Resistance! Hl2 comic- CHAPTER 1

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This is the thread where i will be posting all artwork and pages for chapter 1 of "resistance!"

chapter one is named "hope".

here is page one, i should have page 2 finished sometime tonight.

and no... that guy in the bottom right IS NOT GORDON FREEMAN!!!

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Haha, thats a pretty cool comic page. I like the idea, and I must say the perspective in the last image is pretty damn good.

however, there are some points you should work on

First its good to sketch some scenes you have in mind, after that, you can use those sketches to lay out your perspective. Everything you see uses perspective, if you mess up the perspective, you often miss the chance to deliver the message to the viewer.

the last comic frame, has pretty good perspective, this helps me understand the message, "that you are lying down (because you fainted) and looking up to the sky. The character bend over me helps alot in this area to.

the 2th frame, is alright, nothing special. I think you should try to find some techniques comic artist's use to portray a blurry effect. without actually blurring the image. what you did is good, minus the gaussian blur

The first comic frame appears to me like you drew alyx first, and after that you drew the houses and buildings around her.
The best thing to do is sketch rough geometry first, like blocks. and after that ad alyx. it is tho very unnatural when you have buildings that center around an illusion. And because you sketched the rough building geometry first and can add alyx later you don't need to "imagine" how a row of buildings will follow behind alyx.

I hope this stuff makes sence.

Here is a small list with helpfull links
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=42
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=3148
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=17837

might not be all in context what you need to learn atm, but they are all very helpfull, (especially when colouring)

overall, conceptart.org, cgtalk.com, and not to forget, google :) (your tool to search for exelent tutorials - "perspective tutorial")

are good sites for critique, tutorals, tips, and whatever you need in your path in art

Good luck with your comic
 
wow, thanks a lot :) this is very helpful. from now on i'll draw the perspective first, and then the characters over it.

The girl (havent thought of her name yet, i dont need to seeing as youre not going to see her again for a looong time. she's not alyx though ;) ) i did draw first, and while the backround isnt in such a good veiwpoint, i i intended it to look haphazard.

but i think youre right about the blur- i'll re-do it soon.
 
Nice work.

If I could make one suggestion it would be to be more specific with what hit him, other than "thing". It could give us a better idea one what is going on too.

"That plank hit you..."
"That pole hit you..."
"That beam (I-beam) hit you..."

Hope I helped :)
 
Wow, evil, you're the best :D

One thing that I should say:

GORDON DOESN'T TALK!!!11two

Other than that, and what Evil said, keep up the good work! :)
 
Erestheux said:
Wow, evil, you're the best :D

One thing that I should say:

GORDON DOESN'T TALK!!!11two

Other than that, and what Evil said, keep up the good work! :)
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Read ALL of his post next time.
 
Now that's pretty damn neat. It's "sketchy" (which means it's a style I happen to love) but not messy, and it's simplistic but certainly not bland.

As far as unshaded, unpainted comics go, that's awesome :D I never have the patience to draw anything that detailed... bah, who am I kidding, I couldn't draw anything like that even if I wanted to!
 
thanks for the comments guys :D

this is actually the first comic iver ever done, although i have started one but i never got further than the second page :/

im working on chapter 3 now, hopefully i can stay awake long enough to finish it.
 
Nice. I'm liking it, cept that blur effect kinda detracts from the style a little, and in the last one it's bleeding over onto the frames a bit. Also, I'm pretty sure you can use a filter to change the background white and maybe make those lines a little more solid. I'll give it a shot when I get PSP working again.
 
Bad^Hat said:
Nice. I'm liking it, cept that blur effect kinda detracts from the style a little, and in the last one it's bleeding over onto the frames a bit. Also, I'm pretty sure you can use a filter to change the background white and maybe make those lines a little more solid. I'll give it a shot when I get PSP working again.
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personally i like the blur, apart from the explosion it is suppoesed to show when the main character is feeling dazed. trust me, if you compare the origonal with the blurred version, the blurred looks a lot better. mainly because i cant draw smoke to save my life... meh.

and ill make more tonight, but im in the UK here, and i was up till 4 in the morning doing this!! can you depriver me of my sleep?
 
