April 15, 2010
Page 47 Book 4: Howling History
[Insert cliche party-bang joke here]
On a rather more critical note, experimented with a new frame method while I was making this comic. Normally, the pages are a selection of similar or identically-sized rectangles neatly packed together. The black borders around each section are the frames. Quite on a whim I made a new layer and called it “experimental” and came up with this alternative view. It involved putting a big page-sized rectangle over everything and then selectively cutting new shapes out of it to reveal the action underneath, while the dialogue bubbles stayed above the experimental layer (Because I put it below the Dialogue layer, naturally), similar to how I made the frames in page 45.
Still not quite like reading a professional graphic novel but looks quite good in my opinion, though I’d like your (the reader’s) input before I go ahead with it more regularly.
It took next to no time for me to do, so let me know if you prefer this new frame style over the existing one.
i didn’t understand what you meant as far as the experimental frame method but the quality of this comic seems improved. It might be that i’m a sucker for changing angles but meh. It still looks cool.
Comment by Kumosabe — April 15, 2010 @ 12:52 am
Hmm, I liked the alternative view. Variant panel sizes are nice.
Whenever I try to write OotS style comics (which I never end up posting on the GiantITP forums, unfortunately) I just use a huge rectangle, divide it up into variously-sized sections (the panels) and then draw inside them (or copy-paste character templates). Then again, that method takes a lot of time, and I use Adobe Illustrator; I don’t know what everyone else uses to make these comics (although I’m pretty sure The Giant uses Illustrator too).
Comment by dragongirl13 — April 15, 2010 @ 2:49 am
Sooo…. are they blowing themselves up or something?
Comment by mem — April 15, 2010 @ 6:38 am
That seems…inefficient.
Comment by Nutty — April 16, 2010 @ 5:31 pm
One rookie for four? Sounds pretty efficient to me.
Albeit in a very stupid, morbid way.
Comment by Kumosabe — April 17, 2010 @ 9:53 pm