Sunday, April 3, 2016
Saturday, April 2, 2016
Designing a Look for the Webcomic
Drawing on influences like Shohei Harumoto, (pictured below) a manga artist who has a popular motorcycle drama in Japan called "Kirin", I'm searching for the right look for my web comic. It has to be both efficient - not take too much time to produce, but still evoke a very particular "noir" mood. However, I also want to stay away from just plain black and white, since that seems to be a turn off for American audiences, which is primarily who this GN is targeted at. That being said, I think limited color might be a cool compromise between the two.
Below are two images I created with the look in mind, using screens and colors, but I think I got carried away with the detail, which is so easy to do, and now I need to create a pared down "production" version.
Below are two images I created with the look in mind, using screens and colors, but I think I got carried away with the detail, which is so easy to do, and now I need to create a pared down "production" version.
Sunday, March 27, 2016
Added Mountains
The story takes place in NJ which has Bear Mountain, the Catskills and the Appalachian trail as backdrop. The mountains are symbolic of hard times and struggle so its really important that images of mountains be woven into the story. In other words--this image wasn't complete without those bad boys looming menacingly in the background.
Monday, March 7, 2016
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Thursday, February 25, 2016
Monday, February 22, 2016
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