What! Another fanart so soon?! Yeah…but I’ve just had a lot of free time and a serious itch for drawing (a dangerous combination to be sure!) :3
Since I briefly mentioned it last fanart, here it is: Slightly Damned by Sarah “Chu” Wilson.
Slightly Damned follows the tale of Rhea shortly after her unfortunate demise. Being neither good enough for heaven nor bad enough for hell, she is condemned to an eternity outside the gates of hell in the realm of the “Slightly Damned.” A pretty insignificant place besides a single, rather silly demon Buwaro and his pet rock Thadius. Things hardly stop there though as the two of them (three counting Thadius) eventually escape from Hell, encounter the cursed angel Kieri, and…well…I should probably let you read it for yourself ^^;
Twokinds may have been the first webcomic I read, but Slightly Damned quickly followed as my second one. Just because it came second didn’t diminish its impact upon me and definitely served as my co-motivation to start Mutt in the Middle. Slightly Damned also holds a special place in my heart as it was the only webcomic I read along with my younger sister while I was in high school ^^
Similar to Twokinds, Slightly Damned progresses and improved significantly over the years. Chu’s splashes of color are really breathtaking to behold and are all the envy of those boring black and white sketches (see MitM for example xD). The fact that most of my comic work is done in black and white makes me just that much more impressed with Chu’s coloring. Along with Slightly Damned, Chu has somehow managed to find the time to do other small comic projects on the side which are always fun to read along as well.
As for this little fanart I whipped up, well let’s see…Similar to the Twokinds one, I pulled from my graphic design posters for inspiration. This time I pulled from my experience with psychedelic posters, although this piece ventured pretty far from a more traditional psychedelic work. About all that’s left is some of the font work and the compositional elements like the layered characters and profile views. I’d like to say that I chose psychedelic design to pull from for inspiration because of Chu’s bright and vivid use of color, but it honestly might have hinged more on the fact that I was listening to Bee Gees all day…
Please go give Slightly Damned a browse through at: Slightly Damned Homepage. If Chu ever stumbles upon this, thank you so much for all your work and keep it up! ^^