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ratcreature) wrote2007-05-01 09:13 pm
ratcreature) wrote2007-05-01 09:13 pm
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Dresden Files question
I'm toying with the idea to illustrate chapter 33 of Dead Beat, and I think I might try something a bit comic like in that I first to a couple of close-ups of details (maybe in extra panels maybe not) and then pull the camera back for the main scene. I think it would be nice to do a bit of graphic narrative again.
I have however questions about some of the stuff appearing the scene. What I'm thinking of is to illustrate the summoning ritual of the Erlking. My idea is to first show close-ups of the item pairs of the pentagram inside and outside the barbed-wire circle, but I'm not sure what some of these things look like and whether I would be able to find proper image reference with reasonable effort. For one, I have no idea what a Chicago parking ticket looks like. I tried a google image search for "parking ticket" but they seem to look all different depending on the location?
Also, I have no idea what kind of gun this .44 of his is. I can't recall offhand whether he mentions the exact make and model somewhere else earlier in the series, but from just googling ".44 + gun" there seem to be many different kinds? That number is for the ammunition used, yes? I never pay attention to the gun stuff in fiction and it's not like I've ever seen one up close in real life, so I'm kind of clueless. Doe anyone know offhand what kind of gun Harry has?
Yet another thing I'm unsure about is the "steel and flint" he mentions. I mean, I know this is a firemaking tool where you strike a flintstone against metal and then sparks are the result, but is there a "standard" way such a steel and flint kit would look like considering that Harry bought/gathered these materials in a hurry? Or is this supposed to be just some regular flintstone like you could pick up somewhere and a piece of metal? I have no clue about any boy scout or wilderness survival stuff or wherever people commonly would still use this kind of thing to make fire in the current day.
Another thing, this more about the actual narrative content, do you think the order of the objects listed indicates which are the opposing ones? I mean, the list of items associated with the Erlking is in the order listed a heavy collar for a hunting hound, a whetstone, a small bowie knife, flint and steel, and several steel arrowheads, and Harry's affinity items opposite the Erlking's in order of appearance a used copy of The Hobbit, the splintered end of his blasting rod, his .44, an unpaid parking ticket, and his mother's silver pentacle amulet. Reading it I don't really see a pattern why Harry choose a particular item for the other, assuming they are matched in order of appearance, i.e. why the whetstone is with the blasting rod or the parking ticket with the flint and steel etc. Do you have any thoughts on this?
Anyway, I thought I'd do five close-up panels on the item pairs, then a sixth panel showing Harry pressing the hand with Lasciel's sigil against the barbed wire until it bleeds with the magic energy starting (and I can't remember actually whether Lasciel's sigil was ever described in detail as a symbol either--I suck as a detail oriented fan, these are the times I wish I had a searchable e-copy of the books instead of the usually more practical paper books :/ do any of you recall?), and finally a big one showing Harry kneeling in front of the summoned Erlking within the circle. What do you think? Would this be a cool way to illustrate the ritual? Or would other focus points be better?
Also, happy May Day!
I have however questions about some of the stuff appearing the scene. What I'm thinking of is to illustrate the summoning ritual of the Erlking. My idea is to first show close-ups of the item pairs of the pentagram inside and outside the barbed-wire circle, but I'm not sure what some of these things look like and whether I would be able to find proper image reference with reasonable effort. For one, I have no idea what a Chicago parking ticket looks like. I tried a google image search for "parking ticket" but they seem to look all different depending on the location?
Also, I have no idea what kind of gun this .44 of his is. I can't recall offhand whether he mentions the exact make and model somewhere else earlier in the series, but from just googling ".44 + gun" there seem to be many different kinds? That number is for the ammunition used, yes? I never pay attention to the gun stuff in fiction and it's not like I've ever seen one up close in real life, so I'm kind of clueless. Doe anyone know offhand what kind of gun Harry has?
Yet another thing I'm unsure about is the "steel and flint" he mentions. I mean, I know this is a firemaking tool where you strike a flintstone against metal and then sparks are the result, but is there a "standard" way such a steel and flint kit would look like considering that Harry bought/gathered these materials in a hurry? Or is this supposed to be just some regular flintstone like you could pick up somewhere and a piece of metal? I have no clue about any boy scout or wilderness survival stuff or wherever people commonly would still use this kind of thing to make fire in the current day.
Another thing, this more about the actual narrative content, do you think the order of the objects listed indicates which are the opposing ones? I mean, the list of items associated with the Erlking is in the order listed a heavy collar for a hunting hound, a whetstone, a small bowie knife, flint and steel, and several steel arrowheads, and Harry's affinity items opposite the Erlking's in order of appearance a used copy of The Hobbit, the splintered end of his blasting rod, his .44, an unpaid parking ticket, and his mother's silver pentacle amulet. Reading it I don't really see a pattern why Harry choose a particular item for the other, assuming they are matched in order of appearance, i.e. why the whetstone is with the blasting rod or the parking ticket with the flint and steel etc. Do you have any thoughts on this?
Anyway, I thought I'd do five close-up panels on the item pairs, then a sixth panel showing Harry pressing the hand with Lasciel's sigil against the barbed wire until it bleeds with the magic energy starting (and I can't remember actually whether Lasciel's sigil was ever described in detail as a symbol either--I suck as a detail oriented fan, these are the times I wish I had a searchable e-copy of the books instead of the usually more practical paper books :/ do any of you recall?), and finally a big one showing Harry kneeling in front of the summoned Erlking within the circle. What do you think? Would this be a cool way to illustrate the ritual? Or would other focus points be better?
Also, happy May Day!