I’ve made it now to day 19 of this year’s Jack Kirby Tribute Month, curated by Howard Simpson. Today’s prompt is Lashina, of the Female Furies. She first appeared in Mister Miracle #6.
I previously drew her for Jack Kirby Tribute Month 2024 here. Only Kirby could come up with a character skilled with flat-shaped whips that are stored all over the surface of her uniform!
I discovered the first time I drew her that there’s a trick to it. You kind of have to start with the figure first, then apply the whips and rings after the fact. That’s the only way you can make it work. I made the mistake the first time I drew her in 2024 of paying too much attention to the whip and ring design to start with, and ended up having to cut my first drawing out and cut in a new re-worked one. I didn’t make that error this time.
But then, it’s true that a lot of Jack’s designs can be tricky when you try to translate them into your own style!
Anyway, that’s Lashina. Hope you liked my take. If you’re interested in who comes up next, feel free to stop by again tomorrow to see!
Well, your depiction of Lashina in the panel is more luscious than Jack’s. I can see what you are referring to looking at her left hand holding the whip/belt weapon. Whirling the weapon in the air while in a standing pose and giving the weapon movement is a challenge. But as the innocent viewer, I can be convinced of pretty much anything fairly easily. I was just looking at what was on sale this week at the Golden Age Comic site, which I have not done in a very long time (like in chronological measurement of years). Your style at least allows me to participate in the work with my imagination, to your credit. Thank you.
Thanks for the observation about the movement. There are a number of ways comics artists can go about trying to accomplish that. Motion blur (like I used here) is one way. I used another of those methods yesterday with the Big Barda post, showing debris spraying in mid-air around her punch.
One of the neat things about comics as a medium is that they’re something of a collaborative art. There are a lot of moments where the writer and artist can only imply or suggest things, and it’s necessary to depend on the reader to pick up the ball and carry it the rest of way with their imagination. Usually without even realizing that that’s what they’re doing!