Steemit inspired "Cryptopia" comic; the Graves campaign for top witness sketch!

Good evening, Steemit! I’m burning the midnight oil. My post earlier today touched on the impact Steemit has been having on my life for the better. Turning art in to money relieves quite a bit of pressure for the kind of work I “have” to do and opens my schedule to some thing I “want” to do. The illustration I’m sharing tonight is proof of that. It’s been a while since I’ve shared any comic book stuff, and since my last illustration post I’ve gained a lot of new followers. With that in mind, let me take a quick moment to explain what this is all about. 

During my time here on Steemit and throughout my experience learning about cryptocurrency, I became inspired. I imagined this world where the threshold for use of crypto in the US and UK surpasses the use of fiat currencies. Companies like Amazon begin accepting STEEM, which causes more and more people to stay home blogging, buying what they need and turning away from the dollar and sterling. Eventually, there’s an inevitable crash that is felt around the world.

This story, which has been titled “Cryptopia”, takes place in the near future. Governments like the UK and US put as many laws and restrictions up to slow the falling price of the national notes. Millionaires and billionaires find themselves penniless; punks, anarchists and developers become the new wealth of the world almost over night, and neither is able to cope with the changes to their fortunes.

Also in this world […and tying in tonight’s artwork], three characters, Allan Graves, his fiancé Marie Devilreux and oldest friend, York, are running for top witness. After the fiat currencies crash, there is more money and power in being witness than there ever was in traditional politics. Running for top witness surpasses the most expensive Presidential or Chancellor campaigns. Allan and Marie live in London post-Brexit and directly felt the pains of that exiting of the UK. They campaign on platform of anarchy and have a massive appeal to the new wealth of London.

This sketch is just a chance for me to develop all three characters together and think about their relationships to one another. Also, to get an idea of how they’d look campaigning or standing on a stage together. The entire drawing was done in Procreate using the new [STEEM purchased] iPad Pro and Apple Pencil! Have a look at the speed drawing if you’re curious about my process.

If you aren’t familiar with the work I’ve already done on Cryptopia, please follow a few of the links below to other characters. The full script for the first issue is even posted in it’s entirety. If I can continue to make roughly what a professional comic book artist makes for their page rate, I can certainly dedicate enough time to Cryptopia to get an issue out every month or two. That would be a dream come true. I love photographing beautiful women in lingerie, but truth be told, my heart is and will always be in doing comics and graphic novels.

"Cryptopia - Page #001 pencils!"

"Detectives Howe and Arendse character design for Crytopia comic!"

"Full script of issue #001 of Cryptopia, my Steemit inspired comic!"

"Allan Graves character design for my upcoming crypto-comic!"

"New character design for my crpyto-comic!"

"Another crypto-comic character design!"

"First page of my Steemit inspired comic!"

Thanks so much for reading! For more illustration and comics, photography, art and thoughts, please follow me here @kommienezuspadt!