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 Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 10:17 pm
This is a colaboration work with gaarasgirl.
What is done so far:
Cover Page, basic outline for page 1.
Links to comic:
Cover Page: http://auroracelestine.deviantart.com/#/d4ods0b
Page 1: http://auroracelestine.deviantart.com/#/d4pngw0
So yeah, comments and questions would be good. This is the first time we are attempting something like this so feedback would be amazing.
Thanks.
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:17 pm
Looks pretty good. The rust on the shutters (is that rust?) looks a little to uniform, and the wall could have used a bit more detail (maybe some riot bars, or a gutter?). Those are really just nitpicks though. It establishes an oppressive, Dystopian setting, the statue in the background shows the wide-scale social division, and establishes the antagonist as having some sort of god complex.
Good work!
You could have also added a fan spinning slowly in front of a light source. I hear those are all the rage these days.
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:04 pm
Maltese_Falcon91 Looks pretty good. The rust on the shutters (is that rust?) looks a little to uniform, and the wall could have used a bit more detail (maybe some riot bars, or a gutter?). Those are really just nitpicks though. It establishes an oppressive, Dystopian setting, the statue in the background shows the wide-scale social division, and establishes the antagonist as having some sort of god complex. Good work! You could have also added a fan spinning slowly in front of a light source. I hear those are all the rage these days.Yeah, details arn't always my cup of tea. I'm working on it though. Oh, and that isn't rust on the shutters, its wood blinds. If I had thought of it, I could have used a real wood texture, but GIMP always seems to tweak out on me when I do. Thanks for the tips.
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:11 pm
AuroraCelestine Yeah, details arn't always my cup of tea. I'm working on it though. Oh, and that isn't rust on the shutters, its wood blinds. If I had thought of it, I could have used a real wood texture, but GIMP always seems to tweak out on me when I do. Thanks for the tips. That explains it. The shutters are sort of coloured similarly too the rust, so I guess that's why I was confused. I wouldn't obsess over the details too much, you're art is already eye catching, and your art will improve as you go along. How are you trying to apply these textures? With an overlay?
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 12:53 am
Maltese_Falcon91 AuroraCelestine Yeah, details arn't always my cup of tea. I'm working on it though. Oh, and that isn't rust on the shutters, its wood blinds. If I had thought of it, I could have used a real wood texture, but GIMP always seems to tweak out on me when I do. Thanks for the tips. That explains it. The shutters are sort of coloured similarly too the rust, so I guess that's why I was confused. I wouldn't obsess over the details too much, you're art is already eye catching, and your art will improve as you go along. How are you trying to apply these textures? With an overlay? I import the texture as a picture, then cut out the shape I need. What ussually happens is that the new layer I create is completely white with the textured shape in the middle. I then have to carefully erase all the white by hand without erasing the texture. To do all that for just some blinds, I decided to leave it out this time. I am sure there is a better way, I just don't know of one.
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:06 am
AuroraCelestine I import the texture as a picture, then cut out the shape I need. What ussually happens is that the new layer I create is completely white with the textured shape in the middle. I then have to carefully erase all the white by hand without erasing the texture. To do all that for just some blinds, I decided to leave it out this time. I am sure there is a better way, I just don't know of one. There is. Make a new layer, and make it all black. Make another layer and draw white and colour in your shutters. Merge them together and you've got a layer mask you can use to hide all the white you don't want. I can send you a PM with the tutorial, if you want. Who knows, it might end up saving you a lot of time in the future.
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 2:19 pm
Maltese_Falcon91 AuroraCelestine I import the texture as a picture, then cut out the shape I need. What ussually happens is that the new layer I create is completely white with the textured shape in the middle. I then have to carefully erase all the white by hand without erasing the texture. To do all that for just some blinds, I decided to leave it out this time. I am sure there is a better way, I just don't know of one. There is. Make a new layer, and make it all black. Make another layer and draw white and colour in your shutters. Merge them together and you've got a layer mask you can use to hide all the white you don't want. I can send you a PM with the tutorial, if you want. Who knows, it might end up saving you a lot of time in the future. A tutorial with pictures would be really helpful, thank you.
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 4:52 pm
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:03 pm
Yeah, I had a feeling that there might be some people who thought it sounded like the magazine, but the name has nothing to do with it and if there was anything the same between covers it was unintentional. Thanks for pointing that out though.
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:34 pm
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