Silly Future Shocks Aliens
Only had one sheet of paper left the other night and was working on some corny alien designs for a submission to 2000AD. I squeezed as many as I could in to save space and it resulted in a nice compositional effect.------------------------------------
8 Comments:
you still using ink now and then? You not sketch with the Wacom too?
That's just the bleedin' Grinch in the top left hand corner Bobby!
Bob sez: nah, my lad has a little dangly bit like those fish. That sounds wude.
yep still using real pens, I was watching a film so I had to use paper for this one. The wacom is the biz but you can't use it all the time.
everyone of those aliens resembles either a lad/sac or a cooch in some way or another.
Hey there Mr Byrne Sir.
Regarding using Wacom, what have you got? I've got an A5 Intuos 1 in nice magnolia. The thing is, all the digital art mags bang on about how Wacom is the Mut's Nuts, but this ain't good, because if I was a massive international company with a damn well near complete monopoly on graphics tablets, and everybody kissed my arse, I wouldn't be bothered with making anything better, or bringing down prices.
Definitely check-out the Cintiq (if you haven't already) - you know, the wacom tablet that is also an LCD screen. I thought it must be the ULTIMATE, but then I had a go on one, and it was well RUBBISH - if you calibrated it correctly, then drew a line right across the screen, the cursor would follow about half an inch behind, because it couldn't keep up! And is was a damn fast computer they were running it on...
So I say that all us digital artists should actually verbally bitch-slap Wacom until they tighten up their act.
Also, how come they flog the same tablets in dollars in the US as in pounds in the UK?!?!?!?!?!
Oh yes - I is English. And I have some mates from Cork. And I went to the same college as Oliver Cromwell (but not at the same time). But don't set the Leps on me. Particlularly not Polish ones. Maybe the Chinese ones...
How far are you through Mr Amperduke? I've already had f*cked-up dreams of the little plastic fellas coming off a production line ready to sell as "Amperduke Action Figures".
Maybe you could flog hollow action figures that have been injection-filled with liver paste, and flog them as the real (albeit a bit dead) deal?
Just a thought.
Cheers!
"Cooch"?
Wasn't that the bully in Diff'rent Strokes?
Bob sez: Hey Ricarus,
Wacoms, I bought a reconditioned a4 Graphire (I think) from the Wacom site last year. I was unimpressed with it and never used it for around 3 months until my dick/mouse/mousedick hand was killing me from the strain of working the 9-5, playing online games and working on comics.
I got corel painter 9.5 and haven't looked back, I do all my inking digitally now. I bought a cheapo a3 tablet before and just gave it away, didn't want to buy into Wacom hysteria too,but they are the best. Loads of software, especially Painter are made to work with Wacoms. Here are some early ink tests
http://clamnuts.com/rants/2006/06/
inking-comics-in-corel-painter-ix
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Get the Painter 30 day trial and give it a go. Your settings are vewwy important too, it took me a while to realise that I had to set the 'firmness' of the nib.
Cintiq looks great but I reckon it'd wear out quick and you'd need a top notch computer and all
Oohhhh, MR.Amperduke is still chugging along, no definite date though bro, definitely this year though. Seriously, I'm banking on a range of kubricks if the book does the biz.
Hey Bob.
Hope it goes well with getting a Future Shock. Have they guaranteed it, or are you trying out?
PLEEAASEE just make sure you keep it all uncompromisingly "Bob Freaky" and don't give in to editorial pressure. They pair you up with a different writer for Future Shocks don't they? Need to make sure the writer is a sicko too!
Painter is cool - how come it costs half a harem to buy Photoshop when Adobe have yet to build-in the piss-easy option of a GOOD line smoothing option? Ever tried inking in Photoshop? (even with "smoothing" on) - like working in a bloody earthquake!
In fact I'll TELL you why - it's because magazine reviews keep sucking their mofoin' corporate dick, so they don't bother blowing their nuts on it (again almost a monopoly like Wacom) - wait until Adobe buy Corel - ARRRGGGHHH!!!
Cheers!
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