I've grown a lot as an artist and as a person in that long time and for some weird reason I just can't let these guys go.
anyway, thanks for everyone who participated in the roulette, I know it doesn't seem like a big deal but I really struggle drawing all of these guys without losing steam. it really helped! especially since I don't do a lot of gouache work and I second guessed myself a lot. It warms my heart a little to see you guys engaged in this silly game.
what else is there to say. oh yeah, I put two types of maple leafs. the stereotypical sugar maple is in the upper right of course, but I also put a manitoba maple in the lower left because that's the kind of maple I'm most familar with where I'm from. it's long been my mission to bring the western rep in whatever I do, so it's kind of my love letter signature to my own constantly changing understanding of Who Am I and Where Am I From.
anyway. enjoy :) i enjoyed making it. thanks to ctcsherry for creating these guys
Here’s part two of this War comic I feel compelled to draw.
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
I apologize for my terrible writing of the Newfoundland accent which I have profound love and respect for.
I attempted to draw Ben handsome, but I don’t know how to do that so please accept my feeble attempts.
Joel is wearing something that brings out his eyes, he is tired of Gender and Gendered clothing, so he’s just wearing whatever, and that includes tiny hat. He is also Ben’s eternal wing man lol. Also knowing at least a piece of the issues from that time and why Ben is in a Mood.
[part 1] [part 2] [part 3] [part 4] [part 5]
[part 6] [part 7] [part 8] [part 9] [part 10]
epilogue: [ part 11 ] [ part 12 ] [ part 13 ] [ x ] [part 15]
eyy its been a hot minute (a year)
i got over some of (but not all of) my block on this comic that's spinning out of control. there should be more i assume but idk when.
Notes below as per usje
blue sky bert deactivated. manly man soother applied.
ben's ISBN shirt is real - i think i first saw it at the U of T bookstore tbh.
Flashbacks take place sometime between October 2019 and March of 2020, I think.
marie's outfit is based on a drawing i did like TEN YEARS AGO if you can believe (thx for fishing that out @celestialily)
FIFO stands for Fly-In-Fly-Out (i.e. oil camp shift work)
i said earlier in the wips about how i like the trope where stoic characters have the same facial expression for everything- I just think it's funny that for Ben his sole expression is ^_^
joel saying "great to have you back home" is referring to ben being on the east coast / in his element, i'm not conflating NL with the Maritimes I promise.
that said I think they know him well enough that they can tell when he's PISSED lol. I feel like Ben tends to mask his anger a lot (which is why I showed his anger in a reflection rather than on his face in part 6 above there.
but yeah the point of this page is kind of. "ben isnt an idiot and he was genuinely mad and everyone knew it". well. everyone except bertie obviously.
ok seriously what questions do we still have to answer and how do i end this comic before the epilogue is longer than the og? i dont knowwwwww! tell meeeeeeee.
Okay, but imagine this: Joel and Ben having an East Coast kitchen party with their fiddling and accordion playing (though of course due to the current circumstances with COVID-19, it'd have to be via video camera).
@quatschmachen illustrated something very similar to this with Ben and Bertie recently :3