Northern Touch

[roca]

well this is my first attempt at colouring in Photoshop it was suppose to be the first page of my hand drawn series I kinda don't like it much so I'm going to redo it and put more time and more effort into it, critizism is welcome that'll help me to improve on my next attempt!



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[stoph]

ok dude this is totally supposed to be taken as constructive, please dont be put off by my comments.

1. the layout is.. well, non-existent. theres so much white space laying about in each cell that it hurts the eyes.

2. theres hardly any change (from what i can see) from cell 1 to 2, then 2 to 3 - though it is obvious youre trying to get some sort of message across.. is it about a living, breathing statue man?

3. normally, a good comic will be almost self explanatory without dialogue. youve got none, the closest thing is implied dialogue, and even then its vague. whats the story?

4. whats with his neck? its like youre trying to draw the musclature in but the shirt doesnt follow the line.. sorta like hes got excess fat in his neck and his collars too tight, you get me?

sorry if that sounded harsh, but really if you want to produce a strip worth reading then i suggest you go through a more involved thought process before putting pencil to paper instead of drawing static figures then expecting the reader to gather the meaning.

dont be discouraged, please, by all means post more work, but yeah in future think a little more about the piece. keep working and posting

[Danilo]

I think that guy is more interested in PS than in comic strip drawing.

[look]

The style for the character is rather cute. You need some serious work on the coloring. The head looks like a flat button rather than a spherical head. And the arm bends at rather odd place, you may also want to avoid shaky lines unless you are going for a particular style (say Ed, Edd and Eddy)

[roca]

My photoshop dreams have been crushed, lol, actually thank you out of all the places I've posted my art at this is the best critisizm i've gotten, thanks, as i said i'm redoing it i don't like how it turned out, the stuff about the neck yea now that you mention it i notice that, lol. I'll post a redone version when i finish more critisizm is welcome!

[Danilo]

It is nice to made a scenery first, or some thumbnails, where you will research storytelling. Also make caracter designs, enviorment design... And use ps just for coloring, if you want classic aproach- line, ink, colour.

[stoph]

thats it. get proficient with your linework and inks, then colour like the pros.

[ArtisticSchmidt]

I agree. Draw more and then worry about color a bit later. Do it for fun, yes. Maybe some studies for practice rather than practicing on what you want to be a finalized piece of art. Besides that, you definitely need color in the backgrounds and throw in some backgrounds!