Fuel & Fire Comic Pages WIP
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I've been slowly working away at my comic and I'm beginning to gain some awesome momentum. The results are my first hard core page roughs:
You can read my blog post about it here:
http://www.giantmonster.tv/giant/?p=401I wanted to hear from hardcore Layout users if they think I can do all this in Layout. I've tried it when version 6 first came out but it didn't click with me (I found it cumbersome to use). I might need to give it another try. FYI, all the image panels come from 1 single SU file, with multiple cars, and characters repeated over a long flat landscape. The foot print is massive.
My next steps are to layout some tonal tests, and then just jump into final images.
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Wow! That's got some serious action! I can't believe your SketchUp work transcends to the comic layout that well! Incredible!!
We could use your feedback on LayOut. Just send it to me (you know how) when you can, and I'll make sure it gets in front of the right people's eyes.
Great job Monster!! Fantastic!!
- CraigD
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just one word - awesome!
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wow justin, this is just awesome!! so glad you made it to this point
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Thanks guys!
Here's a polished up version of one of the panels:
You can see some of my Maya posing and SU importing on my blog:
http://www.giantmonster.tv/giant/?p=404Once this scene is done, I'll be thinking about creating a SU Style, and putting all the panels into Layout. That Layout test will determine if I use it or not (or consider the next rev). I'm not sure if it can handle all the geometry I have to throw at it.
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That's really interesting, I've been thinking just this week about approaching a local magazine with a comic / illustrative concept. I had my sketchpad out and tried to reacquaint myself with hand drawing. I hadn't actually thought of including sketchup in the production.
Good work.
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I just wanted to add that this is an ongoing process for me, and that the look of the comic might change as I further develop it.
Some things I still need to explore and research:
- Different printing technologies (I'm thinking about some non-traditional binding)
- SketchUp Styles - This is a big one, and will require some serious experimenting. I've read some how to's on creating styles, and they seem simple enough but I just gotta dig in and try it out. In addition I'm gathering some reference to use to help me define the style I'd like to emulate.
- Dialogue text, and bubbles, plus text sound fx. This stuff is going to be tricky, and I want it to look like a traditional comic and not done on the computer per-se. My lettering is poor and I might have to enlist a pro.
- Am I going to use Layout or Photoshop to create each page? It's likely that I'll use both, but how much will I lean on Layout?
- Overall tones and coloring of the book. It's not going to be in color, but the tonal values are just as important. I'd like to create something that I can tweak to further the visual storytelling.
If anyone has any thoughts on this I'm all ears.
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hi, i hope u dont mind, i had a go at a quick brush/smudge in photoshop to one of your images, its a very quick technique that u could use i found that combining with the su rending works well
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Hey Archi! That's cool! I'm not sure I want to go through all that work to color and shape the images. That will take me ages!
I personally like the "flatness" of some of my test images I've been doing. It actually embodies the story theme because the terrain of this world (Earth of the 'future') is flat and dry.
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This is just great stuff
Very refreshing to see this extraordinary work and truely great to see real artists integrating SU in their workflow.Must keep my eye on this one.
Cheers,
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so how do you think you're going to do the text? i forgot about that portion...
(ps.. i'm a pretty good with lettering
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Jason, believe it or not, I wouldn't mind having someone do it by hand. So if you think you're up to it, we should talk. It'll have to wait a little since I'm early in the process, and my mind only has room for 2 things at once, and this is number 5 on that list
But we will definitely discuss!
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sounds good, justin.. i'm always looking for something different to do (damn short attention span)
keep the updates coming.
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You and me both, brother!
Must... stay on target...!
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New versions:
Notes:
- Hugh model posed in all frames.
- Basic posing of the hero Hunter creature done.
- All background Hunters will need to be added.
- Visual FX not started (smoke, dirt, tire tracks etc.)
- Basic shading will be decided during rendering phase.
During the final render phase and polish in SketchUp (which will wait until the entire book is roughed), I’ll be determining shadow tones, dialogue placement, and any extra rendering elements.
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Thanks for the mention in CatchUp Coen!
As I take a breather and review all the work up til now, I still have many questions that need to be answered. Thanks for all the support by you and the rest on this forum. More to come.
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Brothers, and Sisters,
MS is pure inspiration.
I've got this whole awesome deal -- time consuming, and of course powerful, but what the Jack bird is new about that?
Durant "I'll draw your mutant little kids then" Hapke
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