Free Comic Book Day 2007

Dotty · Post by **Dotty** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:58 am

Then we shall rampage.

Garneta · Post by **Garneta** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:39 pm

spqrblues wrote: The more I do, the faster I get.

Man, I wish that was true for me...I seem to be getting slower as I go along.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:49 pm

I get slower because as I improve, I try challenge myself further.

Mo · Post by Mo » Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:28 pm

pierce studios wrote:
Mo wrote:
rkolter wrote:Good fucking god how do you people do this on a regular basis?
I don't!
we're gonna be past winter by the time we get that storyline up and running, yaknow.

Nah, it'll still be winter... in Australia.

Robin Pierce · Post by **Robin Pierce** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:08 am

Mo wrote:
pierce studios wrote:
Mo wrote: I don't!
we're gonna be past winter by the time we get that storyline up and running, yaknow.
Nah, it'll still be winter... in Australia.

AHaha.. ahha... aha...

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:47 am

Having never actually done something in this size after scanning before, I don't really know what point font to use.

What point font do you use when you're working with a six thousand pixel tall drawing?

I'm not hand-lettering this, and it occurred to me before doing the final copy that I should probably know how much space to allocate for the words.

Turnsky · Post by **Turnsky** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:02 am

rkolter wrote:Having never actually done something in this size after scanning before, I don't really know what point font to use.

What point font do you use when you're working with a six thousand pixel tall drawing?

I'm not hand-lettering this, and it occurred to me before doing the final copy that I should probably know how much space to allocate for the words.

letteromatic! 9-11px

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:04 am

It would largely depend on the typeface. I would just bootleg it by hand lettering a scratch copy that printed to the final print size, enlarging it and printing it to production size to see how big you should make the lettering.

Cortland · Post by **Cortland** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:11 pm

Hi, everybody! I'm still at the trade show in Las Vegas, but I wanted to update everyone on advertising space for the book: we still have a few more sections to sell off. I whipped up a quick ad banner while waiting for my flight to help sell some more ad space for the FCBD book. I'm thinking those of us with the PayPal donation buttons / progress bars could link to this banner instead, which will lead to this page with more information on advertising in the book.

It's a very crude banner, I know, but I will work on a better one once I return home. What does everybody think? We still have some time to finish off the ads for the book, and I'd like to sell them all off, if we can!

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:01 pm

Financial Update:

Gross Income: $1121.50
Fees: ($44.18)

Net: $1077.32

Fee average: 3.94%

32 donations, 2 advertisements.

Cortland, advance the progress bar.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 8:16 pm

I'm not as satisfied with it as I could be - I'm not used to working with big stuff... or drawn stuff. And apparently I needed to practice more. But, the science is good and I like what I -do- have.

To whom do I send the full size image? And how is it my full size, 4050x6300 image is only a 3.7mb TIFF?

::edit:: edited a bit to clean up ABOL and rearrange text slightly.

Robin Pierce · Post by **Robin Pierce** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:11 am

upload it to yousendit.com or senduit.com or something, send the link to cort.

The file is so small because it's compressed. if you were to open it in photoshop now, it'd still be about 25 megs.

CaptainClaude · Post by **CaptainClaude** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 3:09 am

I wish I didn't have to say that page is pretty damn ugly, But I feel I do, what with publication and all.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:12 am

ryclaude wrote:I wish I didn't have to say that page is pretty damn ugly, But I feel I do, what with publication and all.

You actually thought that my artwork would compare with the other artists in this book?

Compared to the sum of my other artwork, this is pretty top notch. I put a lot of effort into it; my skills are just not up to par with the other people entering FCBD.

I don't like how ABOL's shading came out, but I don't know what to do about it.

I'm going to move the n-heptane molecule down a bit so it lines up with the iso-octane molecule, and respace the text at the bottom a little before I send it off the Cort. But as far as overall quality goes, this is pretty much my best.

Spqrblues · Post by **Spqrblues** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 5:40 am

I don't know if it's ugly, but it's pretty damned smart.

Now I don't have to worry about buying the "cheap" gasoline.

Perk_daddy · Post by **Perk_daddy** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:20 am

Same here. I think kolter's purpose has a lot more to do with educating than makin' purty pictures. If he pulled a Michaelangelo for FCBD, people would feel duped when they went to actually visit his site.

War · Post by **War** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:29 am

perk_daddy wrote:Same here. I think kolter's purpose has a lot more to do with educating than makin' purty pictures.

Ah, I thought they were making a comic book. I stand corrected.

Perk_daddy · Post by **Perk_daddy** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:25 am

EDIT: Never mind, rkolter doesn't need me to defend him.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:38 am

Ow, that straw man gave me splinters.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:55 am

perk_daddy wrote:Same here. I think kolter's purpose has a lot more to do with educating than makin' purty pictures. If he pulled a Michaelangelo for FCBD, people would feel duped when they went to actually visit his site.

I'm pretty sure the point is, I couldn't pull a Michaelangelo regardless.

I updated the image a bit - My mouse went nuts last night and I couldn't use the retouch tool. Thought it was just the old version of paint I use, but it worked fine here at work.

There isn't a minimum level of quality for the FCBD. It even says so in the Wiki. I'm surprised anyone would have any illusions that I could crank out something even remotely comparable to the other much more talented artists in the FCBD this year.

I'm proud of my submission because it took a lot of effort on my part and is pretty darn good compared to what I've drawn before. It's representative of what you get at my webcomic, and I'm satisfied with it.