Hey guys. 8 Bit Dreams is my first comic I've ever tried to attempt, so excuse the artwork and lack of funny.
Please tell me how I can improve for further strips and storylines!
Thanks !
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Darth Mongoose
at 9:04AM, Oct. 19, 2007
Okay, well, so far as I see, the scripting doesn't really need much work at all. I was pleasantly surprised to see it's a sprite comic with decent dialogue that has good spelling and stuff! I also like the idea of using space invaders sprites. Novel and different. Really marks it out from all those sonic/mario/FF/pokemon comics.
For changes, it's mainly just the overall polish of the comic that needs a little work.
1. Change the font. You can afford to make the type a few points smaller in size. It'll still be legible and will make pages less crowded looking. Look for a plainer font. Popular comics fonts are 'anime ace' and 'markerman' (try googling these).
2. Tidy up the speech bubbles. There should be tutorials on how to do this in the 'tips and tricks' section of the forums here, or in the 'tutorials' part of the site. Keep the coloured outlines on the bubbles, they're useful for telling apart the similar looking space invaders, but maybe tone down the colours just a little? The red is painfully bright.
3. Plan out pages more so that the panels are more effective with space. Bigger panels when there's more dialogue/more going on/a more important moment. Try to plan where you'll be putting speech a bit more so that the layout looks tidier.
For changes, it's mainly just the overall polish of the comic that needs a little work.
1. Change the font. You can afford to make the type a few points smaller in size. It'll still be legible and will make pages less crowded looking. Look for a plainer font. Popular comics fonts are 'anime ace' and 'markerman' (try googling these).
2. Tidy up the speech bubbles. There should be tutorials on how to do this in the 'tips and tricks' section of the forums here, or in the 'tutorials' part of the site. Keep the coloured outlines on the bubbles, they're useful for telling apart the similar looking space invaders, but maybe tone down the colours just a little? The red is painfully bright.
3. Plan out pages more so that the panels are more effective with space. Bigger panels when there's more dialogue/more going on/a more important moment. Try to plan where you'll be putting speech a bit more so that the layout looks tidier.
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