Images from my upcoming graphic novel, The Poet and the Flea.
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Preliminary character designs for the poet-painter William Blake.

Preliminary character designs for William Blake and The Ghost of the Flea.

Preliminary character designs for Kate Blake and the archangel Raphael.

Experimenting with black paper for The Flea.

Experimenting with X-Acto knife for The Flea.

Pages 1 & 2, in progress.

Page 1, in progress.

Page 2, in progress.

Page 3, in progress.
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Part 3 of “Behind the Scenes” will be posted sometime soon!
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Copyright 2012 by G. E. Gallas
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About gegallas
Screenwriter, Author, and Illustrator.
Born in Washington, D.C.
Grew up in Potomac, Maryland.
Spent year abroad in Tokyo, Japan at Sophia University.
Graduated from New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized Study. Concentration entitled, "Exploring and Examining Otherness: Japan as well as The Globe." Colloquium/Rationale entitled, "The Hero as Other."
Currently living in San Francisco.
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May 22nd, 2012 at 9:34 am
[...] Part 2 [...]
July 18th, 2012 at 11:20 am
[...] Part 2 [...]
February 1st, 2013 at 12:15 am
Your documenting the project was a great idea!
February 1st, 2013 at 12:35 am
Thanks! It’s funny looking back at these photos and seeing how far this project has come, ha ha ha.
–G. E.
February 1st, 2013 at 8:45 am
Yes it is…but I would say fun rather than funny. All great work! As you may have noticed, I recently posted a the partial evolution of a character I drew called “Dapper Dan.” Always fun to catch a window into the creative process at work. Keep those posts up! I have quite a bit of that to wade through yet and am enjoying every bit of it! Quite talented you are!
February 1st, 2013 at 6:35 pm
Thank you so much for your incredibly generous words!
I saw you “Dapper Dan” and he made me smile. So glad you’re enjoying my work!! Best, G. E.