I've been here for a little over a year.
With stuff going on, i'm going to actually take this thing... mildly... seriously.
Seen some great work here, and a bit of everywhere.
Now, i'd like to here what people think of my stuff, despite how little of it i have here. :3
going away - Hey Everyone Look What I Did!
[plug][crit] ADvent Wings
JazmynBLITZMoon
at 9:02PM, Aug. 22, 2010
last edited on July 14, 2011 1:07PM
Kallisti
at 2:46PM, Aug. 23, 2010
Ok, first the good:
Your art is very nice. Good choices in color, good use of multiple shades to give a nearly cell-shaded appearance, overall solid composition. It looks like you're using an MS-Paint or similar program, and probably working it far above/beyond what limits it was intended to do, and for that serious kudos.
Now, some indifferent:
If you're going to post on forums such as these (this is a rule for almost ALL forums, I don't know about DD specifically as I'm fairly new here myself) do up a banner sig that has a link to your comic... especially if you want people to review/critique it.
And finally... the bad:
Your font work is terrible. I'm sorry, there's no nice way to sugar-coat this. It's abysmal. Look at your most current comic, the "perfect landing" one - the pseudo-handwritten fonts for the 'mysterious voice-over' commentary are practically illegible. Even when you're not using a bad font like that, your letters are frequently crashing into the outside of the word balloons - in the last panel, the script words along the bottom are frequently crashing into the borders, and you ACTUALLY HAVE THE WORD HAPPENED STICKING PART-WAY OUT OF THE BALLOON.
Sorry. It's just, words are important. Words in comics have to fill two very different roles, ideally at once... first and arguably foremost, they have to be readable. Pictures may say a thousand words, but the words also say words, and if people can't read them, then why bother? Secondly, because they appear as part of the comic, they become part of the comic - they become art. Font selection, word placement, word balloons are all part of the art, and need to have as much care placed in them as you do to any of the other art you present.
If you tell me what painting program you're using, I might be able to help tweak the settings to get better appearance, as well as suggest a few font websites that can get you the same general effect you're looking for but with better results.
Your art is very nice. Good choices in color, good use of multiple shades to give a nearly cell-shaded appearance, overall solid composition. It looks like you're using an MS-Paint or similar program, and probably working it far above/beyond what limits it was intended to do, and for that serious kudos.
Now, some indifferent:
If you're going to post on forums such as these (this is a rule for almost ALL forums, I don't know about DD specifically as I'm fairly new here myself) do up a banner sig that has a link to your comic... especially if you want people to review/critique it.
And finally... the bad:
Your font work is terrible. I'm sorry, there's no nice way to sugar-coat this. It's abysmal. Look at your most current comic, the "perfect landing" one - the pseudo-handwritten fonts for the 'mysterious voice-over' commentary are practically illegible. Even when you're not using a bad font like that, your letters are frequently crashing into the outside of the word balloons - in the last panel, the script words along the bottom are frequently crashing into the borders, and you ACTUALLY HAVE THE WORD HAPPENED STICKING PART-WAY OUT OF THE BALLOON.
Sorry. It's just, words are important. Words in comics have to fill two very different roles, ideally at once... first and arguably foremost, they have to be readable. Pictures may say a thousand words, but the words also say words, and if people can't read them, then why bother? Secondly, because they appear as part of the comic, they become part of the comic - they become art. Font selection, word placement, word balloons are all part of the art, and need to have as much care placed in them as you do to any of the other art you present.
If you tell me what painting program you're using, I might be able to help tweak the settings to get better appearance, as well as suggest a few font websites that can get you the same general effect you're looking for but with better results.
last edited on July 14, 2011 1:13PM
JazmynBLITZMoon
at 5:39AM, Oct. 9, 2010
XD. Thank you for your kind words, and the help. I'm running back and forth between photoshop and MS Paint, and get a little lazy sometimes. I want certain effects, but get *blaurgh!* instead. thanks once again, and I'll keep that in mind. :3
last edited on July 14, 2011 1:07PM
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