Guest Page – John Waltrip
Today’s filler installment is provided by John Waltrip, who’s one half of Team Waltrip – A pair of brothers who draw comics all day every day and fight crime in between.
As beautiful as this is, we’d like to assure the audience that it is non-canon. Or is it?
Probably not.
But maybe!
Seriously, it’s non-canon. But isn’t it lovely? Hm?
Discussion (37) ¬
D’AWWWWW! <3 <3 <3
I've always loved John's art (and Jason's too).
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Amazing work!
Damn, Syrn’j is HOT! And the panel 1 background is EPIC! Please tell me we’re keeping him?
I think even if he did stay with, I doubt anyone could actually keep up this quality of work on a tri-weekly basis.
can we keep him?
i thought that about erica’s art at the beginning… but she never disappointed me. I fear that noone can replace her.
Byron looks to pretty here, for some reason. But I love Syr’nj’s ears.
Personally, I love her giant leaf cloak
The drawing and colors are SUPERB.
(But I were Mr.Waltrip I would have spent more time on shadows.)
Awesome piece! But… it would feel weird to fit a standard Frigg gaming lingo joke in that style. Or maybe not? Guess it will take a while to get used to any other artist anyway.
First panel is a painting. It could be hanging from an art gallery wall if you ask me.
Second panel has the most beautifil Syrn’j ever.
Wow– the Waltrips were already doing great work on Robotech back in the day, but this is outta the frakkin’ park.
Very nicely done.
Quite a view indeed.
Hahah, wow, I still have some of the Robotech comics these guys did. Excellent.
YOU TEASE
Both with the art and the non-canon. Grrrr!
I wish I could get a wallpaper of this.
Oooh, that is lovely =D Fantastic landscape. Also, I love how feminine Syr looks.
DAT COUNTRYSIDE
I want to go to there.
Is this where I post to say “Yes please?”
Nah… not as good as Dojang. :C
Syrn’j looks like a hot woman instead of a weak effeminate man. all this time she looked like an Nature version of C-3p0. Keep this artist chained in the basement to make this comic on a permanent basis. the art is amazing and the characters never looked better :)
Personally, I liked the “she’s not a pretty human, she’s a strange looking elf”-look by Erica much better. It emphasized the difference very nicely.
Also, Byron looks pretty feminine there, too. ;) It’s a gorgeous piece of art though.
Indeed, the GA authors made their comic engaging, out-of-the-ordinary and fun without resorting to “hot wimminz”. I hope they continue to maintain that tradition.
Wow… gorgeous piece! :-O
I thought the citadel shape was familiar, and sure enough, it’s the Mont St Michel, in France! Even found a copy of the reference photo used, here.(3rd image, flipped)
Great rendition nonetheless, with the mountainous backdrop and everything!
I love how Sy’rinj turned out: still nonhuman, but attractive and exotic.
Add one more voice to the chorus begging that the artist become a permanent feature, even if that means kidnapping.
Byron is great. But Ms Medical Instrument is not the same as she was. Hell! Too sophisticated. Erica was great at picturing the emotional part, and adept at bringing the soul of the story shining through her art. This page is awesome, but not Guilded Age at all. I dare say, it is meaningless. Go get some beginner of good talent with more understanding of the nature of Guilded age… I know, that this is only a guest page, and I hope that it stays as it is.
Exactly. While the background really is amazing (tnx @ sebtoure for the source) I don’t like, what he did with Sy’rinj face… (character?)
The ears bug me. A lot.
I’m with some of the latter posters here. Great artist, hate whats going on with Syrn’js face. I LIKED her kind of ugly.
Erica’s art was a soft focus style, John Waltrip’s is very sharp focused, epic and realistic, if I can use both terms together. Lack of artistic training makes me compare it to Maxfield Parish and the “Prince Valiant” artists’ styles.
Waltrip’s Syrn’j seems more like a princess than Erica’s. Almost like she’s Arwen’s sister.
Don’t get me wrong, I like it! It’s just a considerable change.
Okay, so I’m seeing this for the first time over a year later; but I too, thought “Prince Valiant.”
And yes, Syr’nj does look girly-pretty instead of tree-pretty. It’s a matter of artistic license. Ex; what’s the point of covering a song if you make it sound just like the original?
On the other hand, once anyone takes on another’s work on an on-going basis, the character’s um, ‘character’ has to take precedent over one’s own style (whilst walking the thin line of introducing said style smoothly and progressively with the story).
Man. Glad I *wrote* that instead of having to *say* it. What a damn mouthful.
This is a beautiful page. Johns website needs more art like this as fun as the hentai, mecha parodies are.