Taneel Before Thee (Sneak peek at Drive!) (Patreon)

I was SO EXCITED to see so many Drive fans in the house last week!!

This is the project I teased last Monday: a guest comic for Dave Kellett's sci-fi webcomic Drive. I'm just drawing it - the 18-page script was written by another long-time webcomic creator whom, if you know Dave, you may also know, wink wink*.

If you're familiar with Drive, you're familiar with Taneel, their starship captain. She's generally a no-nonsense firecracker, but in this story, she gets to loosen up a little bit. 

I took the liberty of crafting a new outfit for her, one that maintains the stiff professionalism of her everyday uniform and demands respect, but still gives her a bit of class and style.

It's yet to be seen if this outfit will be acceptable - I sent off the penciled pages to Dave and the writer Sunday, so we'll see!

Here are a few of my favorite closeups of Taneel (this is what my Elephant Town pencils look like, too - for some reason I find the red color to be soothing to work with):

(Blue drawing at the bottom is Dave's drawing, red ones are mine.)

And here's a script-censored full page to show you how I handle backgrounds in the penciling stage (attention: art nerds):

Just makes it easier to see what I'm doing. 

Who's that floppy-eared, mustachioed, square-spectacled fellow? Why that's Daryl. I'll introduce him soon!

*Did you know that we're collectively referred to as "The Old Guard" of webcomics now? I hit the tail end of the Old Guard, much like I hit the tail end of Gen X. Forever a late adopter!