Joined Jul 2015 Columbus, Ohio
Artist of many trades: Illustration, 3D Modeling, Game Development, and more. I'm here to bring you my comic series "From Greatness to Dust and Back Again".
Tools
Photoshop CS5.5, Blender, ZBrush, Intuos Pro 5 M tablet
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Hello all,
Sorry I haven't been on here in a very long time. I didn't like the direction my story was headed (the plot wasn't solidified at the time and I made choices I wanted to go back and change), and with a full time job I didn't have the energy to keep drawing.
I have been back at my notebooks re-envisioning the story and characters. Soon I will start publishing content again- but I'm considering more of a written text approach with some illustration to support. Not sure if that would be appropriate for this platform.
Sorry I haven't been on here in a very long time. I didn't like the direction my story was headed (the plot wasn't solidified at the time and I made choices I wanted to go back and change), and with a full time job I didn't have the energy to keep drawing.
I have been back at my notebooks re-envisioning the story and characters. Soon I will start publishing content again- but I'm considering more of a written text approach with some illustration to support. Not sure if that would be appropriate for this platform.
Here's a rough mockup in unity of a way my comic's game might appear. I'm not sure yet if I like the style or the color/lighting.
While I am still working on my comic as usual, I had an idea that I can't shake now- making my comic interactive instead. I'm thinking of a visual novel / point & click sort of game where you take the role of Marija and live out the plot and experience the world and characters. Not clear on how I want it to work yet- but I am definitely open to ideas and suggestions.
something I think would be cool would be interacting with the facility environment. Maybe like opening a door to a lab or maybe like accessing a monitor file
yeah that would be fun. I'm starting to explore more ideas in my head about how the game would work. Making the story a bit less "constrained" to the written script I already have and allowing the player's choices to really matter. I also want the option for the player to take their time and see the world- even if it's off the plot path. I'm thinking of ideas for things like puzzles and maybe a "mood" system to reflect how the character feels about your choices so far.
I'm all moved in to my new place and I'm back in action. I also took a short break to learn some new things and tinker with a few other projects.
To warm up back into the drawing rhythm, I drew my characters in the style of a game I found very inspiring (don't spoil it for me, I haven't beat it yet)
To warm up back into the drawing rhythm, I drew my characters in the style of a game I found very inspiring (don't spoil it for me, I haven't beat it yet)
I've finished some tests with a new B&W style for my comic going forward. I think it looks pretty acceptable, and it's certainly much easier for me to produce. I'm excited to get to work knowing that it won't burn me out and I can spend more time telling the story! For those of you who really enjoy my painted panels, don't worry- I'll still be doing them for the important scenes. I'll also try to incorporate color washes and tones for scenes that require more emotion and mood.
What do you think?
What do you think?
yeah I think that sounds like a good idea actually!
I really like the colored version but in cases like this, we need to see what's more viable. If you don't mind a suggestion, I think the thick lineart gives it a cartoon feeling, so probably making it thinner would be better imo... But that's good anyway. And be careful with that moire. Try applying the screentones only after downsizing the image.
I work at a high resolution now (in the hopes I might print it some day), and I'd hate to have to shade it twice, but I do know exactly what you mean about downsizing the screentone. That, and some other things I have to experiment with- illustrations that aren't paintings are hard for me to make NOT look cartoony given my animation education lol!
haha I see
I agree though, I do have to nail down a more serious looking line art technique, especially for the other comic series I'm going to do sometime based in the same story-world (it's going to be a horror comic).
I'm trying to decide if I want to move forward with the comic in mostly a black/white graphic style for most of the story with occasional pops of color, and only do the fully illustrated panels for really important scenes. I hate to not have every panel fully painted, but it takes a lot of time and energy to produce pages that way and my story will never get done. I'm not exactly sure how I want to do the graphic style though because I'm not the biggest fan of my own lineart techniques.
Use this opportunity here to try new things. I'm changing the dimensions I use to draw the pages, for example, and I'll see if I can use screentones this time. Making it completely colored takes too much time, so I think it'd be a good idea to go grayscale now.
there he is! thanks for remembering me
You're welcome =) Keep up the good work ;)
Happy holidays everyone. My "peak" season at work has ended, and after a few days of rest, I can finally get back to work on my comic! See you soon.
Happy holidays!
Hey all, I've decided that since I haven't updated in a couple months, and I am currently in "peak" season at my full-time job (60 hours a week), that I will call it a hiatus until the beginning of 2017 when I finally get my life and free-time back. Just want to let you all know I'm still here and I'm still making my comic. I hope you all can look forward to updates again in January!
See you again soon!
See you again soon!
Well, glad to hear the transition is working out at least. I'll look forward to the updates
Hey man..just saw your comic.. great stuff .. keep it up:D