Like so - :sniper: HELLO, GIMME A COMIC, CHOP CHOP
 
That's really pretty good! :D

I know how the story is going to go :) I'm privelleged.

One criticism (sort of): I think you should write the speech bubbles by hand, they look weird typed.
 
i like the blur. it adds to the effect.

keep em coming!!!

ich leibe es!
 
Sulkdodds said:
One criticism (sort of): I think you should write the speech bubbles by hand, they look weird typed.
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yes, but i have the origonals, so i can just edit them how i choose. im only doing quick text now, but later im probally going to do it better.

thanks for the comments guys :)
 
Too much blur though. The muzzle flash and the blood don't need it.
 
vegeta897 said:
Too much blur though. The muzzle flash and the blood don't need it.
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im trying out new things, and i can always change them later. but yes i agree, the muzzleflash is a bit much...
 
what do you think of this, i've redone page 1, because the blur looked crappy:

 
Suicide42 said:
what do you think of this, i've redone page 1, because the blur looked crappy
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I honestly like the first one better, because your new one was just copied and pasted, and I don't much like that in comics :) I also didn't see anything wrong with the first one.
 
Yeah, the original looked better :S

Heh, sorry dude, we kinda mislead you there.
 
OK, thats good to hear. i will work on pages 4 and 5 today, but i might not get that far seeing as i must revise for french, plus im going to going to buy halo 2 i think.
 
I can't wait for the next one...in the meantime, I'm about to post my comic update... ;)
 
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the combine soldier has very slow reactions.
 
To be honest I'm growing to dislike the blur a lot too...

But on the other hand, that's really awesome :D Perforation of the back of a semi-mechanised Combine helmet... woo!
 
lol pwn3d!

No more blur on the shooting scenes, though. Much better without. :(
 
Erestheux said:
lol pwn3d!

No more blur on the shooting scenes, though. Much better without. :(
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awww, but i like the blur ;( cant i just have a little bit?
 
just a test: tell me what one you think looks better.

whichever people like most i will use: blur or no blur!
 
No blur! As the most opinionated of this forums artists I demand you listen to me!! And don't try and bring talent into it!

Seriously, it's not eye-bleedingly awful or anything but I'd be interested in seeing what that particular shot looks like with only the muzzle flare blurred- bullets go damn fast, but splattering blood isn't quite air-tearing...

Still cool :D
 
fine, you win. no blur on blood.

what about for really, really BIG guns...? no...? :(
 
lol, I'm a bit late for this whole comic thing, but it's great so far! :D

Keep it up, and as for the blur..I'm undecided ;)

Keep it coming! :)
 
Bah, we'll have to band together and start rationing your monthly blur supply!

General rule- blur is good for vision distortion (when used carefully), and special effects like explosions or laser beams. Compared to bullets or fiery matter travelling at hundreds of metres per second something like blood is practically static!

To me, it just looks like you're actively trying to weird us out by blurring your pictures! Leave them alone, they're great as they are!
 
Well surely if you took a picture of someones face exploding there'd be a big blurry red mess of a picture? (I don't know, I'm asking lol) But now I've seen the last one I think the blur should go - it doesn't seem to fit in with rest of the scene.

Good work nonetheless. :)
 
thanks for the comments :)

im just addicted to blur. (wait till the helicopter is in it, that will be a prime oppertunity to use blur ;) oops, i say too much! )

*note: 3 more pages left before the end of chapter 1! maybe 4 if i get carried away with <spoiler>!
 
Make sure you don't spoil the <spoiler>; especially since <spoiler> really requires <spoiler> to <spoiler> the <spoiler>!

Helicopter? Love to see that... I would've liked to have seen more of them in the game too :D
 
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