Sucess at last!

This is my first real cell shading attempt! What do you think?

Tabi and Jinn from 'Downfall'

I don't know how well it will turn out at this size but that's it! Man-it took forEVER to finish. Oh well. Now I just need to decide whether or not I want to make Downfall a full-color comic or go with the traditional black and white that I'm used to. Been trying to come up with a pro's and con's list for both. If I go with the coloring, it's going to take me longer to get out each page, but it will help me build a good foundation in color sense and be super helpful when I go to do the animations. But black and white is easier and faster. Still not sure. 

I was thinking I'd at least get the Prologue out in color and if I want to switch later, I can just start off the first chapter in b&w. Hmmmmm.....

Photoshop and Actions. . .

Been doing a lot of PS and MS tutorial reading, finding shortcuts and ways to improve my speed at getting these pages out. Anyway, promised a few pencil sketches, here they are:

This is Lemuela (Lem) from a comic idea (Dreams of Dying Stars) I've been throwing around for awhile now.

And this is Zeal Isper Zalesper, another character from DODS.

Well, that's it for now kiddies. Gotta get some more in before Silo wakes up from nappy time.

Computer Virus of DOOOOOMMmmm!!! *andwaffles!!*

  Ugh, that was seriously lame. Night before last I was researching animation software (Celsys' RETA!) and I got myself a terrible, icky kinda virus. Yay. And of course I had no back up copies of Windows that worked for my reinstall. The real kicker? This happens to me every couple months or so.

  WHY DO I NEVER INSTALL ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE?!?!? Meep.

  So now things are getting back to better, spent most of today (I should probably say 'my free time' because the 'most' is dedicated to running around after Silas) installing my programs. The interesting thing is, because I didn't have use of my wacom I was forced to go back to 'traditional' tools...which I haven't done in forever!!!

   I was amazed to find that I could actually draw with a real pencil!!! WOW! O-O I had a lot of fun with my doodles. I'll put them in here as soon as I get 'em scanned. (Totally installed those printer drivers yeedurrdyhuurr.)
  DAMN YOU VIRUS!!!!

Downfall Studios Logo

  Took me all day but I finished it! I had to do a lot of research on logo design too. I'm still not too happy with it . . . it's honestly too far detailed for a logo. I might  have to go over it one more time with a bit of simplicity. Man.
  Haven't slept in . . . several . . . 30? 50? Hours. Well, not true. I took a nap with Silas today, but he's teething and grumpy so he didn't sleep long, maybe an hour or so.
So I'm off to bed! For really, really, reals!

Finally!

It's a shame that LJ has started acting up (wantingyoutopay*cough*). So I did a little searching and whipped this up instead. Anyway, I'll be posting a Cell-Shading Tutorial here later on. I keep figuring that once I have it all whipped up and online it'll keep me from getting distracted by other crap...seriously. I start lasso-ing (sp?wtf.) out bits of my background flats like I'm supposed to-and before I realize it I've whipped out the stupid airbrush again! Grrr. See you later.