Oh for fuck's sake!

[James Thorpe]

I have a strip for today, but I cannae log in to the FTP. So it'll have to wait until I can.<P>Actually, here it is.<P> <IMG SRC="http://www.powerup.com.au/~icecorp/20020118.jpg"> <P>Oh, by the way, that's you in the middle there, Zadie; hope it is close enough -.o<P>------------------
<A HREF="http://riboflavin.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>http://riboflavin.keenspace.com</A> -- It's ugly and annoying. Just like you.<P>"You've got to fight to the death for the right to live your life."<P>[This message has been edited by James Thorpe (edited 01-17-2002).]<p>[This message has been edited by James Thorpe (edited 01-17-2002).]

[Mr.Business]

I thought the site was acting a bit funny.

[Mark Gerrits]

A hurtz donut always hits the spot!

[FAULT]

Nice strip. How do you get your work clean enough to flood fill? and what program do you use?<P>Also I'm gonna send you a pic for reference as to how I'd prefer to appear in a guest strip <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/wink.gif"> Lotsa fun! I'd put it up on the web 'cept my ftp access sux too.<p>[This message has been edited by FAULT (edited 01-24-2002).]

[James Thorpe]

Well, up until the storyline on Golem Island, I pencilled the strips in blue pencil, inked 'em, and then scanned 'em as pure black-&-white 2-colour images at 600 dpi. (I did it at such a high dpi so that I could preserve the detail, despite the scan being two-colour). I flood-filled by using the wand tool on an area, expanding the selection by a pixel or two, and then flooding a layer below with the colour, so it didn't spoil any of the line-art.<P>Nowadays I don't ink, actually. I just get a big brush and paint the colour in under the line-art. And if I flood-fill, I just use the lasso tool to define an area to fill.<P>You do know about the 'Multiply' blending mode, right? Surprisingly few people do...<P>------------------
<A HREF="http://riboflavin.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>http://riboflavin.keenspace.com</A> -- It's ugly and annoying. Just like you.<P>"You've got to fight to the death for the right to live your life."

[Zedstar]

Wahoooooooooo! That's ME!!!!!!!!!!<P>Neat.
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^_^ Zedstar
<A HREF="http://chibichibi.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>ChibiChibi..</A> It's all you need and more

[FAULT]

Cool. I actually -don't- know about multiply.
I usually scan in grayscale. I think the messy pencil-ness suits me. The only problem is when I wanna do colour. Preserving all those minute shades of gray gets in the way of floodfill. Then again I could just colour for real, and scan in colour.<P>Also, you talk about layers, how do I get layers? What program are you using?

[James Thorpe]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by FAULT:
<B>Cool. I actually -don't- know about multiply.
I usually scan in grayscale. I think the messy pencil-ness suits me. The only problem is when I wanna do colour. Preserving all those minute shades of gray gets in the way of floodfill. Then again I could just colour for real, and scan in colour.<P>Also, you talk about layers, how do I get layers? What program are you using?</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Layers... very important. I use Photoshop, personally, but I know that Paintshop Pro 5 or later, and the GIMP, also have layers.<P><A HREF="http://www.howtodrawmanga.com/tutorial/cgmain.html" TARGET=_blank>http://www.howtodrawmanga.com/tutorial/cgmain.html</A> -- I refer you to Julie Dillon's ever-lovely guide to colouring (in <B>Photoshop</B>), which you will hopefully be able to follow pretty easy. Basically it's the same as what I do, except I think I've developed a few shortcuts in my method.<P>------------------
<A HREF="http://riboflavin.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>http://riboflavin.keenspace.com</A> -- It's ugly and annoying. Just like you.<P>"You've got to fight to the death for the right to live your life."

[FAULT]

Ahh, I remember having a look at something like this once to learn about hair and clothes.<P>Pity I don't HAVE photoshop, but that's ok. I'm doing it different anyways, just to make a statement.

[James Thorpe]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by FAULT:
<B>Ahh, I remember having a look at something like this once to learn about hair and clothes.<P>Pity I don't HAVE photoshop, but that's ok. I'm doing it different anyways, just to make a statement.</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>So whaddaya use?

[James Thorpe]

Oh, okay. Whaddaya do the lettering with, though?

[FAULT]

I use a pencil, then pen in the outline, then use pencil again to give it depth, and once it goes through the scanner all it gets is a resize and words. MUCH faster than fooling around with computer programs. And I like how it turns out.