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Kojiro posted:You can also just pop a keyboard shortcut on expand! Though now I've swapped to manga studio 5, the select tool is clever enough to not need it. Fair enough (though all my expand-fill-deselect actions are keyboard shortcuts). If you JUST want to expand, just pare it down to the cone command. I like to be able to do all three things with one button, though.
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So I've made a startling revelation: I've still been living in the early 2000s. I say this because I was doing everything possible to keep my comic page sizes below 100kb, I only realized I seem to be the only one doing this when I tried to read the tiny text in the latest Widdershins update and discovered the size. A quick review of other comics I read proved this. So once again thanks Kojiro for teaching me something without even trying.
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So I come into this thread and people are talking about using the magic wand and expanding the selection for colouring. This is not a good idea. You are all doing it wrong. Sure, it might work, but it's a bad habit to get into. If you're going to use the wand tool at all, you need to do the reverse. Lasso around the character, then wand out the white background and contract a couple pixels on the lineart layer. Now you have a full figure filled with colour. Flat the figure properly. I have worked as a professional flatter for several years. Make sure to flat your comics properly, people, as it will make colouring easier and make it easier to make changes to your colours.
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Mar 8, 2014 18:10
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Is there a tutorial that shows how to flat correctly? (without wanding)
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thousandcranes posted:Is there a tutorial that shows how to flat correctly? (without wanding) This one by Roos Hughes does a pretty good job of explaining what I mean. http://www.fanboybuzz.com/vb/showthread.php?2345-Flatting-101-Tutorial You always want to have full colours underneath the black areas and it's just more convenient to select a given area of colour when it's all connected, as opposed to having to select a bunch of different bits that are separated by lines. Also, hey, I finished two more pages.  
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Mar 9, 2014 08:34
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 Yeah so, I think its high time I started doing illustrations or something to help spread my webcomic. This is a mockup I did for one of my ideas, but I think I will change it. BtFoH is the initials of my webcomic, the full title will be posted later on.
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...that sure is a drippy eyeball, yep.
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TheGreekOwl posted:
Why would you want to promote your webcomic but not also want to share the full name of the comic?
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Reiley posted:Why would you want to promote your webcomic but not also want to share the full name of the comic? I don't think the promotion has begun yet, at least that's what I assumed. I thought the post was more of a "So I'm gonna start promoting my comic soon, here's a quick thingie of what I might do," looking at us as peers/colleagues as opposed to potential readers/audience
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Mar 11, 2014 00:14
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This way we get to guess what the comic is called! Baiting the Fetishists of Horses Boiling the Frankfurters of Heaven Briefing the Freudians on Hoohahs Battle the Farts of Horror Bomb the gently caress (out) of Hiroshima Bitter the Fruits of Heroism Avshalom fucked around with this message at 01:58 on Mar 11, 2014 |
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Mar 11, 2014 01:55
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Behold the Fates of Humans Breaking the Formula of Hopscotch Burning the Fuel of Hate Am I close?
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Mar 11, 2014 06:54
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Back tothe Future on Hulu. Yeah I can see why you'd wanna keep that under wraps.
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Mar 11, 2014 18:59
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Modedit: Apology accepted, this is the wrong thread. Thank you for your inquiry. Do not post this here.
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Mar 11, 2014 19:05
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This sounds really bad, friend. I don't think any amount of money would be worth hitching your wagon to a horse set on drowning itself. Somebody fucked around with this message at 19:55 on Mar 11, 2014 |
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Mar 11, 2014 19:36
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Reiley posted:This sounds really bad, friend. I don't think any amount of money would be worth hitching your wagon to a horse set on drowning itself. I warned you. It's bound to cause outrage but its got a good heart at the center. Also I love all of the characters and have developed them fully, even the strawmen. Their descriptions are meant to be stereotypical but you'll soon see that they're all as human as cartoons could be.
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SpoonfulofBromide posted:I warned you. It's bound to cause outrage but its got a good heart at the center. Also I love all of the characters and have developed them fully, even the strawmen. Their descriptions are meant to be stereotypical but you'll soon see that they're all as human as cartoons could be. Out of curiosity, how much are you willing to pay per page? Edit: Woops. this is some crazy thing I guess! hell astro course fucked around with this message at 20:03 on Mar 11, 2014 |
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Mar 11, 2014 19:42
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This conversation may continue in its GBS thread, but not here.
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Space-Bird posted:Out of curiosity, how much are you willing to pay per page? I need to see what I'm paying for first. I only want the best for this comic so that's my rule with it. still, I respect artist immensely since they have the ability to visualize my dreams in a way I never could.
