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The year is 2022. The ice caps are long gone. The world is a watery grave for most coastal and low-lying cities, and the land left has been decimated by Warfare and stripped bare by the remnants of humanity. This was caused by a cataclysm in the year 2012, (called the “Event” by survivors), predicted by the Aztecs centuries earlier. The temperature of the planet is an average of +35 degrees Celsius, and the oxygen level in the air has been reduced drastically, with kelp and ocean-based plant life maintaining a barely breathable atmosphere. Over time, the survivors of mankind have fled to the only cool areas left on earth, and many have migrated beneath her oceans. Entire cities have been relocated to undersea environments, in order to escape the wrath of the sun and the creeping of the seas. Most of the struggling submerged communities have died. Survivor scientists tried in vain to replace the icecaps and to make their watery cities work, only to learn that man needs air and light. After eons of evolution moving away from the water, mankind is being forced back into her depths.
Precious commodities of 2022:
Technology that is self-reliant or solar powered.
Trees and plants of any shape or kind.
Fresh water; rain collectors and filters
Replenishing, energy-based weapons
I'm not sure Em knows what she's getting into agreeing to take care of Sandor!
Awesome pages!
As a dog nut, I have to give a shout out to the amazing, authentic realism on Sandor; especially that facial close-up. Definitely hope to see more of him...and this whole engaging story...
Stone Mane - Stargate was definitely a love of mine, but I was more partial to Farscape, personally. Aside from that, I used to design software for children, one happened to be on Ancient Greece. There are a good number of influences in Azure to Greek and Roman mythology - ie. Minerva, Artemis, etc. When the story is all said and told I should put together an Annotated page break-down...P. 75, panel 5 = myself ;)
Right, greek mythology. I just figured since there was a ship named Daedalus in the show, it might relate. Anyway, great work as always, can't wait to read more. Hope your in-story version recovers, unless it's the dead one in the 1st panel. :O
ptimony – he he – the cats are NOT getting in...
SamLittle – Always! What can I say – I read Untrue Tales …and I owe my dog for the neglect I show him while I toil away on pages. Poor beast.
Elae – Yeah the expressions on a boxer’s face are eerily human. As to the walks - I’m thinking they surface often, and that I wouldn’t want to spend much time on their outer hull…;)
Stone Mane – Daedalus – not a reference to stargate but what they are referencing – the Greek Myth - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daedalus (hint - I’m the dude that’s all bloodied up on the floor).
Serinanth – Awesome! Thanks for keeping up, and glad you like what you see :) Send in a note to the feedback about wanting it in print! Zuda’s very keen on listening to what the fans want. As to my resolution – let’s just say I have a really big monitor/s and like most of the Zuda titles the content is created at a much high resolution than what you see, in case it needs to go to print down the line. I think my width is 4 or 5000 px and I tend to work at screen res.
The Dood – Haha! Yeah That dog is going to be the real rockstar of the series.
StrokerX – Awesome! I’ve been trying to up the ante on the textures this season…
paulMcKinneyart – Haha – thanks for all the support, man :) You Rock! More underwater goodness to come, and the end of this season will knock your socks off!
niklopez – he he! Def :) Good eye, luv ;) Thanks!
michaeljasper – always, mate. Always! The best is yet to come…
NeutronCrush – Thanks!
Zero-Optix – Awesome! I spent a while before Season 2 started honing some of the texture brushes and gathering textures I was going to use this season – braving some of the unsavory areas of Baltimore for photos of rusted out warehouses and the such. Glad to know it isn’t going unnoticed!
Nexuszen – Haha! Send that into the Zuda feedback! Quick! I’ll keep cranking ;)
ernestopriego – Heh – glad someone caught my little pun :)
Elae – aww, thankee muchly!
CausleyConcepts, StrokerX – Marvelous! Yeah I thought I would pepper in a few full page splashes here and there this season at key moments. There’s one coming up late this season that folks will REALLY want to view in fulscreen…
RobertEAnderson – Thanks Robert! And yes – definitely click the fullscreen and watch on as big a screen as possible. Thanks so much for reading :)
Ah! I see it now. It's those little details that one misses that make the difference. And considering the main girls are robotic, lining up those shots shouldn't be too hard, I guess. By the way, what made you name that submarine Daedalus? Could it possibly be a reference to Stargate SG-1? Maybe?
Bluejeremiah – haha! Isn’t Zuda awesome like that?! I’m happy you are liking where things are headed…
Escape - ;) right on! Firefly is a fave…though as Sam points out – they were nodding to Star Trek. I’s just waiting for the right time to use the “leaf on the wind” ;)
SamLittle – Tats unite! He he – Actually Rob has to get credit for the ‘bucks & other chain tats. When mulling over things the subject of “gangs on the sea” came up, which lead to, “what would the future gang tats resemble?” The thought stuck that future gang tats would resemble or pay homage to those aspects of our society that they remembered; aspects now lost such as corporate culture, fast food chains, commercials drilled into our psyche over the years…
Stone Mane – I appreciate the nods on the armour. Thanks! Auto-tracking – though it doesn’t show this in particular see page 30. Sienna is kind of a bad@$$ as well, she’s lining up the shots as she sails over the deck of the destroyer.
hellmutt77 – Thanks so much!
pjperez – Haha – awesome :) If you are coming to any of the cons in the near future (C2E2, NYCC, San Diego – we should have some stuff up on the big screen…
Kidgloves – Thanks KG :) Warms my soul to hear it!
darthdad – Nice! What’s funny is, I do a good chunk of the pages on my laptop, and then detail work on my 47” TV/display. It starts off small and ends big :) Glad you are digging it!
ptimony – Thanks Pete! He he he – I owe it all to you ;)
Tyler_James – Thanks a ton Tyler – for the interview and the props!
