2010
So I finally remember I have a livejournal account..... good golly, it's been a while. There goes last year's resolution. ^^
Still I did manage to get my webcomic up:
It's just an experimental short story where I get to play around with Chinese/Japanese brushes + india ink, Painter, and Photoshop. I've been trying out new techniques and while I still want a certain element of realism (i.e. no extreme manga stylization) I'm attempting to simplify the art to something more manageable. Although sometimes without realizing it, I end up going overboard or... I end up being too simple. Unfortunately the colors and details aren't consistent because I never do things the exact same (and partly because I'm trying out different tools in Painter). Hopefully it'll smooth out later. Hopefully.
In either case, I really love brush painting, even if I don't really know how to control the brush very well. The lineart is much heavier than what I'm used to but I enjoy the spontaneity. It's funny that as the pages progress, my brush stokes become thicker, darker and more careless. *smacks head*
Yadda yadda yadda.
Still I did manage to get my webcomic up:
It's just an experimental short story where I get to play around with Chinese/Japanese brushes + india ink, Painter, and Photoshop. I've been trying out new techniques and while I still want a certain element of realism (i.e. no extreme manga stylization) I'm attempting to simplify the art to something more manageable. Although sometimes without realizing it, I end up going overboard or... I end up being too simple. Unfortunately the colors and details aren't consistent because I never do things the exact same (and partly because I'm trying out different tools in Painter). Hopefully it'll smooth out later. Hopefully.
In either case, I really love brush painting, even if I don't really know how to control the brush very well. The lineart is much heavier than what I'm used to but I enjoy the spontaneity. It's funny that as the pages progress, my brush stokes become thicker, darker and more careless. *smacks head*
Yadda yadda yadda.