http://www.kapowcomiccon.com/


i already got my tickets

Comic continues...

Although the first projects over i intend to ink the entire thing, because... well, because I'm actually buzzing off doing it.
This is the fifth page (of 12) for 'Hotdog Hansel', the first glimpse of the monster 'Gret'. Its coming along, I've stopped putting speech bubbles in, as computers apparently take care of that easier... so yeh any feedback is good feedback.


oh and the rest is on my blog, leehallamillustration.blogspot.com

fumetto - Comix Competition (Int.)

http://www.fumetto.ch/index.cfm?nav=162,473,702&DID=1&SID=2

Comix Competition (Int.)

Energy

 

Each year, Fumetto – International Comix-Festival Lucerne holds a competition to give comic creators the opportunity to compare their work, present it to a broader public and to exchange views with others. The competition’s theme this year is Energy.

Conditions

• Deadline: 17th of January 2011 (date of postmark)
• Format: A4 or A3 (other formats will be disqualified)
• Form: only Comics (stories in picture form), no cartoons accepted, no digital entries
• Number of pages: maximum 4 (only 1 comic)
• Labelling: name, address, telephone number, e-mail and date of birth on the back of each page
• Packaging: sturdy envelope, no rolls
• Return Postage: if the return postage is not enclosed or not sufficient, the works will not be sent back but kept for one year only
• For Siwss Nationals: stamps, or money in the value of the stamps needed
• For Foreigners: 5 Euro
• Categories: Cat. 1: 18 years or older / Cat. 2: 13 to 17 years / Cat. 3: up to 12 years of age
•  Schools: Please enclose a list with names and details (see Labelling ) of the participating students and information about the school/class.

Sandman's Assistant 02 and 03

There are parts of this page that look off to me now, after looking at it again. And I'm not too pleased with some of the colour-work. But I'm determined to finish this, lol.

EDIT: I need to make some changed to the third page, there are a few inconsistencies with the room that have been bothering me.

Sandman's Assistant 01

This is a coloured and worded version of what I started working on for the summer project. I had so much fun with it that I decided on continuing it in my spare time.

General idea of my first page, If anyone has any finishing suggestions would be greatly appreciated :D

http://joysukew.blogspot.com/

i know its a late update but i found the blog of one of the artists ive been looking at, i found it really helpful,

Emergency post!

The BIAD Moodle brief link:

http://moodle.bcu.ac.uk/biad/course/view.php?id=1179

is completely incorrect - it is one that George put up without my knowledge

You should be following this blog, and the brief on the following moodle link only!

http://moodle.bcu.ac.uk/biad/course/view.php?id=1302

lol!

page 2

this is a photo of page 2 i think it is a long way from finished so ill be adding to it until the final hand it date haha i want to edit it digitally but i would rather have everything else up to date before i do, same with page one, plus i need to make the panel edges neater because the markers had a bleeding effect grrr
sorry about the lateness of this post

Final inks...

This is one of my final pages. I think a cel-style digital colour will compliment the bold linework, but I'm not sure. If anyone has any good finishing ideas, please suggest some. Still got to word it, but I'm looking for a suitable typeface. This was a last minute change of idea, and with it comes a different brief, which I'll post also.

I found the humour in this really hillarious

I found this random image on the net, its very funny and the thing that makes it work is the text even though the imagery isnt very imaginative.

return to Eurotica and why

(from bottom to top)
these 3 examples are published by eurotica
first the story of o
similar style to where with development my work may be

second perverts of the unknown
similar niave figure style and shading

third chica
similar cross hatching style to the current pages im working on

this is the work of Michael Mannings who im going to compete with i know you will say he's better but he's got 20 years of illustration experience over me so in time i hope it to be of this quality

Inking attempts

After roughs, and drawings i decided to attept inking. So these are re-drawn panels off the main pages to attempt inking some characters and settings.

http://leehallamillustration.blogspot.com

Digital Coloured Strip

step by step start to finish process

this is a from start to finish look at how each page of the artemis fowl graphic novel was created not everyones thing nor mine necessarely but one of the best examples i have found so far

new brief top shelf publications

this is the new brief i found last week
Submissions

Regarding submissions, we're easy. Just send us a xerox copy of what you'd like us to look at (or a URL link), and enough postage if you want the materials returned to you. Just please do not attach and send image files to our email addresses. Also, we cannot accept scripts or plot synopses, unless they are accompanied by a minimum of 10-20 completed pages (i.e., fully inked and lettered comic book pages).

Please note that while we do read through everything, it's not always possible for us to respond to each and every person (as the quantity of submissions has been rather surprising of late). But don't let that discourage you. We want to know what you're up to. And we prefer to respond via email, so be sure to include your email address with your submission.

You can send submissions to either Chris or Brett at:

Chris Staros
Top Shelf Productions, Inc.
PO Box 1282
Marietta GA 30061-1282
USA
chris@topshelfcomix.com

Brett Warnock
Top Shelf Productions, Inc.
PO Box 15125
Portland OR 97293-5125
USA
brett@topshelfcomix.com

For digital submissions to our online comics program, Top Shelf 2.0, contact Leigh Walton at leigh@topshelfcomix.com with a link or small attachment. For 2.0, short stories work best, although we can also do collections of individual pages or serialize a longer story in chapters.

Digital Inking

Check this guy out, for those that havent seen Eduard Visan he is seriously badass.

eduard visan

The power of the cartoon – Patrick Chapatte

paul o connell british cartoon artist/ animator/ concept illustrator!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-2eUfGacrQ&feature=player_embedded

New York Times - The Funny Pages

several interesting stories in PDF format here:

http://www.nytimes.com/ref/magazine/funnypagesModan.html

• Low Moon
• Mister Wonderful
• Watergate Sue
• George Sprott (1894-1975)

colour ideas. non too ott however i am now changing the layout of the page

Bus Interior

rough tablet drawings  getting a tone of the atmosphere of my story-setting (bottom of a double decker west midlands bus during rainy coldly weather which near the end clears up).

Process and finishing

http://www.sorcery101.net/process/step4/

unedited first 2 pages

8 pages more to draw... what u think?

krystiangarstkowiak.blogspot.com

colour dropping practice

Just a little practice in the colour dropping we were shown in the workshop on friday,

to be honest this is very similar to the way i colour on photoshop anyway, but i found the workshop really useful, as i found out the proper way to do this, rather than the "i kinda figured it out myself" way (which takes 5 times as long).

lucy

Lovely internship making comics!

This is a link that Karoline Rerrie shared on facebook. It's for an internship making comics and running workshops, at London Print Studio. If you're at all interested then you should apply asap, the closing date is not far away!
http://www.londonprintstudio.org.uk/F13-intern.html

Chloe x

My first effort at digital colouring.

I simply threw on a very light tone to overlay the figures, then simply darkened the shaded areas.

Before:

After:

A question about sizing

Hey, I'm just wondering about a few things to do with size choices. I know we should be working bigger, and then reducing, but what if drawing stuff at a larger size reduces the ability to draw to your normal standard? I've never worked at A3, or only very rarely, and it seems that I'm incapable of drawing as well as I would be if I were to draw the same thing on A4. I'd like to know if I should continue on with the A3, or work on A4, which is what looks better.

Thanks, and sorry if the question was badly phrased, I wasn't quite sure how to word it.