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Johan Vikberg
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Posted: 05 September 2011 at 12:59pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

How could I possibly keep this gem from you guys?


Minidog, I love you!
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Trevor Giberson
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Mikael Bergkvist
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Trevor Giberson
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Brian Hague
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Ah, Trevor... Such a hit of nostalgia there... My favorite Robotman design... (I, of course, saw it years before I'd ever seen any Rog 2000...)

Nicely done! Bill Wiist, your pages just get better and better. Commendable work, sir.

Michael Bergkvist, I like your work very much. There seems to be a strong Jerry Bingham vibe to it. I would recommend that you occasionally allow the characters to fill the panels a little better, or otherwise fill some of the negative space with background or design elements.

In the page above, for instance, the figure of Batman in panel one could be made larger. The car in panel three could be re-oriented to fill the space better. And while I very much enjoy the manner in which Batman in launching himself in pursuit of the vehicle, (reminiscent of Don Newton, I think) the background isn't believably rendered enough to tell the story as effectively as it otherwise might.

Also, if you'll permit, the reality of the alleyway is not firmly established as far as consistency and lighting goes. If the streetlight we see is the only light source, the circle it casts isn't large enough to light panel one as it is shown. Also the streetlight seems a little too short, especially if the building wall in panel three is supposed to be the building upon which Batman is standing. In panel four, the sketchily rendered building with the dumpster is presumably the same building we see in panel one, yet it is now quite distant from the one on which the Batman is standing.

I may have misread your intent with the spacing of these elements, but the art doesn't give me enough information, I think, to read it otherwise.

While the individual panels are fairly well designed, the alleyway in panel one doesn't look like the same alley as in panel three, nor can it be the alley in panel four. The design of the panels should operate in relation to one another in establishing the sense of place.

Just some observations, and I acknowledge that I may be off in my reading of this. I nevertheless wanted to offer some, I hope, constructive criticism. I do like what I see here overall. Yours is a very "classic" Batman.



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Sebastien Roy
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My latest...inspired by the upcoming Avengers movie...

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Dale Lerette
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Nice work Sebastien!

I can't wait for the Avengers movies to come out too!

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Joe Smith
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JT Molloy
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Anthony that's really well done. Pro lookin'!
Sebastian, you keep improving! Extra cool since I was watching me some Marvel Studios movies last night.

Here's something I'm doing for a short story for my character. Starts with a nightmare....


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Carmen Bernardo
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Looks like JT's starting off with a heavy note.  I might also note that the "side boob" thing recently got me carded on another forum (I was quoting the images posted by another post).  It really wasn't anything worse than some of the teasing you got in most comics back when I was a kid (UXM #136 "flashing"), but still...

   Some recent stuff from me:

Dinosaurs.  I always liked drawing dinosaurs as a kid.

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Carmen Bernardo
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Another one:

This one would be the first two panels from a "work in progress".  I've started finding a way to ink using PITT and Micron markers, since the dip pens tend to "bleed" on me when I put it to the smooth 2-ply Bristol board (confounded summertime humidity).  The LightPad is coming in handy, too.

No more erasing.  Just a bit of color replacement in PSP after scanning.

Before I start the next project (to see if inking Bristol over Bristol works on the LightPad), I'll be going through my pen and brush collection to see which one will bleed on the paper the least.  Then I'll sort out the collection to make sure I don't have the "bleeders" anywhere within reach.  The toolbox will be pared down to markers, brushes, and the better pens that won't bleed on me.

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