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January 21, 2009
Featuring on behalf of both Cartoons & Comics and Anthro, To Die For by *Leopreston is a comic that will have your eyes moving fluidly through the tasty shading and wonderful characterizations! I mean-- just look at that deliciously evil face!!! Leopreston knows how to work gesture into explosive face expressions, and at the same time, render a beautiful and moving illustration- coupled with it's own style and rhythm!
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Well, what can I say? It’s definitely an improvement on the awful thing I produced last time, that’s for sure!

This is another ‘tester’ page… and it provided me with the opportunity to try out a few different techniques in the aims of finding a way of working that I can definitely stick to, for an extended period of time.

Even though it took longer than I expected to finish, this is ultimately the look and feel that I want concerning the Sweeney comic. It’s part Penny Dreadful, part Georgian parchment and very rough, just like the place it’s set in. There’s a 'Hogarthian' atmosphere that I rather like.

Having said this, there are still some things that I’m not happy about… mainly to do with the characters and the text, but other than that, I finally kicked my perspective into shape! In fact this whole thing is proving to be a good exercise for me. It makes me concentrate on backgrounds for once, rather than just character expressions and attire.

It’s all good… as good as those pies! Perhaps… hmmm... heh heh, and I finally got around to figuring out Sweeney’s unnerving ‘signature laugh’, which is like that of a hyena, rather than the ‘snk snk’ of last time. =p

Now, enjoy your visit to Bell Yard! ;)

NOTE: Be sure to click the 'download' button at the top there, else this will be difficult to read at the preview size!

(© Leona Preston 2008)

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solangedrawing's avatar

This will forever be one of my favorite art pieces on Deviantart. You have no idea how much it inspired me, being a 14 yo begginer artist in 2014. The details, character expressions really stuck with me, even to this day. Thank you so much for your work, i hope you are doing fine wherever you are now...