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Post by julienhb on Oct 24, 2009 5:00:38 GMT -5
Hello everyone!
I'm currenlty working on a Silver Surfer strip for Marvel UK... When you work on Silver Surfer you have good chance to see Galactus. This is the case here.
I don't think I'm allowed to post the page here, for now, but here is a description.
This is a splash page. Galactus fills the page from head to toe (approx. 13" high). And on the foreground, there is the Silver Surfer on his surf (approx. 0,5" high).
The penciller (John McCrea) drew Galactus with heavy lines and very very thin lines for the Surfer. I inked it like that, because I didn't know how to ink it in fact! And I trust the colorist to fade a little bit the background...
If I respect te "rule", the Surfer should have heavier lines than Galactus but in this case, it's all very thin. To be coherent with the other pages/panels, the lines for the Surfer should be very thin (compare to an headshot one page before) and Galactus even thiner since it's farther.
Well, I've looked at comic books and most of the time, Galactus is inked the way I did it (heavier lines than the Surfer). So I wondered... How would you ink that kind of panel?
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Post by clockwerkj on Oct 24, 2009 9:20:34 GMT -5
What you did is a fairly standard practice. More than likely it will turn out fine. I would in those cases make a halo around the forward figure to make sure its obvious who is in front.
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Post by julienhb on Nov 5, 2009 19:39:32 GMT -5
Thanks a lot, Jay! In fact, I was a bit worried but now I've seen it colored, I think there was no other good solution and it's perfectly clear... I tend to say that a page needs to be perfect in pencils, in inks and in colors but for this case, I think colors makes the page look better!
I'll show you the 3 stages of the page in december when the issue is out...
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Post by clockwerkj on Nov 13, 2009 13:57:42 GMT -5
Cool! There used to be an old rule: pencil it so the inker cant screw it up. ink it so the colorist cant screw it up, then they probably will anyway. Now about 1/2 the colorists in comics are good enough to cover up the mistakes made earlier. There are still some that make the artwork worse, but for the most part you can & should trust your team.
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Post by bobalmond on Nov 13, 2009 14:57:43 GMT -5
Can trust, ok...should trust...not me;-) I leave border notes whenever necessary for specific requests. I've seen way too many problems slip by and often the editors are not very helpful.
>>ink it so the colorist cant screw it up, then they probably will anyway<<
Words to live by, Jay <g>
Bob (paranoia is a virtue) Almond
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Post by clockwerkj on Nov 14, 2009 9:51:11 GMT -5
sure Bob, I play xbox live with all the colorists I work with, so we go over stuff daily anyway.
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Post by bobalmond on Nov 14, 2009 12:15:12 GMT -5
you guys have time to play xbox live together and make your deadlines?! d**n, i'm so jealous;-)
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Post by clockwerkj on Nov 14, 2009 15:11:24 GMT -5
lol, Xbox live is basically a replacement for email if you work at Marvel.
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Post by bobalmond on Nov 14, 2009 16:00:08 GMT -5
so that's how the editors communicate, too?? And the books ship on time? Quite the system Marvel has developed since my last gig with them! LOL!!
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Post by clockwerkj on Nov 15, 2009 10:54:15 GMT -5
Not really for editors, but some do play. FOr me tho it works as free international calling with pencillers & colorists.
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Post by bobalmond on Nov 15, 2009 11:19:27 GMT -5
seriously clever!
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Post by TomParrish on Nov 16, 2009 6:55:38 GMT -5
I guess it's also a way for editors to check to see if anyone's going to be missing deadlines based on how much time they've spend on Xbox Live recently - how many books are gonna be shipping late next month after Modern Warfare 2's release?! lol
That's cool they use the live chat though, I would have thought they'd be using Skype.
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Post by julienhb on Dec 14, 2009 12:31:36 GMT -5
Hey every one! Now it's realeased, I think I can show the 3 steps...
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