NeutronCrush – Haha – thanks! Glad you dig :)
TiMrozek – Haha - Coolio T-face! So I should keep doing what I’m doing hrm? ;)
michaeljsaper - :) was there any doubt JD would have survived? Thanks for the kind words.
TojiX – Ha! Merci Beaucoup. And really…who wants to see a naked Kevin Costner?!
dmon – Right on :)Thanks for the kind words!
Foz – haha! Pow! Right in the kisser :)
Zero-Optix – haha – Awesome! Glad it got the juices flowing :)
Dr.Toe Jam – FANTHASTHIC!
Incredible page!
Aw, pup! Look at those eyes. Must be hard to take your dog for a walk under water.
The boy and his dog! So meta! I can dig it.
SANDOR!
Nice. Keep those new ships and new situations and characters coming!
Haha! Dan, that is totally you on page 75. Awesome pages thus far, keep it up!
Nothing like some good ole' Azure to read and check out. The artwork and story are keeping me glued to the screen and coming back to zuda. Good job and great work on the last few pages. Love the underwater scenes.
Awesome. I can feel the weight and almost hear it clanking around on the sea bed.
Continued awesomeness! Among everything else, I'm loving the dog.
Been on board since the first few panels and loving it. I really enjoy the story and look forward to each and every update, I have yet to be disappointed! If this went to print I would buy it =D. What resolution do you work with the detail is awesome!
Loving this story, and fantastic art. I've got to see this on a bigger screen than my laptop. You're very near 1,000 favorites, with good reason!
yeah 74 is nice! nice writing too
Screen 74 is tha ish. You're killin' it Dan.
Gorgeous last screen!
I loved the last panel/page. Good work with the "bottom of this" line...
this should be a movie so I can enjoy it twice as much as I do now. still loving this.
Damn good! I love the textures (the coats and water bubbles)
Loving all the hard work here! the Designs of the architecture are cool as well. pristine lines.
Damn dude, this rocks!.
Good one Sam! ...Firefly...hahaha!
Danny G continues to rock the house! Love all the tattoo action. Especially the pirate dude who must really miss Burger King. :)
p.s. Firefly quote? That's Star Trek, dagnabbit! Kids today. No sense of history...
I just noticed the Firefly quote on 61 and just about wet my pants.
Chapter two is coming right along w/plenty of intrigue & action! And to think - all these kickin' comics for free - somebody pinch me!
Azure continues to look great, it's obvious you put a mind-boggling amount of work into it.
someone mentioned popping this onto there 24 inch monitor. I was alittle ahead of the game and have been reading this on my 32 inch and man does it look good. There are loads of details that I was missing. Certainly worth the effort for those with larger monitor options.
Daniel, I could sit and stare at some of these pages for days.
One of these days I need to pop this open on the 24" monitor and just bask in Daniel's colors.
Great to see this being updated again. Outstanding art on the newest pages too. Can`t wait for more.
Things are starting to pick up in an awesome explosive way. The armor designs are really kick butt, but do they have auto targeting? Since the chick got a headshot without looking (which was cool by the way.)
AWTHUM!
Hell yeah! Now this is some hot action scenes! 65 was energized!
65!
SWEET HEADSHOT.
Excited to see what is coming up from the depths below. Lovely pages with great actions!
Thanks for a great story man, this is so much better than Waterworld and she's a much better sight than Kevin Costner.
Some great action scenes here. And I'm glad Jack Daniels survived the 'pocalypse... :)
Better and better. You are really doing some dynamic stuff man. I love it.
Awesome! Definitely cool to see that last page after watching it come to life on livestream.
Great interview guys.
Great stuff, Dan! And thanks for doing this interview with me.
Hey, Azure fans, make sure you check out this interview with Dan. He gives some great process tips for digital artists.
Check it out here:
http://www.tylerjamescomics.com/2010/01/comixstreet-recap-3
Re-evolve – Thanks so much man!
JFx – Thanks Juan! I really appreciate it :)
robberry237 – Indeed! It’s all mapped out and I think it has some pretty crazy twists and surprises along the way with some pretty pictures to match :) The world in this season will definitely be expanded upon, and this season will really explore the characters more. As to the gaming/animation slant – mmhmm – I always thought a story of this nature would do well in those arenas. We gotta get together soon, mate. Thanks for the nods Rob!
Zero-Optix – Thanks Z! On all fronts and for all the support man :)
zsabreuser – yup! This was one of the livestream panels I did a while back…and now you get to see where it fit in. :) The next update …I’m all giddy for it to go live…
icelander27 – He he – yeah McAllister and his Kings from the 30 characters 30 days challenge!
Bagelman – haha! I got a sweet spot for Sienna myself, these days.
I'm not sure who I'm in love with more... the bad guys, the good girls, the bad girl, or Artemis.
Ah yes....we finally get to meet the Burger Kings bandits.