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neonnoodle posted:This conversation may continue in its GBS thread, but not here. My bad. I'm sorry, I was just looking for an honest artist rather than people who are senselessly mocking me. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Sorry your GBS thread is not going as you would have preferred. This thread is on timeout. Edit: OK, everybody back in the pool. neonnoodle fucked around with this message at 21:59 on Mar 11, 2014 |
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Mar 11, 2014 20:04
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Haha, I just logged in literally a second before you re-opened this thread and I almost had a heart attack when I saw that it was closed.  It's such a good thread, my forums experience would be a little sadder without it.
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Is the op suicidal?
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Mar 12, 2014 01:50
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I know it's a few weeks from now but do any of you have any plans for April Fools strips yet for your comics? I'm trying to think of a thing to do
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Mar 12, 2014 13:04
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I keep meaning to, but never come up with anything good. :/
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Mar 12, 2014 16:28
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 EDIT: NOPE, right after I wrote this I thought of something awesome and finished it just now 
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Mar 12, 2014 19:30
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I feel bad doing an April Fool's update when I don't do regular updates enough. I always say "next year it'll be different"  Supposing it ever does befall me that I get the chance, I'd love to do a gag strip of "Paleozoic Era" where all the characters are tiiktalik roseae Or something simpler where I just say "Hay folx the comic now takes place present day and is going to be about video games bye." Tho I feel that might be an overdone one.
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nikochansan posted:I know it's a few weeks from now but do any of you have any plans for April Fools strips yet for your comics? I'm trying to think of a thing to do I don't have anything yet but there's no way I'm going to skip it.
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I always want to do an April Fools joke, and it's even on one of my update days this year, but I can't think of anything except one thing that's probably too mean spirited and would cause an entire rabid fanbase to destroy me. So I'm just going to waste the idea by showing you guys and hopefully coming up with something else. GOLEMS: See it through their photoreceptive lens apparatus... 
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Mar 12, 2014 20:39
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Oh geez. I forget every holiday. Thanks for the heads up. I did one last year at the last minute, and it ended up doing okay. I feel like there are only so many ways you can go with these things...
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Mar 12, 2014 22:13
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I shoulda done a Purim episode
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I was thinking of doing, like, a false start gag, like, pretending that my first story was up and running but have it be utter nonsense, but I feel like that may shoot me in the foot later if I don't actually hit my deadline/ true release date I was going to put at the end and I may betray the trust of some of the people who follow my tumblr who have been wanting to see it for some time now.
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nikochansan posted:I was thinking of doing, like, a false start gag, like, pretending that my first story was up and running but have it be utter nonsense, but I feel like that may shoot me in the foot later if I don't actually hit my deadline/ true release date I was going to put at the end and I may betray the trust of some of the people who follow my tumblr who have been wanting to see it for some time now. That's how Bob & George started, you know, and look at the empire they built on top of that foundation.
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Avshalom posted:This way we get to guess what the comic is called! Close but no cigar. It actually stands for "Bring those Fuckers over Here" Nah just kidding, its nothing special when you get down to it. Speaking of which:  This is the uncolored illustration I am doing at the moment. This may not be even the end of the inking, since I don't like as it is right now. It was based on this old thing I did  I will post the finished version once its doen and then we can properly begin.
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Maybe I should make a new thread for this project and we can speculate on what it's going to be and what the meaning of the acronym is
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systran posted:Maybe I should make a new thread for this project and we can speculate on what it's going to be and what the meaning of the acronym is Regardless of the name, plot, or amount of disgusting gray area fetish porn involved please do not ruin your meticulous inking with colors like that.
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Agreed. Honestly you have inking that is strong enough to stand on its own as a b&w piece. With great power comes great responsibility.
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Wowporn posted:Regardless of the name, plot, or amount of disgusting gray area fetish porn involved please do not ruin your meticulous inking with colors like that. OH, you mean like this?  Supa Bloom Edition  Yeah, I already colored it in with watercolor and acrylics. I still scanned the original uncolored B&W so no worries about that. Speaking of which, I should propably get started. That Φ is the suplement of F, in BtFoH, which stands for Beneath the Fields of Heaven (The Greek is relevant). Its the name of the project I am working on which hasn't started yet, and the illustration is one of many I plan to do for it. I am still practicing on my comic making skills and I plan my work here for critique I do not know where to take it from here, so feel free to ask any questions.
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To that I can only say... ... why should I even draw anymore, when there's people like you out there? It looks fantastic, dude! I cannot wait to see what your comic will be about, but I am getting a strong Moebius / Enki Bilal vibe from it.
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DrSunshine posted:
I understand what you're trying to say here, but please don't say things like this. If anything, you should be motivated even more!
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DrSunshine posted:To that I can only say... Good art is inspiring.  Honestly, that is what I love most about people in this thread. Everyone is doing their own thing, and that's rare and amazing. For every original idea, there are 20 billion pokemon fanfics that'll gain more popularity, just because people don't want to see new stuff. That is what you should be sad about.
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