AMW Thread - szelin

[ChillHat]

OMG U R RICH!
i feel that the flow is the story is fine until your last pg.. =D which i think was a little rush.. it will be better to give it time to let the whole emotion get stronger n stronger but overall is quite good..

btw i did all my screen toning on the computer though.. save $$ =/

Ps; don delete can? it good! haha

[szelin]

@Chillhat: Ya lor, the story is a bit of a squash cos of the page limitation. =P But it's a good exercise cos it forces one to summarise, summarise, summarise. =)

@Okita: Thanks! I know the layout/panelling needs some work, and up there at first page the leg and gags look slightly off; got the helpful comments from another forum. =P ...Anything else you spot that can be improved pls do tell, so I can make the next one better! ^^

[Okita]

szelin: well if there are things that need to be improve on will be the panel flow but that will slowly improve with practice (plus I am not good in panels so can't help too much, just read more manga)

[oreodunk]

nice!!!

[szelin]

@Okita: Ok, got it. Thanks! =D Heh heh, now got good excuse to go read more manga...

@oreodunk: Thanks!

[Okita]

Szelin: well it is "research" XD

[szelin]

Originally Posted by ChillHat

OMG U R RICH!

Ah, paiseh, I only just realise wat you are saying now... well actually screentones cost about $7.95(okay, =$8) per piece, quite large, about B4 size, at kinokuniya(orchard). I use no.s 60,61,63,65 generally, 90,91,93,95 for the smaller pics(so the dots dun stand out too much); that's abt 8 pcs, add in gradation and pattern, maybe another 2-3 pcs; that's abt $80-88. Collection built up slowly(over few weeks or months; I forgot =P ), and not all used up, can be used for more than one comic ma. Also more colours can be created by layering, so save a bit there too.

For me that's cheap cos otherwise I gotta get programs($600-1000++, the last time I checked) and also change my computer(ibook G4 1.2Ghz, 256MB RAM - when I got it >2yrs ago I was intending to surf net and play "The Sims" only... =P - can't even run the Mangastudio free demo cos that requires 512 RAM.). Dun have the few thousand dollars to get all that done lo. ^^

[szelin]

coloured version. comments welcome. ^^

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[aliensama]

the top right part looks gayish to me. LOL!
You left your pencil shades on?

[szelin]

XD No la, but he'll be blushing at a girl. =)

What are pencil shades?

[szelin]

If you can guess who this is based on the story here, the pic is ok, getting there. Anatomy still a bit off, will edit. Probably need to simplify costume design else I'll expire drawing her. ;P

[ChillHat]

Originally Posted by szelin

Ah, paiseh, I only just realise wat you are saying now... well actually screentones cost about $7.95(okay, =$8) per piece, quite large, about B4 size, at kinokuniya(orchard). I use no.s 60,61,63,65 generally, 90,91,93,95 for the smaller pics(so the dots dun stand out too much); that's abt 8 pcs, add in gradation and pattern, maybe another 2-3 pcs; that's abt $80-88. Collection built up slowly(over few weeks or months; I forgot =P ), and not all used up, can be used for more than one comic ma. Also more colours can be created by layering, so save a bit there too.

For me that's cheap cos otherwise I gotta get programs($600-1000++, the last time I checked) and also change my computer(ibook G4 1.2Ghz, 256MB RAM - when I got it >2yrs ago I was intending to surf net and play "The Sims" only... =P - can't even run the Mangastudio free demo cos that requires 512 RAM.). Dun have the few thousand dollars to get all that done lo. ^^

haha juz saw tt u reply to me.

I used a more cheater way. You know they have the pattern maker on pscs2 right? one of the da member posed a package of 600 dpi screentones for us. So i juz incorporate tt into the pattern maker. =.=
For the effect n gradation right, have to go search internet for it. coz some pple will scan in full resolution so we can juz take. very cheapo nana hor..

i guess for me computer is long term investment.. but don buy dell! 1 year plus ago i buy dell. 4wk ago the mother board crash.. my heart sank w it.

but lucky for me the memory disk never crash w it also..

so go upgrade your ram! it worth it..

Ps; what program u need ar? comic maker?? or ps? or others? =D

[ChillHat]

is tt Yvi?

[szelin]

I have this program called "Photostudio" by "Arcsoft" and another one, called "Procreate Painter Classic". Both came bundled with the Graphire tablet which in turn came free when I bought OSX for Mac(10.2.8... really, really long time ago - might be 4 yrs even)

Both are pretty basic; got layer but no layer modes; for painter only path selection(choice of rectangular or lasso) allowed; for photostudio there's an additional function called "magic wand" which is supposed to auto choose an area of similar colour; but I find the selection not very accurate (of course, could also be that I dunno how to use it properly =P )

Anyway, nowadays I if I do I mostly use painter; digital ink to compensate for no multiply mode, then airbrush/erase pixel by pixel lor. =P But still exploring; might have missed out some wonderful function somewhere... =P

p.s: Yeh! It's Yvi. =D

[szelin]

Rainy Skies Pg 1 & 2 draft. Story by moontique, here.

These are facing pages, so pg2 has the cliffhanger. Sorry still very sketchy.