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Arc #2 Discussion

Started by John Roberts, Apr 23 2010 06:50 AM

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#21 Glitcher

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Posted 24 April 2010 - 07:50 AM

QUOTE (Tristan Palmgren @ Apr 24 2010, 08:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

It's Poochie, the hippest new character of them all.

I thought Poochie died on the way back to his home planet.

Anyway, it's great to see the second arc underway. The background looks much improved over the featureless square rooms that were predominant during the first part. Salamander also seems to have adopted a new font that fits the comic better. I look forward to reading more.

#22 Gojira007

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Posted 30 April 2010 - 05:37 AM

Holy CRAP I love the opening panel this week. It sets the mood so well and just looks beautiful.

"These hands of ours are BURNING RED! Their loud cry tells us..."
"To grasp happiness!"
"ERUPTING GOD FINGER!!! SEKI..."
"HA!"
"LOVE LOVE TENKYOKEN!!!"
-Domon Kasshu and Rain Mikamura, G-Gundam

#23 Glitcher

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Posted 30 April 2010 - 12:13 PM

I agree with Gojira that the first panel looks beautifully backlit, but some more huts could have been drawn in between the trees to give the impression that there's more than one of them. Backgrounds take time to draw convincingly and cutting corners is easily noticeable, such as on the fourth panel where there appears to be only one table in that huge room. If the effort seems too great, a less expansive point of view could have been used. Oh, and I think Tails was brown in the cartoon.

#24 John Roberts

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Posted 30 April 2010 - 01:33 PM

Tails looking at Sonic in that panel is a nice touch, as though he's looking to his hero for a sign that everything is gonna be alright.

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#25 chief

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Posted 30 April 2010 - 03:56 PM

Yeah Salamander, I agree with Glitcher, way to suck at life!

God...

#26 salamander

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Posted 30 April 2010 - 04:38 PM

QUOTE (chief @ Apr 30 2010, 04:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yeah Salamander, I agree with Glitcher, way to suck at life!

God...

Quiet you.

Yeah, I haven't spent enough time on the pages as I'd like to. I tend to do cram everything in at once, when I really ought to space out my penciling, inking, and coloring time.

I'm styling Tails sort of halfway between his Satam style and the classic game style, so he's a muted orange. I usually stick to the Satam style pretty closely, but there's a few things here and there I decided to change. If people really object to it though, I can change it back. I'm nothing if not flexible.

#27 chief

An7imatt3r was here =p

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Posted 30 April 2010 - 04:42 PM

...Just..How flexable are you? 656.png.gif

#28 Gojira007

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Posted 30 April 2010 - 05:42 PM

Down, boy. Bad beaver!

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Posted 30 April 2010 - 08:25 PM

QUOTE (chief @ May 1 2010, 10:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

...Just..How flexable are you? 656.png.gif

Canadians....

#30 Tristan Palmgren

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Posted 01 May 2010 - 01:09 PM

I've been trying to resist saying this since Friday, but my willpower just gave out. I apologize in advance.

Sigh...

How... how much is that doggy in the window?

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Posted 01 May 2010 - 02:22 PM

Kudos on your willpower, Tristan. As a reward, I'll let you know the exact cost of said dog in said window:

YOUR SOUL!!!

#32 chief

An7imatt3r was here =p

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Posted 01 May 2010 - 06:10 PM

Make sure you write that I get your soul. Thanks.

#33 Glitcher

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Posted 07 May 2010 - 12:43 AM

Ah, good. We have backgrounds that are more carefully drawn on the third page. You'd be suprised how well a few objects like pictures and plants help distiguish the scene from a barren, empty room. I also get the impression that Salamander is improving with the way she draws the chararacters. Soon I won't be able to tell her work from DiC's.

You know Salamander, maybe when you become more experienced with backgrounds, you might want to try painting them without any lines. Just use a program like Painter, openCanvas or SAI to illustrate them as matte paintings. If you look through the site's screen caps gallery, you'd see this matches the cartoon's animation style. With proper care, it's possible to reproduce this look in a comic. Take a look at this page from a Secret of NIMH comic. The characters are drawn and coloured the same way as yours, but the backgrounds are painted in such exquisite detail as to make the mice stand out more sharply. Only 'animated' background elements use flat colours. If your goal is to emulate the style of SatAM as closely as possible, it's something worth considering.

#34 Speedy_25

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Posted 07 May 2010 - 07:16 AM

Wow...looking at today's page, I do have to say...excellent work. The details in the BGs are amazing! I'm also liking the way the storyline is turning out for Ch. 2, can't wait to see next week's page.

http://www.n-masters...lup.php?id=3103

http://cards.n-maste...velup.php?id=23

#35 Gojira007

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Posted 07 May 2010 - 12:17 PM

I dig all the sublte actions and expressions salamander gets across in this page, particularly with Rotor and Uncle Chuck near the bottom.

#36 Glitcher

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Posted 07 May 2010 - 01:17 PM

BTW Salamander, how are you inking your lines? They vary wildly between thick and thin with no real consistency and they generally look sloppy. Just look at poor Rotor on the second-last panel.

#37 salamander

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Posted 07 May 2010 - 02:23 PM

QUOTE

Ah, good. We have backgrounds that are more carefully drawn on the third page. You'd be suprised how well a few objects like pictures and plants help distiguish the scene from a barren, empty room. I also get the impression that Salamander is improving with the way she draws the chararacters. Soon I won't be able to tell her work from DiC's.

You know Salamander, maybe when you become more experienced with backgrounds, you might want to try painting them without any lines. Just use a program like Painter, openCanvas or SAI to illustrate them as matte paintings. If you look through the site's screen caps gallery, you'd see this matches the cartoon's animation style. With proper care, it's possible to reproduce this look in a comic. Take a look at this page from a Secret of NIMH comic. The characters are drawn and coloured the same way as yours, but the backgrounds are painted in such exquisite detail as to make the mice stand out more sharply. Only 'animated' background elements use flat colours. If your goal is to emulate the style of SatAM as closely as possible, it's something worth considering.

Thanks for the advice, I'll give it a shot next time.

QUOTE

BTW Salamander, how are you inking your lines? They vary wildly between thick and thin with no real consistency and they generally look sloppy. Just look at poor Rotor on the second-last panel.

Tried a brush-tip micron pen for the thicker lines, didn't really work out though. I have a speedball pen and a few small brushes but I'm not confident with them yet. Usually I stick to plain flat micron pens since they're easy to use, even if the lines have no variations they at least look consistant.. and less of a risk that I'll ruin the penciling. It all comes down to practice I guess. I'm envious of good inkers..