Last week I blogged about the designing the outside of Nan and Pop’s house. This post is about the inside.
Most features were made up, but one room has its basis in real life- Pop’s hallway is based on Norm’s hallway.
When I first visited Norm’s house, I was amazed at his collection of Viking artefacts. They take pride of place in the hallway, just as you enter the house.
Here’s Norm’s house, with Norm. Get out of the way Norm, I’m trying to take a photo.
That’s better.
Here’s a close-up of the longship…
…and the sword, the Viking helmet and the little silver belt-buckle (to the right).
The big portrait of ‘Saracen’s Head’ (is it from a British pub?) gave me the idea of a portrait of Odin that watches over Josh.
All these elements came together to form the scene where Josh receives a book on Vikings from his Pop.This is the first rough, from the storyboards.
I drew this rough many months later. I still hadn’t decided where Wolverine should go.
The scene morphed and changed, until it became the final linework above.
Norm’s silver belt buckle still made it into the story- you can see Thor wearing it on page 13.
James Foley 