Project ADC-1 Concept Art. I switched off the pencil layer, blended in the colour blocks and did some more detailed painting.
Concept Art: Sylen Benevolen 1B
Project ADC-1 Concept Art. I’ve blocked in the colours for the Benevolen concept. In Manga Studio, I started with the brush tool and then found that the pen tool lays down colour more evenly – which is what I wanted for blocking in.
Concept Art: Sylen Benevolen 1
OK here’s a character concept sketch of the main protagonist in my digital comic. Using a reference photo, I worked in Manga Studio 5 with a Wacom graphics tablet. This represents around 40 minutes of sketching for me.
Project ADC-1: 20 July 2015
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I’ve been character designing and expanding on my digital comic plot which currently consists of a text file of 455 words. Originally I’d estimated 1 hour for plotting, I’ve spent 6 hours on it already but I reckon I’m about done with the high level plotting now.
One thing that I found really helpful during structuring my plot was Tim Stout’s article on Blake Snyder’s Beat Sheet. I didn’t stick to it religiously but instead used it as a rough guide. Thanks to my mate John for the tip-off 🙂
Like the geek I am, I have updated my digital comic project dashboard with my progress this last week.
Fictional World Map V3.3
I’ve been fleshing out my fictional world map a little bit more. It now has continent names, a legend and depicts two of the locations for my ADC-1 project (Raneon and Suborea).
Project ADC-1: 14 July 2015
I’m still in the early stages of my digital comic project and I’ve already had to lower my sites from making a 30 page comic to a 20 page one. Timescale is the overriding factor here.
Most of the work has been done inside my head so far:
- Idea Brainstorming in my car to and from work.
- Drawing up a Character Design Template.
- Character Design in my car to and from work.
- Plotting in my car to and from work.
I’ve updated my digital comic project dashboard here.
Project Code: ADC-1 + Digital Comics Workflow
I’m a great one for coming up with ideas but then never finishing them. So I’m throwing down the gauntlet to myself this year *KA-TUK* (that’s what a gauntlet throwdown sounds like) with my so called Project Code: ADC-1.
Note: ADC stands for Artloader Digital Comic – my attempt to sound mysterious (I’m a bit nutty – what can I say? And no – I’ve not been drinking).
In order to give myself a bit of structure as I create my digital comics, I have put together a little Digital Comics Workflow. It’s always good to have a defined process – whether you follow it or not is another matter.