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Description Iisjah reaching his 16th birthday in the Arwaturian City Prison. At the age of 15 he was convicted there after he and some other teenagers he was (moderately) close with at that moment got into a fight with a guy at some pub. They killed him and all of the teenagers except for Iisjah run away before the cops got there but Iisjah froze up. He got caught and convicted for murder.

Before the trial he was approached by one of Guernicas men with an offer. He will be convicted with a fake name so his families name wouldn't get bad attachments to it (as Iisjahs twin brother Cormac was already working in a layers agency already and his younger brother Manny was learning to become a guard) and he will be able to get out faster. In exchange he was to get close to and spy on one of the crime lords that was spending his time in the same prison. Iisjah agreed of course (he actually manages to keep the fact that he was convicted from his family)

He spent about 1,5 years there before Guernicas men busted him out.
Those years were lived in constant stress that he will get caught among other things (him being so young didn't help a bit). He would rather not remember some things he did there.

The only upside was meeting Bruno who took liking to him and thought him a bit of dagger handling when he got a chance.

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I wanted to draw Iisjah in prison (a more polished work at least) for quite some time and finally got around to it. Went with a more illustrative style and limited palette to strengthen the mood.

Done in prismacolour markers and steadler fineliners - really wanted to have the traditional feel for the lined and colours here.



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Comments: 16

Nimrael [2013-02-07 22:41:50 +0000 UTC]

To jest zajebiste!!!!!
Ićku więcej takich artów,wyszło genialnie! Naprawdę nie ma do czego się przyczepić, proporcje,układ...no wszystko cudne.

Ja wiem gdzie jest 1 haczyk, ilość czasu poświęcona na "kolorowanie" czerni

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iisjah In reply to Nimrael [2013-05-04 11:38:01 +0000 UTC]

hahah xD Tradycyjnosci - probuje probuje
Plus ten rysunek dluuugo we mnie siedzial - jeden z tych waznych momentow w historii Icia ktory potrzebowal jakiejkolwiek ilustracji


xD Zeby bylo smieszniej nie zajelo mi az tak dlugo to x3 Plus fajna zabawa - co jak co ale tradycyjne mazaki to naprawde wiielka frajda

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madre-superiora [2012-12-03 10:36:32 +0000 UTC]

ciekawa praca i swietna technika.

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iisjah In reply to madre-superiora [2012-12-14 21:12:36 +0000 UTC]

Dziekuje :3

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XBUDDYFORME [2012-11-30 18:31:59 +0000 UTC]

thats how I feel every day at work.....

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iisjah In reply to XBUDDYFORME [2012-12-14 21:12:32 +0000 UTC]

I feel you *hugs*

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PHarold [2012-11-17 20:50:32 +0000 UTC]

I really like the backstory here. I wondered how he got to know Guernica.This black and white really makes the isolation and loneliness more poignant. His expression is heartbreaking. You want to get him out of there fast when you see that look! He does look years younger something that I don't think I could achieve well with my OC's .

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iisjah In reply to PHarold [2012-12-14 21:11:17 +0000 UTC]

This was the first time he got in touch with his organization (although he didn't meet him back then). The second time he met him (and was recruited for a long term) was after his time with Sanet, when he was taking care of his niece sneakily taking her to a more upperclass guarded playgrounds ( xD) - Louis was there too with Julia (and a couple of his men) and decided that he will be an excellent (disposable) nanny and bodyguard for little Julia x) (of course he's doing all other stuff for him - Iisjah and his gang - but that's the thing with which he's personally involved with Guernica)

Yeah the prison time..and generally his teen years were a tumble down road for him - lucky that he got to meet Sanet or he probably wouldn't fare much longer with how things were going for him.

Thanks - drawing the characters younger is hard but so satisfying! I practices this gut quite a bit - I've got at least two things planned were he will be younger. First is either an age meme or a timeline of his story. And the second one is the short comic I have planned about him loosing his eye (I have some thumbnails for the comic already but I'm stuck in one place)

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PHarold In reply to iisjah [2013-01-05 07:07:32 +0000 UTC]

That would be interesting to see the timeine. I haven't gone through the comic that you submitted yet, but I do like the layout.

Sanet went through a bad prison stint too;they seem to be good support for one another. And lifesavers too!

You're very welcome!

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IIOANA-DOUBLEYE [2012-11-17 17:49:05 +0000 UTC]

poor guy

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iisjah In reply to IIOANA-DOUBLEYE [2012-11-17 20:33:43 +0000 UTC]

Yeah - he had it rough back then

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Ioik [2012-11-15 10:17:58 +0000 UTC]

This made me think of Beetlejuice.

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iisjah In reply to Ioik [2012-11-15 21:44:43 +0000 UTC]

It's the stripyness I hope xDD

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Ioik In reply to iisjah [2012-11-17 12:11:13 +0000 UTC]

I think it is... maybe the messy hair too. lol

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Smodyl [2012-11-15 00:05:13 +0000 UTC]

Ci dam birthday, birthdayem po glowie. Ci dam things not remember!
A praca wyszla udana - wiezienna atmosfera stanowczo jest.
Co nie zmienia faktu, ze birthdayem rzuce

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iisjah In reply to Smodyl [2012-11-17 20:36:48 +0000 UTC]

Powinnam mu byla zrobic swieczuszke wetknieta w tylek na urodziny? XD (ic: 8c)...przepraszam 8I

(jeeej tradycyjne stuufsyyy )

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