MustangArbiter of Unpopular OpinionsRegistered Userregular
edited July 2010
You should really get into the comic biz Iruka. I've seen two comics from you and they're both some of the funniest comics I've seen. I've still got a copy of the shark one.
Somehow, even "Oh, Fuck yes!!" doesn't quite cut it in response to the above quoted images. I'd go ahead and tell you how fucking spectacular I think those are, but that too would still fall short.
Damn... I gotta read peoples minds and draw something they would want and then charge them because it exists now. Haha, thanks for the compliments though, I appreciate it.
BuckwolfeStarts With Them, Ends With UsRegistered Userregular
edited July 2010
Well you could pretty much draw something monstrous with engorged genitalia, and teeth, and possibly some old fashion guns, and simply tell me that I commissioned you to draw it. In all likelihood, I'd probably fall for it. I'd probably assume I was hammered at the time, but I'd be no less impressed with the results!
Also, that x inside of that bigger X tee is pretty sweet. I don't usually care for wearing shirts with shit on them, but I'd not only wear, but probably buy that shirt.
EDIT - Is that an actual shirt that I can buy....????
Doing a really simple comic, just 7 pages. I'm practicing the process of thumb nailing a story out, I've never done that with a comic before. Not being too hard core about the inks, I plan to color it pretty thoroughly.
NappuccinoSurveyor of Things and StuffRegistered Userregular
edited July 2010
The mouths and bottom two heads took a touch bit like McGibs comic (I can't recall the name of it, but the one he worked on for a long period of time) but with your own flair and style.
And that is nothing but a compliment, just to be clear
One small comment, the panel placement in the first page is...odd. Panels 2-3 look like they should be panels 3-4 because of the whole reading left to right thing... but because they are just a touch higher they look like 2-3. It is a bit confusing but i think if you just flipped that look it would be better.
That said... it isn't a perfect solution because currently your art draws you right to that panel. However, my brain was just confused for a min or two as it tried to sort out where I was supposed to be looking. Sort of like my brain was being forced to do what it didn't want to do, if that makes sense.
PRetty awesome iruka! Could use strong ervalue contrast. make your shadows slightly darker. Think about values and lighting first for last panel. really try and get a sense of depth. also they cliff came outta nowhere, the forest is right in front of you. If there is a gorge, its needs to be show better.
I think you could get away with it if you, A.) removed a few of the trees from the first panel, and B.) added a few taller trees that reached upwards towards the viewer in the last panel.
Theres just a kind of disconnect as it is now, because she looks like shes in one place at the beginning with trees, and then another different place with no trees at the end.
Colors look nice though, I'm glad to see this progressing so soon.
Contrast and me aren't really friends, I'll try and punch it up as add colors. I'm not sure what I can do about the cliff without redrawing everything, unless you have a suggestion I think i'll leave that alone.
The last panel will have a the green trees on the other side of the clif. I haven't colored them yet, if that helps the transition.
I wonder if you need that chasm. he could just be on a rocky outcrop. If you draw the ground below instead of a weird small crack in the ground then that could work. It like the wings are so legs arent broke. Also draw more of where he is going to land.
compositional this will make for a smoother narrative. As you are showing where he is going to land, and the reader can anticipate.
I have no meaningful crits so I'll go with a nitpick: I don't see any reason for the shift up on panels 3&4 except to create an icky tangent with his wingtip in 6; my brain wants those two insets flush with 2.
This is so, so pretty, though. I always love your colors and your style is overdue for use in some nifty sequential storytelling.
It might make more sense when I scan the next page. Its a stream, and not a crack,
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i'd bring the hands in a little to make them more 'readable' it took a while for me to work it out because you only just barely see the tips of the thumbs
Just a note on consistency, it's hard to see how the trees you see in the last panel could be read to reach up as high as the ones in the last panel, without showing some significantly longer, redwood-length trunks.
Took out the stream which maybe was making it look too deep, which I guess is what prox was saying. maybe that helps:
Linked: http://iruka.iseenothing.com/hunt1coB.jpg
I think you should push the atmospheric haze in the last panel, really accentuate the sense of scale. I love the colors though and the concept. I would love to see more.
This is really pretty. In the last panel, her wings look much much bigger than they do in the first panel though, and seem too big if they are limited to the length of her arm, as the small boxes lead me to believe.
You're right lyrum. I'll go back to it when I can open the file again, which wont be till I close this next page.
Only the rough paints for the second page, here
On Ikages direction, i have been drawing some shapes. Now I'm like, hunting around the house for shapes.
Fug, This book:
I have a couple other books lying around that I also try and cross ref with, but this is my main one for now. I'm hoping to pick up a few more books.
count, thanks. The comics just 7 pages, pretty simple story. its just practice.
I just noticed all the designs you have up on designsbyhumans and oh my crap I am so sad that some of them weren't ever produced because I want to wear them SO BAD
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This is amazing. I love it.
Stuff from the doodle thread:
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Ewa, thanks. I was gonna post the ink sketch and forgot. I think it has alot more energy but it was fun to play with.
Also I changed this up:
mmm standard skull shirt
Also another tee
Somehow, even "Oh, Fuck yes!!" doesn't quite cut it in response to the above quoted images. I'd go ahead and tell you how fucking spectacular I think those are, but that too would still fall short.
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Also, that x inside of that bigger X tee is pretty sweet. I don't usually care for wearing shirts with shit on them, but I'd not only wear, but probably buy that shirt.
EDIT - Is that an actual shirt that I can buy....????
Steam handle: Buckwolfe
My favorite part of the show was listening to Spooky's stories.
more doodles of nia:
And that is nothing but a compliment, just to be clear
One small comment, the panel placement in the first page is...odd. Panels 2-3 look like they should be panels 3-4 because of the whole reading left to right thing... but because they are just a touch higher they look like 2-3. It is a bit confusing but i think if you just flipped that look it would be better.
That said... it isn't a perfect solution because currently your art draws you right to that panel. However, my brain was just confused for a min or two as it tried to sort out where I was supposed to be looking. Sort of like my brain was being forced to do what it didn't want to do, if that makes sense.
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Haven't figured out how to color the last panel with proper distance. Hopefully i'll figure that out while I'm coloring the other 4 before it.
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Theres just a kind of disconnect as it is now, because she looks like shes in one place at the beginning with trees, and then another different place with no trees at the end.
Colors look nice though, I'm glad to see this progressing so soon.
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The last panel will have a the green trees on the other side of the clif. I haven't colored them yet, if that helps the transition.
compositional this will make for a smoother narrative. As you are showing where he is going to land, and the reader can anticipate.
artistjeffc.tumblr.com http://www.etsy.com/shop/artistjeffc
linked, to reduce some clutter in the thread:
http://iruka.iseenothing.com/hunt1coA.jpg
This is so, so pretty, though. I always love your colors and your style is overdue for use in some nifty sequential storytelling.
:^::^::^::^:
i'd bring the hands in a little to make them more 'readable' it took a while for me to work it out because you only just barely see the tips of the thumbs
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Only the rough paints for the second page, here
On Ikages direction, i have been drawing some shapes. Now I'm like, hunting around the house for shapes.
I have a couple other books lying around that I also try and cross ref with, but this is my main one for now. I'm hoping to pick up a few more books.
count, thanks. The comics just 7 pages, pretty simple story. its just practice.
I need to use it.
http://www.designbyhumans.com/vote/detail/62905 is rad as fuck oh my god