ORIGINAL TEST COMICS
CETACEMEN · 2000–2003
The original full-color CetaNauts test comics, made 2000–2003 — over twenty years before generative AI.
Two short pilot episodes, hand-built panel by panel. Below them, some of the development work that fed
the world: character designs, the cruiser, the creatures. This is what we were working with.
Episode 00 — “Discovery”
A pilot. 17 pages — click the page or use Prev / Next.
Episode 01 — “A Brief Encounter”
The second test. Click the page or use Prev / Next.
What we were working with
Development art, 2000–2003 — click to enlarge.
The crew — character designs
The cruiser — 3D sub design + cockpit
CetaOne — underwater composite
Taurus Cristatus — creature design
Caylynn — the dive
The vets
Discovery — the reaction
Discovery — caught in the net
Isurus — character design
CetaNauts — Cetacemen test comics © Al “Tursiops” Duduk, 2000–2003 · the full archive