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Djustine - Fan Art - Comic Art - Studies

In order to practice for illustrating my comic book adaptation of "The Shadow over Innsmouth", by H. P. Lovecraft, I needed to find some quick* side project.

This is where my love for Djustine came in. Djustine is the main character of a vintage western/horror/BDSM comic book, created and published by Enrico Teodorani, in the '90s as a stapled photocopies fanzine.

One of the earlier short stories, "The Blonde Prey", which is the first one in the issue "Djustine: The Return", is 8 pages long: perfect for a test.

I am still unsure for the final facial traits. The comic book stories were illustrated mostly by volunteering/debutant artists, I believe. I asked Enrico if there were any character design. He told me: "There was a character sheet I'd created in the '90s, which I'd shared with the first artists who worked with me, but I later decided to give them only the brief of drawing a blonde gunslinger dressed in black, like Django. The idea for the Indian braids came to me at a certain point (she didn't originally have them) because—being published in adult comics—she was always naked for longer periods of time in the stories, so it was a way to make her more recognizable even when she wasn't wearing clothes (though many artists continued to portray her without braids).".

Enrico is referring (of course) to the 1966 spaghetti western, directed by Sergio Corbucci, casting Franco Nero as Django; not the film by Tarantino, "Django Unchained", in which, for the records, Franco Nero appears in a cammeo.

* Considering my lack of free time "quick" is a very optimistic adjective.

She is getting closer to my idea. I fixed the hat: it is a hat of the civil war union cavalry. Union cavalry hats, like the one worn by Django, had brims that were less curved upward, which is fundamental for the character look.

She is getting closer to my idea. I fixed the hat: it is a hat of the civil war union cavalry.
Union cavalry hats, like the one worn by Django, had brims that were less curved upward, which is fundamental for the character look.

In this study of Djustine I opted for a gentler face. Though, I believe that she is not looking like Enrico imagined yet. Also, if we have to dress her like Django, the shape of the hat is wrong.

In this study of Djustine I opted for a gentler face. Though, I believe that she is not looking like Enrico imagined yet.

Also, if we have to dress her like Django, the shape of the hat is wrong.

Wounded Djustine Soaring

Wounded Djustine Soaring

Gunslingers' Duel This is a draft of the first page of the story, where the two gunslingers, Djustine and her unknown opponent, are confronting. In a spaghetti Western "a la Sergio Leone", this would take much more panels.

Gunslingers' Duel

This is a draft of the first page of the story, where the two gunslingers, Djustine and her unknown opponent, are confronting.

In a spaghetti Western "a la Sergio Leone", this would take much more panels.

Gunslingers' Duel - Djustine Close Up

Gunslingers' Duel - Djustine Close Up

Gunslingers' Duel - Djustine's Opponent Close Up

Gunslingers' Duel - Djustine's Opponent Close Up

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