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by Joel
Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:31 am
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: Webpage Clutter?
Replies: 12
Views: 2850

Re: Webpage Clutter?

the blog proportion is still readable.

It looks a lot better now. and I don't really think that the right side is that cluttered.

If you still want to free it up, you could make a link page, instead of listing the links below your vote buttons.
by Joel
Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:45 pm
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: Webpage Clutter?
Replies: 12
Views: 2850

Re: Webpage Clutter?

maybe making the width of the blog section a bit narrower.
by Joel
Mon Jul 21, 2008 12:03 am
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: Honest Criticism (warning: not for the faint of heart.)
Replies: 12
Views: 2308

Re: Honest Criticism (warning: not for the faint of heart.)

One thing I'd say you should work on is either scanning or image compression. I can't tell which. All your pages have tiny dots on them.

And sizing. It's really hard to read when you have to scroll both vertically and horizontally.
by Joel
Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:41 am
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: crit request: character portrait
Replies: 8
Views: 1199

Re: crit request: character portrait

fixed some things and changed the background a bit.

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by Joel
Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:12 pm
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: Tradtional media-does anyone give a crap anymore?
Replies: 21
Views: 5962

Re: Tradtional media-does anyone give a crap anymore?

I use both traditional and digital for my comic. I use grays and wash to keep the colors from becoming too pizza-ish. I'd take it that you're using prismacolors. I'd also suggest trying out the different sides of the chisel tip. Cause for the princess's hair, the shading seems really blocky. Another...
by Joel
Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:54 pm
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: crit request: character portrait
Replies: 8
Views: 1199

Re: crit request: character portrait

another shot at it.

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added more blue in the jacket, since you didn't notice it in the first picture.
For the background, I don't really intend to keep it at that.
by Joel
Tue Jul 08, 2008 3:53 pm
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: crit request: character portrait
Replies: 8
Views: 1199

crit request: character portrait

I was half inspired by the GTA 4 concept art, for this. And I feel like doing a series for like character profiles. Something feels off. I don't know if it's because I'm not used to working without black lineart. Or the contrast between her pale skin tone and the black. Or something else. http://www...
by Joel
Sat Jul 05, 2008 8:30 am
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: How do I draw a comic?
Replies: 6
Views: 1159

Re: How do I draw a comic?

I set aside specific time intervals in which I am to do my comic, and nothing else, and essentially summon up the force of will to force myself to do it. It's probably not the best thing to do, but I find that having a very concrete schedule and an extremely serious attitude towards a regular updat...
by Joel
Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:39 am
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: How do I draw a comic?
Replies: 6
Views: 1159

Re: How do I draw a comic?

instead of posting your comics once you're done, instead make a schedule for it?
Like have the pages be posted like once or twice a week.

That way, if you go on a spree, and then give it a rest, the viewers won't be able to tell that you're taking time off.
by Joel
Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:34 am
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: My Art! What Merits Improvement?
Replies: 15
Views: 2385

Re: My Art! What Merits Improvement?

cleaning up some of the lines would help a lot with the detailed scenes. like for chapter 2, page 1, the bottom panels look really flat. Especially the one on the left. There's too much going on for me to tell what is happening in the picture. as mentioned before, thicker lines would help add depth....
by Joel
Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:31 pm
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: Does anyone actually read "History" Pages?
Replies: 14
Views: 2352

Re: Does anyone actually read "History" Pages?

another thing that I'd want to say, seeing how most people here prefer not to read them/ suggest not doing them. like working on a web comic, you have to enjoy making the history page. I'm making one because I like to make one, not if I'm wondering if you would read it or not. I'm going to use me fo...
by Joel
Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:24 am
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: Does anyone actually read "History" Pages?
Replies: 14
Views: 2352

Re: Does anyone actually read "History" Pages?

I read them, because I find them to be cool.

For my comic, I'm making a wiki-style encyclopedia.
Having it all on one page seems way too much for a reader to read.
All though I only update that as the story progresses, so I don't leave any spoilers behind.
by Joel
Fri Jun 06, 2008 10:27 pm
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: Critiques for new comic
Replies: 13
Views: 1924

Re: Critiques for new comic

one thing that bugs me is how the faces stand out too much from the rest of the art work.

I don't know if that was done intentionally or not.

Other than that, it looks really good and really interesting. keep up the work.
by Joel
Sun May 25, 2008 2:27 pm
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: Digital vs. pen and paper -- a.k.a tools of the trade
Replies: 62
Views: 15831

Re: Digital vs. pen and paper -- a.k.a tools of the trade

I prefer ink and paper. I tried using a tablet itself, but it was really time consuming. Especially with backgrounds. My peeve with the tablet for backgrounds was not being able to use a ruler for the perspective and all that stuff, which is another reason I prefer ink and paper. I think that would ...
by Joel
Sat May 26, 2007 10:36 am
Forum: Help Center
Topic: front page help
Replies: 11
Views: 456

ok, i'll start from the beginning. first i got the page, homepage.html, set up and ready to go then i uploaded that page into /workspace/webpages/ then i ran a regular update after the update i checked if all the links one homepage.html worked then i went to the comic data to change the "If not inde...
by Joel
Sat May 26, 2007 12:11 am
Forum: Help Center
Topic: front page help
Replies: 11
Views: 456

eh... nope, nothing has changed.
by Joel
Thu May 24, 2007 10:31 pm
Forum: Help Center
Topic: front page help
Replies: 11
Views: 456

okay, so i did set up the new page, named that homepage.html i uploaded it to the /webpages folder on the ftp, then i ran an update, and checked if the links on homepage.html worked, here i haven't changed index.html to homepage.html. so everything looks fine, i go into the comic data, change index....
by Joel
Thu May 24, 2007 10:02 am
Forum: Help Center
Topic: front page help
Replies: 11
Views: 456

yea, in simpler terms, i want to change the index, but it's not working for me somehow...

where's your original post because the link that you gave links me to the reply section.
by Joel
Wed May 23, 2007 6:04 pm
Forum: Help Center
Topic: front page help
Replies: 11
Views: 456

front page help

so i'm trying to set up a front page kinda thing on my site. first I edited the index page to be the front page, but when I click the today's comic button, it sends me back to the front page rather than the page that should have the comic. Then I decided that i'll make a seperate page to be the fron...
by Joel
Thu May 03, 2007 10:16 pm
Forum: Technique Tips and Tricks
Topic: wargh! pin-up
Replies: 2
Views: 233

Mercury Hat wrote:Wrong way around: Imageshack blocks us. We think it's because people in some subforums kept using them to post porn which is against their TOS.
D:

oh well, coloring in progress
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