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Thursday, March 8, 2012

[Comic] Calligraphy part 2

The second gunpla x Comipo! test.
*As the date suggested, I made this earlier this week, but haven't managed to post it here until now*

Side effects includes slow motion/time stop and random explosions

And as previously mentioned, here's my thought about the prospect of combining gunpla comics with Comipo!:
Comipo! had a fixed page size, which unfortunately had a different ratio with my usual gunpla comics format. This leads to a couple of problems, but mainly that I cannot directly make a 4 panel gunpla comics using Comipo! without making the picture smaller and/or having a lot of empty spaces.
These two pages of the "Calligraphy" series are made with these steps:
  1. Lightroom (editing the photo settings & size)
  2. Photoshop (adding some effects such as thrusters, blur, gold words, etc)if needed
  3. Comipo! (words & balloons, Comipo! effects, and finally exporting)
  4. Photoshop (cropping and arranging into the my gunpla comics format)
These steps is quite tedious. While the Comipo! really helps in putting words and stock effects, I most likely will never use this method ever again.

...That is, for making 4 panel gunpla comics.
I intended to make my 'Epic' comic using traditional comic paneling, which unlike 4 panel comics, shouldn't get affected that much with the Comipo! page size.

Will it be good? Tune in next time where I tests gunpla comics with Comipo! using traditional paneling!!

7 comments:

  1. The text on God Gundam's are quite hilarious and somewhat fits for some reason XD.

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    1. Hilarious: Yes, that is definitely my intention :).
      Fits: Um, uh... I don't know about that ;^^

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  2. Never asked martial artist (from G-Gundam) to teach calligraphy.

    One thing, the lighting is nicely done. =)

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    1. And other martial artists like Hokuto Shinken, Kishinken, etc.
      Unless you do want mid-air kanji, time stop, and explosions :p.

      Thanks, I was kinda worried that the lighting might be a bit too strong. I'll try to keep that lighting setting :).

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  3. Yeah, I also think that the lighting is nicely done, may i know the light setup for this one?

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    1. It was just two desk lamps, one on the left (a bit too close) and one right below the camera (I hold it with my legs :p, didn't have much room to place it anywhere else).
      I later edited the color settings etc on Adobe Lightroom.

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  4. And that's why martial artist have it tough, they must learn the ways of making letters in mid air.

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