Doodles 7 - This cat is a landmine.

[AlmightyPyro] · Post by **[AlmightyPyro]** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:13 pm

Jack cross bread a demon and a cat thing?

BeefotronX · Post by **BeefotronX** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 10:04 pm

These I drew whilst at the cookout, using the uberleet media of ballpoint pen and crayon.

Sput · Post by **Sput** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 10:50 pm

[AlmightyPyro] wrote:Jack cross bread a demon and a cat thing?

*shrug* he's my friend's character:

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50975481/

and i adore him. XD

[AlmightyPyro] · Post by **[AlmightyPyro]** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:42 am

*clickity*

Ooh I like him!

Nervous Spy · Post by **Nervous Spy** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:49 am

I like him, too - I think he might actually be the cat that is a landmine.

Btw, from my lunchbreak:

Godzilla is out of work at the moment, so if you happen to own any city you'd like to have stomped, help a guy out...

Mr.Bob · Post by **Mr.Bob** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:07 pm

She will knee you in the crotch

CaptainClaude · Post by **CaptainClaude** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:20 pm

the secret to avoiding kneecrotch is to jump

Rusty Knight · Post by **Rusty Knight** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:21 pm

ryclaude wrote:the secret to avoiding kneecrotch is to jump

...or to move your crotch elsewhere...

*nods sagely*

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:24 pm

Rusty Knight wrote:
ryclaude wrote:the secret to avoiding kneecrotch is to jump
...or to move your crotch elsewhere...

*nods sagely*

Hard to do when you're being crushed by 2000 pounds of other people.

Rusty Knight · Post by **Rusty Knight** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:26 pm

Tim wrote:
Rusty Knight wrote:
ryclaude wrote:the secret to avoiding kneecrotch is to jump
...or to move your crotch elsewhere...

*nods sagely*
Hard to do when you're being crushed by 2000 pounds of other people.

Quite true.

VIIStar · Post by **VIIStar** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:22 pm

EvilChihuahua:

Yeah, the "doodle" moniker is really more of a suggestion. People post finished pics all the time. I only mentioned it because I went to your site and you only seemed to color for chapter covers.

Meh, i only color when i can justify the expense of time. Also my comic is in a manga style, not american, which means all toner and not (or selective) color.

but the Raeux promo was colored... ^^; (which is why i didn't finish the one on the first post)

<img src ="http://www.viistar.com/blog/raeux_promo_sml.jpg">

CaptainClaude · Post by **CaptainClaude** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:25 pm

VIIStar wrote:
EvilChihuahua:

Yeah, the "doodle" moniker is really more of a suggestion. People post finished pics all the time.
Meh, i only color when i can justify the expense of time. Also my comic is in a manga style, not american, which means all toner and not (or selective) color.

AAAAAAAAAAAH! STUPID. STUPID. STUPID.

VIIStar · Post by **VIIStar** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:35 pm

ryclaude wrote:
VIIStar wrote:
EvilChihuahua:

Yeah, the "doodle" moniker is really more of a suggestion. People post finished pics all the time.
Meh, i only color when i can justify the expense of time. Also my comic is in a manga style, not american, which means all toner and not (or selective) color.
AAAAAAAAAAAH! STUPID. STUPID. STUPID.

... okaaay.....

The Mortician · Post by **The Mortician** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:41 pm

My goodness. Those noses are daggers and super manga eyes

They must be.... DUN DUN DUN... "Dagger Moles!"
Just joshing.

Keffria · Post by **Keffria** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:43 pm

VIIStar wrote:
ryclaude wrote:
VIIStar wrote:Meh, i only color when i can justify the expense of time. Also my comic is in a manga style, not american, which means all toner and not (or selective) color.
AAAAAAAAAAAH! STUPID. STUPID. STUPID.
... okaaay.....

You could read this comment in a few ways:

(1) Manga is done to death in the webcomicking scene, and insisting on clinging to superficial manga guidelines (e.g. right-to-left, enormous eyes, honorifics) will turn away a lot of discerning readers who see "manga-style" comics as derivative, juvenile, and generally crappy. The fact is that a lot of the really good artists on these boards started out with a generic crappy manga style and gradually moved away from it and established their own, unique style of comic art.

(2) If you look at, you know, real manga, you'll see a variety of styles, some of which don't use toner or selective colour. Or enormous eyes. Or snout noses. Or stock facial expressions. Or whatever other "conventions" you might think of. Saying that you draw in "manga style" therefore becomes kind of stupid.

(3) The manga format is not always suited to webcomicking, either. You can get away with manga-style comic pacing if you release a whole whack of pages (e.g. a chapter) at once, as you'd get in a manga that's serialized in a magazine, but weekly updates with extended fight scenes and establishing shots will be boring.

(4) Don't bash American comics, as they, too, have a variety of styles. American/Manga is a stupid dichotomy, especially nowadays, with artists borrowing a variety of techniques.

CaptainClaude · Post by **CaptainClaude** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:45 pm

Keffria wrote:
VIIStar wrote:
ryclaude wrote: AAAAAAAAAAAH! STUPID. STUPID. STUPID.
... okaaay.....
(2) If you look at, you know, real manga, you'll see a variety of styles, some of which don't use toner or selective colour. Or enormous eyes. Or snout noses. Or whatever other conventions you might think of. Saying that you draw in "manga style" therefore becomes kind of stupid.

that one

Sincerely · Post by **Sincerely** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:04 pm

Mr.Bob wrote:
She will knee you in the crotch

Or she'll throw mud in your face.

SergeXIII · Post by **SergeXIII** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:41 pm

Keffria wrote:
VIIStar wrote:
ryclaude wrote: AAAAAAAAAAAH! STUPID. STUPID. STUPID.
... okaaay.....
You could read this comment in a few ways:

(1) Manga is done to death in the webcomicking scene, and insisting on clinging to superficial manga guidelines (e.g. right-to-left, enormous eyes, honorifics) will turn away a lot of discerning readers who see "manga-style" comics as derivative, juvenile, and generally crappy. The fact is that a lot of the really good artists on these boards started out with a generic crappy manga style and gradually moved away from it and established their own, unique style of comic art.

(2) If you look at, you know, real manga, you'll see a variety of styles, some of which don't use toner or selective colour. Or enormous eyes. Or snout noses. Or stock facial expressions. Or whatever other "conventions" you might think of. Saying that you draw in "manga style" therefore becomes kind of stupid.

(3) The manga format is not always suited to webcomicking, either. You can get away with manga-style comic pacing if you release a whole whack of pages (e.g. a chapter) at once, as you'd get in a manga that's serialized in a magazine, but weekly updates with extended fight scenes and establishing shots will be boring.

(4) Don't bash American comics, as they, too, have a variety of styles. American/Manga is a stupid dichotomy, especially nowadays, with artists borrowing a variety of techniques.

Bravo!

Jackhass · Post by **Jackhass** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:49 pm

Mr.Bob wrote:
She will knee you in the crotch

Love the see-through dress effect there...good stuff.

Wp · Post by Wp » Tue Jun 12, 2007 4:30 pm

ryclaude wrote:
Keffria wrote:(2) If you look at, you know, real manga, you'll see a variety of styles, some of which don't use toner or selective colour. Or enormous eyes. Or snout noses. Or whatever other conventions you might think of. Saying that you draw in "manga style" therefore becomes kind of stupid.
that one

How can you be pro-manga and not know how many different styles of manga there are?