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ALDoM #18 process pics (Patreon)

Published:
2022-05-20 11:21:12
Imported:
2022-06

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Hey guys,

here's something different - four steps in drawing a comic page. Basically it's the initial storyboard sketch (drawn when planning the story/page), second, detailed sketch, inks and color with shading.
In theory the last part could be split into several separate pictures- flat colors, shading, lighting, effects and so on.

Let me know if posts like this are something that would be interesting to you - I realize it might only be useful to artists / comic makers out there.

If you're interested in these, I might do more in future- maybe for the pages I like best.

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Anonymous

I think you're right that it's only really of use to the talented artists/comic makers out there - I for one am astonished how you turn the bunch of scribbles (how it looks to me) in the first image into the finished page. But even as a non-artist, it's somewhat fascinating to see the 'evolution'. I wouldn't share these 'stages' for every page, but I think it would be interesting to see it for complex pages, or ones where you've gone through several iterations of layout/design before settling on the final page. :) My two pennies there, as requested. :)

Alyena
>>84230773

I don't really have anything to add - this sums up my opinion as well. Even if it doesn't necessarily benefit me, behind-the-scenes stuff is interesting to look at sometimes!

Lord of Nightmares

Nice to see your process, did you jump straight into the layout for the first rough or did you have to try other ideas/composition of panels first? Its always good to see the different processes that artists go through

Person

I think it would make a great tier reward, especially if you can figure out how to automate it a bit.

vilga
>>84231658

I can just save the steps as pngs as i work, I think. This time I had to go through the file turning off a bunch of layers to "unearth" specific parts.

vilga
>>84230998

The first sketch is from the storyboard, which means it was really tiny- the smaller they are, the easier it is to "nail" proper composition and the easier it is to fix or change stuff. If I had different versions, I probably just erased parts and drew again. Rarely I decide to save alternate versions, mostly when I have a different idea but would like to have the old version in case it doesn't work out.

Lara South

There is another Patreon creator that I'm a patron of that shows WIPs at different stages. While interesting, I tend to skip over them so I don't know if it adds a lot to my experience personally.

Paqs

What program do you draw in?

Anonymous

I always love seeing process work, and this was really cool to look at. I don't need to see it for every page, but I would definitely like to see a bit more. My thoughts would be post process pages like this sporadically as a little bonus given that it's not a lot of extra work. You could easily add them starting at the $4 or $7 tiers as a little additional incentive. Toss out two or three of these per story line so they're semi regular but not too constant.

Person
>>84231658

With a consistent naming scheme, it wouldn't be hard to write a script to slurp out those individual layers. Could probably do things like the alpha blend between the initial rough sketch and the first draft line art. Err.. do layers even have names? I'd think so.

vilga
>>84240727

Earlier comics were done in Photoshop on a waxom cintiq

zoombini

Some artists I follow post it with every piece, which I either ignore or get mildly annoyed at because it means it's more effort to get to the finished page. That said I really like seeing it on occasion because it's interesting, ust not necessary for most posts.

Omnius Erasmus

I dig stuff like this, but I'm an artist so seeing someone else's process is part of the package. I think it'd be nice to see a couple of these per chapter. 👍

vilga
>>84263492

I get that. I'm gonna keep it separate. I include the textless versions of comics in the updates, but I do try to make sure the regular version goes first.

vilga
>>84240727

I switched because drawing on the iPad is much, much more natural for me than the Wacom Cintiq. And since there's no functional Photoshop version for the iPad, I switched to Clip Studio!

vilga
>>84231658

Depends on the workflow, actually. I don't use names for layers when I do Cummoner, but I do for some other comics, especially ones that require me to have separate layers for different characters' linearts