Argus, Archangel, and Origins

Good evening. Tonight is a special blog because I get to introduce a new character into Eichi and I will go into the true origins of this project. While this blog will be brief, it will be informative.

Tonight, a "new" character has been added to my Eichi manga. I say "new" because from conception to this point it has been over 6 years since he has been put onto paper. As we all have seen with a few of the pics I have posted onto my facebook page there are demons to this story and you can't have demons without angels.

Thats right, the first rank of the angels has been put to paper and his name is Argus. Argus is the poster child of angels because he has blonde hair, blue eyes, and a physique built for kicking demon ass. He is leader
of the crusade to end the unbalance created by Eichi.

As I was drawing Argus I was reminded of the origin of the Eichi concept and I wanted to share it with you guys.

I started with the concept of Eichi when I was in a dark place in my life. There was one day I was just sitting at work and started doodling and the concept of the piece was someone staring down into a pond at his reflection. In this drawing we see two things, one, is by lack of a better description astral projections. As we see him at the pond we see energy creating the outline of angel wings and then a demon down in the water as his reflection. They represent the inherent good in all of us and how in our reflection we can see a very different perspective. The other thing we see in the drawing is the man reaching out to the pond as a hand reaches back, sort or representing a "come with me" feeling. Its kind of one of these drawings that can be thought provoking and started it all.

This picture is one of the "holy grails" to my art collection. When I retrieve this picture from being locked away in a storage facility, and as long has weather and time has been good to it, I will share it with you all.

So what inspired this picture? It was inspired by a page in Uncanny X-Men, I believe it was issue 358. My favorite Xman of all time Archangle is reborn as the Angel, shedding his metal wings given to him by Apocalypse.

Kind of an epic picture huh?

One more thing. I've decided to use my twitter more often and use it as a tool to "campain" different aspects of production. Look for that to be coming soon as I sort it out and hopefully a dedicated website will be coming too.

Take care my friends. I hope you enjoyed this little lesson in how all came to be and leave me a comment. Let me know what you think about Argus's story. I know I didn't leave alot to his character but I don't want to reveal too much. More will be unvieled of Argus in due time (soon).

-Pat!