http://www.drunkduck.com/Psychodialetical/ This is my first attempt at a comic-book. The premiere story is called "The Sentinel". It's about the Reality War between the Chaosics, The Sentinel, his father and the meddling pan governmental D.O.A (Department of Anomalies). Only six pages long so far but most of the groundwork is laid...explanations and background will be fed in along the way. Hope you like it! I need some guidance and/or comments so please have a look in and e-mail/comment it if you can.
Thanks,
Andy.
going away - Hey Everyone Look What I Did!
[plug] [critic] PSYCHODIALETICAL
andykiss4ever
at 6:39PM, July 10, 2007
last edited on July 14, 2011 10:52AM
ReincarnatedParano
at 11:56AM, July 15, 2007
A very interesting title. And first of all, I'm surprised that a comic of such artistic skill has gone unnoticed here! I hope this will change soon!
Well, that was my first impression of the comic. You certainly do have some awesome drawing skills, with people, background and shading techniques, and the first page is very dynamic. However, it seems that you add text in MS Paint? I keep saying this to people and I feel bad for it, but MS Paint is a program seldom used by professional comic artists. Programs such as PhotoShop are much more preferred; although it is for advanced users, it can work wonders for your material.
The creation of the first page is also intriguing. It seems that you draw all the panels separately, then arrange them on the computer? A very original and interesting technique, and one worth pursuing.
A beautiful second page. I just love your style. Well done for outlining the speech bubble in black - keep to doing that, even if the background is dark. Make sure that the bubble stands out from the image.
Third page... The 'and then both Sean and Seraphim are gone' text is inserted as a speech bubble, and mislead me to think that a different character was saying that. When writing descriptions, keep to writing them within rectangular shapes - that way, the reader can differentiate between description and speech.
Also, try adding more dynamic shots to your images. Reading it, I'm seeing it as a sort of slideshow with dialogue. Try to make so that it seems like screenshots from a movie.
Also, keep your copying of previous images to an absolute minimum. People tend to call this 'cheating.'
And suddenly there's colour on this page, which contrasts with the black and white of the rest of the comic. Try to stick to either full colour or B&W.
Next page... Oh, the art is just beautiful. Nice use of computer graphics on this page.
(And God, I wish my comic's prologue was that short, haha!)
I'm sorry, one thing I have to ask... Why are most of the women naked? ^^;
Overall, the art of this comic is very impressive and I'm certainly seeing improves both in skill and use of computer editing as it goes along. Please, keep it up!
Well, that was my first impression of the comic. You certainly do have some awesome drawing skills, with people, background and shading techniques, and the first page is very dynamic. However, it seems that you add text in MS Paint? I keep saying this to people and I feel bad for it, but MS Paint is a program seldom used by professional comic artists. Programs such as PhotoShop are much more preferred; although it is for advanced users, it can work wonders for your material.
The creation of the first page is also intriguing. It seems that you draw all the panels separately, then arrange them on the computer? A very original and interesting technique, and one worth pursuing.
A beautiful second page. I just love your style. Well done for outlining the speech bubble in black - keep to doing that, even if the background is dark. Make sure that the bubble stands out from the image.
Third page... The 'and then both Sean and Seraphim are gone' text is inserted as a speech bubble, and mislead me to think that a different character was saying that. When writing descriptions, keep to writing them within rectangular shapes - that way, the reader can differentiate between description and speech.
Also, try adding more dynamic shots to your images. Reading it, I'm seeing it as a sort of slideshow with dialogue. Try to make so that it seems like screenshots from a movie.
Also, keep your copying of previous images to an absolute minimum. People tend to call this 'cheating.'
And suddenly there's colour on this page, which contrasts with the black and white of the rest of the comic. Try to stick to either full colour or B&W.
Next page... Oh, the art is just beautiful. Nice use of computer graphics on this page.
(And God, I wish my comic's prologue was that short, haha!)
I'm sorry, one thing I have to ask... Why are most of the women naked? ^^;
Overall, the art of this comic is very impressive and I'm certainly seeing improves both in skill and use of computer editing as it goes along. Please, keep it up!
last edited on July 14, 2011 3:04PM
Darth Mongoose
at 1:14AM, July 16, 2007
Wow. That is some old skool artwork! And I don't mean that in a bad way, it feels like classic Kirby from the 60s. Certainly stands out. I notice a certain stiffness however. The characters aren't expressive facially or bodily, and they feel very posed. Try to loosen up the bodies and faces, and it will look less like a collection of drawings from a classical life drawing class and more like a comic. Try to settle on a more consistent style too, if possible, you keep switching between classical style, realism and old comic book stylised looking faces and bodies. Have you considered experimenting with drawing the whole thing as a comic on one piece of paper? It'd allow you to be more efficient with space, more imaginative with layout and you'd be able to do things like have characters 'pop' out of borders. It's not for everybody, but it work for some people.
A better editing program, as Para said above, would definitely help, particularly since you seem to be drawing everything separately then editing it all together.
It looks like the inking has gone fuzzy in places and you've had to replace it with rather less nice lines in mspaint or something. You may need a better scanner, or try scanning in at a higher dpi setting (like 300) then shrinking the image down.
Speaking of shrinking images down, your pages are just a little bit too big. Remember that the lowest desktop resolution for most people is 800x600, so avoid having a comic over 800px wide. 600-700px wide will look much better on the screen.
A better editing program, as Para said above, would definitely help, particularly since you seem to be drawing everything separately then editing it all together.
It looks like the inking has gone fuzzy in places and you've had to replace it with rather less nice lines in mspaint or something. You may need a better scanner, or try scanning in at a higher dpi setting (like 300) then shrinking the image down.
Speaking of shrinking images down, your pages are just a little bit too big. Remember that the lowest desktop resolution for most people is 800x600, so avoid having a comic over 800px wide. 600-700px wide will look much better on the screen.
last edited on July 14, 2011 12:08PM
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