DISTRESSED DAMSELS: "Cocktail Dress Distress" pt.3, plus $20-tier DiD request
Added 2020-02-05 14:05:02 +0000 UTC(You can check out the previous pages of this story fragment here.)
Per your votes in a recent Patreon poll, here's the second-highest-rated option from said tally, which is yet another incomplete commissioned DiD story in proto-Empowered pencil format, dating from 2004 or so. This time around, a shockingly easy-to-subdue Kei gets gassed, gagged and trussed up by an unnamed Bad Girl whilst (presumably) snooping around at a hoity-toity party, hence the quickly tattered cocktail dress. But Kei turned the tables on said Bad Girl in the previous few pages, luckily!
A few words:
Not sure if Kei's skin-tight microskirt—derived from photoreference, believe it or not— predates Sexy Librarian Emp's outfit from Empowered.
Only occurs to me now that trying to run away from that room without being detected while wearing stiletto heels would require some serious stealth skills on our heroine's part. Try that one, why don't you, Solid Snake?
This fella's design is unusually distinctive, as you'll see in the next (and final) bunch of pages. No idea why I would've invested the time to work up such a design for an otherwise throwaway, never-to-be-published story fragment.
Our bonus damsel illo this week is based on two February requests from the $20 tier:
Note that the second pic, theoretically based on Moraine from the Wheel of Time series, is a follow-up from an earlier DiD comic page featuring the character besieged by magical analogues for the good ol' tape drone.
TOMORROW: The Twitter-format prose experiment I Am Empowered continues, this time with a chapter chock full of events and lingo I really, really wish I could've featured in the comics series proper.
Comments
Crisis on Infinite Thugboys?
Burninator
2020-02-06 23:46:12 +0000 UTCA Thugboy for every Universe.
Eric
2020-02-06 17:06:05 +0000 UTCHang on, is that Thugboy providing the goonery on P2? What, did he sign on with some trans-dimensional temp agency?
Burninator
2020-02-06 00:36:58 +0000 UTCLady Morraine at least looks like she's enjoying herself. And I love that Kei's first thought after she knocks out her captor is 'Yuri is going to snark at me _so much_ for this'.
Strypgia
2020-02-05 20:13:23 +0000 UTCThanks much!
Adam Warren
2020-02-05 19:01:47 +0000 UTCThere's rather a lot of that concept in upcoming DP-based DiD stories I'll be posting here, and it works surprisingly well; gotta say, it's a lot less boring to draw than trying to work out a bajillion different poses for a stationary damsel.
Adam Warren
2020-02-05 19:01:32 +0000 UTCEhh, I don't necessarily mind doing more "deathtrappy" imagery, as I've rarely dealt with that topic in commissions or published work. For some reason, the specific "threat of hanging" scenario bugs me a bit, even though I actually drew such a scene in DIRTY PAIR long ago.
Adam Warren
2020-02-05 18:54:35 +0000 UTCThe art is a pleasure to behold as always. Kei, Magik and Moiraine as well.
Eric
2020-02-05 17:55:19 +0000 UTCAdam, amazing content as always. I'm really digging the evading and fighting back while trussed up aspect of this story.
JoJack86
2020-02-05 16:52:43 +0000 UTCThanks for the piece! I’ve always been a fan of the old pulp and western style comic art. They often had an edgier feel to ‘em, so I do apologize for any inconvenience or issues it caused for you. I’ll keep that in mind for future reference. Have a good one!
WulfMan72
2020-02-05 16:10:31 +0000 UTCbad day for her lol
Jack Hallows
2020-02-05 14:50:05 +0000 UTC
