Comic Progress

So, after sketching the first two pages and starting color and ink, it has become painfully obvious to me that if i intend to do a weekly comic i need to further simplify my art. Detailed work is fine when you have a two month deadline and a full team working on it, but i have me and my timetable, which is surprisingly short lately. So, while the story that Skipp, my writer, put together is good, my art is too much and i have to refine.

More to come.

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Comic Status Update

OK, so no, i have not disappeared again for months on end of no posts. I've just been busy. With normal full time work, addition of a code project, and getting things lined up for my comic, its been a little... hectic. I got the first four pages of script from my writer and had to arrange it in "sequential art" format, and i have the sketches done for the first two pages. I prolly won't be starting the comic until i have the first six or eight pages done, or at least sketched, so i can have material to post each week. I'm shooting for once per week, maybe wednesday or thursday posts. I think that's all the time my schedule will allow right now.

in other news, i have been invited, thru contact to this blog, no less, to review Blue Dragon Plus for the Nintendo DS. I have accepted, so should hopefully be receiving my copy soon. That's exciting. I've got the 360 version of Blue Dragon, and really enjoy it. I'm going to post their widget on the sidebar now to get ready.

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Finishing Ella

Ok. here's the finish of Sage's character. She's going with a different name, tho. Didn't want the comic named after her. Prolly in case I do something crazy and totally uncharacteristic so she doesn't get upset. heh.

When I zoomed in real close i found a few mistakes with the color. I'm still learning, so i'm sure i'll get that straight eventually. i need to work on the shading still, too. I've been reading applegeeks for the last few days, and taking a lot of queue's from Hawk's art. (Especially around the 300-ish area)

I know my art will get better as I continue to draw, but I need to simplify it if i'm going to be putting out a color comic weekly. Even when i try to do simple i tend to over-detail. It was difficult for me to make Ella anime-ish in the face. I kept wanting to draw her face exactly to the model, instead of just appearing similar. Working with a writer friend for scripts.

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Concept Art

So here are my first two attempts at drawing digitally using Manga Studio and my drawing pad. Not bad at all, considering the review I read said it wasn't geared towards color comics. I found that it just takes some layers, like everything else.

These are two concepts of the characters in my webcomic. I'll prolly run thru about three to four full concepts for each character before I decide on something. No, Anthony cannot really throw kamehameha, but the real life person I model him after is a Dragonball Z nut, so I figured it was only natural.

And yes, Sage will have legs, I just hadn't got that far before my wife was ready to play with colors. So that's where it ended up. The skirt is knee length. Its a total optical illusion that she's the same height as Anthony and without feet or shins. [Jedi mind trick] Ignore that detail. These are not the droids you're looking for. Move along. [/Jedi mind trick]

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2 Hot chicks in a forest at night.

Elenore: Miranda, remind me again why we're wandering in this forest in the dark.

Miranda: We're not in the dark, Elenore. I have my staff.

Elenore: Oh, you have your staff. My bad, I thought that glowy light was my imagination.

Miranda: Whatever. Yes, its dark. Yes, we're in a forest. But I think this is our best opportunity to catch the prince unawares.

Elenore: You want to catch him unawares? Why, so you can do bad stuff to his bod?

Miranda: What? NO, crazy. He has to be arrested and pay for his crimes.

Elenore: Oh, right. And if you have to "Interrogate" him a little, all the better.

Miranda: You have such a dirty mind.

Elenore: Only 'cuz you don't and I have to have one for both of us. Prude.

Miranda: Slut.

Elenore: Ha! That isn't an insult. That's the truth.

Miranda: Can we get back to catching the bad guy?

Elenore: Sure. Sure. *long pause* He is kinda cute.

Miranda: Oh, for the love of the spirits.

Elenore: Admit it.

Miranda: *Long pause* Fine. He's kinda cute.

Elenore: *snickers*

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Anime

I'm a pretty big Japanese comic fan. If I could draw with any type of skill, that's what i'd like to do. My drawing is pretty half assed, tho, and so could be better. Hmm.. i do have an attempt at Anime drawing around here.. This is Sonya Card. She was my character for a d20 play by post (which is a pretty fun way to play, btw) built as an adventurer for BESMd20. Dual pistols and a helluva jump ability, she was my little red headed Lara Croft wannabe.

yeah, she isnt bad. her head is too big, her eyes too far spaced apart, but other than that, i dont think she turned out too bad.

Anyway, back to the actual topic.. Lately i've been feeling a bit.. neglected in the ways of anime and manga. The video store where i live has exactly one manga in its dvd collection, and i watched it like six months ago. its a 30 mile trip to the next closest collection, which is pretty good, but i've seen all that too. My wife and I had a subscription to RentAnime.com, which was awesome, and kept our hunger sated, but with changing my life and now no credit card, that means no RentAnime.com.. Which brings me to my findings of the week.. heh.. four websites which bring happiness and fulfillment into my manga/anime desolate life:

• www.vimanga.ru
• www.mangapimps.com
• www.mangadownload.net
• http://www.tv-links.co.uk/index.do/3

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