10-09-2019, 11:29 AM
@Rotohail:
It crossed my mind to make the inktober husky guy a giant but I couldn't decide on this. Maybe I should have. His looking down seems to lead to this naturally indeed.
I was really dry of any idea for the inktober freeze until I suddenly remembered the experiment when they deep froze water bears and woke them up thirty years later: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/art...-lay-eggs/ . I should have included the link with the image, you're right.
I totally see your point about the panel rhythm. I was trying to set up a slide show type of comic similar to the one here: https://turbointeractive.fr/episode-1/ (Select the language, click in the center of the image to go full screen and use the right and left keyboard arrows to read.) I didn't use the tricks that this medium allows because it wouldn't show here, and I'm still torn between this and the endless scrolling down medium (no pages).
I also see your point about the dialog. Here I was torn between two contradictory needs: This being the first scene, I have to include introductory panels of the characters; and the need for conciseness. As for showing the character's shapeshifting, I was torn again between the mystery and the explicit (introductory material); the former won.
I will probably redo the first scene several times. I did at least ten versions of it years ago XD So I appreciate immensely your feedback on it, it helps me put all the doubts into words. I have not read the whole of Scott McCloud but I did read about comics from various sources, it's a very complex matter that has never ceased to haunt me even during my long break away from anything art-related.
Doing layouts (storyboards) is actually what I ended up doing exclusively when I was slowly giving up on my comics. It was a way to work fast while still staying connected. After that I started looking for artists to collaborate on the projects - and this proved quite a challenge too.
Thanks a ton for all your feedback!
@Ash:
Lovely bears, aren't they? :D Thank you!
So, study I said, study I do - as painful as it is to start again:
Inktober. This is supposed to be digital diluted ink but I'm not sure:
It crossed my mind to make the inktober husky guy a giant but I couldn't decide on this. Maybe I should have. His looking down seems to lead to this naturally indeed.
I was really dry of any idea for the inktober freeze until I suddenly remembered the experiment when they deep froze water bears and woke them up thirty years later: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/art...-lay-eggs/ . I should have included the link with the image, you're right.
I totally see your point about the panel rhythm. I was trying to set up a slide show type of comic similar to the one here: https://turbointeractive.fr/episode-1/ (Select the language, click in the center of the image to go full screen and use the right and left keyboard arrows to read.) I didn't use the tricks that this medium allows because it wouldn't show here, and I'm still torn between this and the endless scrolling down medium (no pages).
I also see your point about the dialog. Here I was torn between two contradictory needs: This being the first scene, I have to include introductory panels of the characters; and the need for conciseness. As for showing the character's shapeshifting, I was torn again between the mystery and the explicit (introductory material); the former won.
I will probably redo the first scene several times. I did at least ten versions of it years ago XD So I appreciate immensely your feedback on it, it helps me put all the doubts into words. I have not read the whole of Scott McCloud but I did read about comics from various sources, it's a very complex matter that has never ceased to haunt me even during my long break away from anything art-related.
Doing layouts (storyboards) is actually what I ended up doing exclusively when I was slowly giving up on my comics. It was a way to work fast while still staying connected. After that I started looking for artists to collaborate on the projects - and this proved quite a challenge too.
Thanks a ton for all your feedback!
@Ash:
Lovely bears, aren't they? :D Thank you!
So, study I said, study I do - as painful as it is to start again:
Inktober. This is supposed to be digital diluted ink but I'm not sure: