Transmission 6 - Life Lessons - Section A
Jun 12, 2021
You'll note a change in style this time around. This episode marks my first real attempt to produce the strip on a more professional basis, and so I think the quality is much improved. I also began experimenting with different and quicker ways to use colour. The previous story had taken me ages to produce, laboriously slaving away on a PC using paint-shop pro to colour hand-drawn pages. By contrast, Life Lessons was the first story which I produced completely on my tablet using a drawing app - media-bang paint. The switch allowed me to draw direct to computer, quickly and actually with much more confidence; with everything in layers mistakes could be worked and reworked until they looked almost right (it was still early days) without having to scrap a page and start again. i also experimented with drawing one panel per 'sheet' of paper which produced more defined and intricate drawings but also took a lot longer. On the other hand, the decision to use one colour definitely made things quicker. The use of just one colour (excluding the tones of black and white) is an old-fashioned technique often used in the days of cheap comics and probably so old it's new (at least I hope so). However, it wasn't long until I started layering more colours until now I'm back to square one with the long process ... still, all that's to come. For now, I hope you enjoy the (I hope) slicker, more professional new panels.
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Thanks for the explanation! Its really interesting to see your style evolve
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