Shading

[Halfwing Aeon]

well since i dont have a scanner i had to steal some of jans art, specificaly the sketch of him on an island, i only did small amount of it (just the bird) and decided to go with a cellshaded style, it looks horrible...

jans bird:

my bird:

[Jan Medi]

- I find that hilarious. There goes my old glove...IN COLOR!
- I think that's better than my earlier starts at coloring. Anyone remember those?
- Here's something I always noticed. Whenever I see comics that are just starting (experience wise) they always use sharp brushes at first.
- So how long did it take?

[Halfwing Aeon]

inking filling and shadding all took 3 hours.


i will never give you s**t ever again... i promise.


then again it Was a very rough sketch, that probably didnt make it any easier, and alot of the time was just figuring out how to do it.

This post has been edited by Halfwing Aeon on Jan 8 2009, 05:55 PM

[Jan Medi]

- Do you want my pencil sketch of Agent Cole? I would like to see how long it takes you. Those Info page pictures I span over 2 days.
- I am definitely faster now that I was 1 year ago. If you look at the calendar archives...no I'm not (I was on fire in June). But I know I'm doing more intricate things. Like look at the site or all the textures, shading, better proportions and animation I can pull off now.
- Now you're next step is to find out a pattern. You're right, a lot of time is used up planning. Which I wish I would have a absolute image in my mind and know the steps I'm going to take before I start drawing. Come up with a routine that you can follow each time. The constant practice will make you faster.

[Halfwing Aeon]

sure ill take a sketch

it will be good practice, however im not doing fur, im just shading him green

[Jan Medi]

- Here you go: Link. It's not quite the original scan. I shrunk it and compressed it a little because I'm paranoid about uploading my originals.
- Don't feel like texturizing the fur? How about the clothes? If you look at my Info page drawings, I try make fabric and wrinkles.

[Halfwing Aeon]

actually after im done do you mind if i set that up as my av? at least until i have a few characters in my comic?

[Halfwing Aeon]

on to shading, that took a half hour

[Jan Medi]

- OK...But I'm going to take the time to type up this huge post on all the differences between the way we colored it.

[Halfwing Aeon]

another half hour, so the whole think took me only an hour. im happy with that. also instead of cell-shading i used the built in inner shadow effect, im happy with that too. this IS the style i will be using with my comic.

[Jan Medi]

- Aw man. Innershadow. I know that effect well. Before I started this comic I used that effect all the time. I thought it would save time. Then I realized, the shadows make no sense. It assumes every line is an edge and shades off that.
- You forgot the lasersight on the gun. Also, some lines weren't transferred correctly (Wrist and side left leg pocket). When inking, don't follow the pencil. Pencils are flawed. Make variations based off what you know it'll look like. Like notice how I make lines thicker/thinner and end as a sharp edge.

[Halfwing Aeon]

eh my pencils are alot simpler since i dont really worry about proportions to much...

jan you linked from comicgen, you should know better then that, it wont show up.

This post has been edited by Halfwing Aeon on Jan 8 2009, 09:05 PM

[murdockpt]

that coloring style doesnt work with the drawing style halfwing...

mind if i give it a shot jan?

[Jan Medi]

- Sure, just go click the link I posted above for my penciled scan. Let's see if you can outdo Halfwing. Who's will be closest to the original?
- And stop asking me for permission. Just do it. I typically just allow anyone to do anything.

[murdockpt]

ur scan SUCKS! its a pain in the buttocks to clean up >.<