Noir Style - Tips and Tricks?

[AOD] · Post by **[AOD]** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 5:32 pm

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What do you think? How could I improve on this, and what looks 'off' in the comic?

?~AoD

Alaina · Post by **Alaina** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 6:30 pm

Well, noir style (and I really am no expert, so don't take anything I say to heart) seems to be more of an up and down thing to me, not side to side. I can't explain why I think so.

Noir is also grittier, and while you have plenty of black going on (good thing), too much of it is in solid chunks. Black should give the drawing a dramatic feel (like shadows), not just look like a background color, t-shirt color, skin color...etc.

You should probably find a better way to make panels. The very thin white lines make your drawings look kind of impromptu, seeing as how the rest of your comic doesn't use such thin strokes.

Toxic · Post by **Toxic** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 10:25 pm

Actually that would be low key lighting, not noir. Noir refers to context. I just studied film noir in film history class.

Style: I like. Very dark.

Jackhass · Post by **Jackhass** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 10:48 pm

I like you style quite a lot.

A good unique style...good use of light/dark.

Now your writing...not so sure about that...but at least it looks nice.

[AOD] · Post by **[AOD]** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 6:58 am

Well I did this strip mainly to experiment with style, not story. My real efforts can be seen in my main comic and its various sub-comics. Thanks for the advice and criticism, though. I appreciate it.

@~AoD