Buffy : Season 8

1. deathisyourgift: When deciding on faraway places for the slayer army to hide, do you take into account the scenery you will have to draw as backdrops pertaining to the mood and tone of the arcs? or does the writer just pick a place that they think will fit? This is in response to the really nice backdrop scenes in Tibet for issue #27-28.

Georges: Yes, it’s more dictated in the script. I don’t have a say as to where they are but I do get a say as to how it looks. I try and research any of the locales that are in the book, such as Tibet. I try and give the reader a feel for the place but not necessarily a geography lesson. I just put in enough information that I think the reader needs visually.

2. deathisyourgift: I am an artist who dabbles in comic-style portraits for fun and practice, and have tried drawing Sarah Michelle Gellar’s fantastically structured facial features. I found it hard to keep her looking realistic while representing her very strong facial planes and angles. Did you have issues with this? and now that you’ve been drawing her for so long—and very well I might add—do you think it’s best, as an artist, to go with the realistic feel or to go with editing the features to fit the feel of a scene/panel? I ask because I have been noticing that Buffy’s famous nose has never once looked exactly the same in any two panels, which shows that you put a lot of thought into her expressions. Thanks!

Georges: There is a rule in comics and with all art really, that states the more lines you put in a woman’s face the less attractive she’ll look. When drawing women always use the least amount of lines. With Sarah Michelle it has been a challenge to draw her somewhat accurately and not put a lot of lines to define her features. She is a beautiful woman and I try to bring that across when ever I’m drawing her.

3. girlinquestion: How did you first break into the commercial art industry? Did you find it difficult to make connections and/or find internships (like I am having trouble with now >.<)?

Georges: I went to conventions and showed people my work. I contacted a few editors and sent copies of what I did and joined studios to make connections and that was a big help. I started work at DC because of the connections from my studio mate Dave Johnson when I was first starting out. I highly recommend that as a means of breaking into the business.

4. girlinquestion: And just to keep this Buffy related, is there any Whedonverse character you haven’t drawn, but would really like to? If not, who is your favorite Whedonverse character to draw?

Georges: I love all the characters. I would have loved to draw some of the Angel cast. I’m quite friendly with Juliet Landau so drawing Drusilla would be a real thrill. Who know knows... the series isn’t over yet....

5. wenxina: Did a little Wikipedia research on the goddesses, since we were finally given their names in this issue, and noticed that some liberties were taken with their appearances (eg. both Remati/Palden Lhamo and Ekajati are usually depicted as blue). Did you specify the colors that Michelle Madsen used on them? How much research went into their appearances, and how did you decide to edit what would make it onto paper?

Georges: Let’s see, what did I decide to edit when Designing the Goddesses..? Hmmm, maybe the human skins worn as clothing, I thought might have been a little too much, or the exposed vaginas. Little things like that. Some of them are holding things that I can only describe as phallic so that had to go. These ladies gave me a real challenge when I had to draw them.

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