start-from-pen style

Hale · Post by **Hale** » Thu May 11, 2006 7:59 pm

What do you guys think of this style? And don't freak out about the comic length. That's just how I roll

http://tofustyle.comicgenesis.com/d/20060512.html

EDIT: I've decided to try a quick coloring technique, please let this thread die and check this out: http://forums.comicgenesis.com/viewtopic.php?t=74063

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Fri May 12, 2006 5:33 am

It has an unfinished feel to it that I'm not sure if I like, or if it leaves me wanting a touch more detail.

I think I'll go with the 'please give a touch more detail' one.

And AAAAGHHH! THE SIZE! IT PWNZ MY 1024X1280 SCREEN!

Jackhass · Post by **Jackhass** » Fri May 12, 2006 4:15 pm

Ehhhh...a little overly sketchy to me.

Sketchiness can be fine, but it just looks kind of sloppy/quickly done in your comic, not stylish.

Hale · Post by **Hale** » Fri May 12, 2006 11:18 pm

I agree. I've been working on refining it some more, doing a few sketches here and there. How're these? They're unfinished doodles, but I think I'm refining things: more detail, less sketchy... well, I'm trying to make em less sketchy...

EDIT: now that I look at it, that last one is kind of a silly pose...

Keffria · Post by **Keffria** » Sat May 13, 2006 5:16 pm

The sketches are looking better, but they still have an unfinished-looking quality to them (I mean, in the parts that aren't obviously unfinished). I think that part of the problem is that there are lines (e.g. the one running down the woman's face in the first sketch) that look like un-erased guidelines instead of being just neat-looking sketchy outlines.

Contradictory as it may sound, you still need to clean them up a little to achieve a proper "sketchy" look.

Hale · Post by **Hale** » Sun May 14, 2006 6:31 am

Keffria wrote:I think that part of the problem is that there are lines that look like un-erased guidelines instead of being just neat-looking sketchy outlines.

That in mind, I tried using some very light pencil led to do a rough outline sketch and then go over the pencils in the same stroke style (see hamstructo), but I think this ends up being TOO clean and without detail. It's sort of halves the sketchiness and makes it just look sloppy.

I think part of it is psycological... which is why I like to start from pen; it's like boldly diving into a drawing with a hit-or-miss attitude. In most of the areas, the guidelines make for an interesting look. I like that, but in other areas, I think maybe I should work on cleaning them up as well. Thanks

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Sun May 14, 2006 8:01 am

I do like the second set better hale, both for the cleaner "sketchiness" and the smaller size.

I'd read a comic drawn like that.

Hale · Post by **Hale** » Sun May 14, 2006 8:41 am

rkolter wrote:I do like the second set better hale, both for the cleaner "sketchiness" and the smaller size.

I'd read a comic drawn like that.

I've been meaning to get around to making this comic called "slugz." It's a single frame comic of basically silly situations of little slugs beating eachoter senseless and just whatever I might find funny.

I've been using tons of different styles and basically decided to hold off on the project until I found one suitable for the strip. Here are some old ones, the "robot -vs- ninja" one is the most recent, with the style I've been developing on this thread.

Do you think the newest style could work?

Hale · Post by **Hale** » Sun May 14, 2006 8:53 am

and here are the rest. Ignore the urls.