Tempest 2000, drawn by Rob

A comic strip based on Tempest 2000.

The first panel sees a claw shaped spacecraft zoom away from a structure in space.

With a roar — and with only seconds to spare —

The bottom panels show a demon emerging from a green goo inside one of the structures.

The claw zooms to safety.

The demon yells, “Oi! Come back!”

Feeling a bit rough again the past few days and this started out as redrawing an idea I had for a Geometry Wars picture whilst watching a bunch of VHS special ninja films. Part of the way through and I ended up shifting gears into a Tempest 2000 tribute.

Really I just fancied sketching the demon so it was any excuse.

This is the second attempt at it, anyway! The first had all the same elements (and I used it as the sketch layer here) but was much rougher (and shakier because tremors are fun sometimes) round the edges.

I still don’t really enjoy drawing comics but the process itself is getting easier and more manageable.

Links

Tempest 4000: https://atari.com/products/tempest-4000

Tempest 2000 Wikipedia Entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_2000