Opinions please

Drugsmugglingcartoonist · Sun Nov 11, 2007 10:58 pm

I'm producing my art the old fashioned way, by hand but with markers. Now I'm wondering, for my night stuff whether a little modern post production is needed on streeet lights, car lights, stars and the like in form of a little airbrush in photoshop.

I'm preparing this print for early next year so I really need to decide now on this. Yay or nay?:-?

Mysticela · Post by **Mysticela** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:04 am

WOW! Your inking work is amazing! You don't need to change a thing! ^_^ Most of the effects you have there look like it was done in photoshop... wow

**starts clapping**

Spike tailer · Post by **Spike tailer** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:56 am

This one is good man...

Bustertheclown · Post by **Bustertheclown** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:16 am

I like the muted tones of the lighting effects as they are. No need to get too fancy with it. It works well. So, I vote for keeping it the way it is.

RentAThug · Post by **RentAThug** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:41 pm

I would leave it like it is. Anything fancy with photoshop will just make it seem out of place, I think.

Drugsmugglingcartoonist · Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:50 am

That's reassuring. Am beginning to prepare files for a printed version but a mate raised the thought that the presentation might be dragged back cause it's a little rough and lacks the finesse of the many other comics that are out there.

Fishies · Post by **Fishies** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:25 pm

Yeah, it looks really good the way you have it now. I don't think it needs to be any fancier.

YKA · Post by **YKA** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:37 am

Very, very good.
In the first panels, maybe a little bit too much close-ups, we would like to see the exterior of the car a little bit sooner. But I don't know how I would've done it. Without changing the lay-out. And I wouldn' want to change the lay-out because it is so great.
The colouring ist just great and perfectly suited to the story and the art. Anything fancier would just muddle it up.
Very, very good work.

GeorgeComics · Post by **GeorgeComics** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:52 pm

If it's a little "rough" and "lacking finesse," don't worry about it. It's so well-done that over-producing it could suck some of the life out of it. You're a very talented artist and obviously anything you do by hand is going to be very, very good on its own.

Deca · Post by **Deca** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:56 pm

Usually when you ink and colour outside of the computer, especially when it is as close to completion as this one is, it becomes very dangerous to add effects via photoshop. It's huge contrast to go from the rough line of inks to the smooth "prefect" lines of digital media. Even if you're just tweaking the lighting a bit there's an air of falsehood that can stick out like a CGI human, it just looks unnatural most times.

Cartoonme · Post by **Cartoonme** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:30 am

I am with the group that likes it as it is. The style you are using looks awesome. Once you start doing the small changes to things like lights you are bound to pushing things more and more because other things will look out of place. I say leave it the way you are doing it.

Destroky · Post by **Destroky** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 10:59 am

Not to sound like a broken record or anything... but I think it's good... doesn't need any photoshopping...