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Published: 2009-09-10 02:04:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 42977; Favourites: 1045; Downloads: 130
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-------------------------------------------------------NOTICE: NATE HAS MOVED TO A NEW DEVIANTART ACCOUNT.
My new username is NateSonOfSimp: [link]
I chose my original username poorly, and now the internet thinks my name is "Hugh." Though I hate to have to rebuild my watcher list from scratch, I've decided that this switch will only get more difficult the longer I wait.
Thanks in advance for coming along with me to my new home on DeviantArt!
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Poster now available online at the Nonplayer Store: [link]
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Next page: [link]
Previous page: [link]
Original line art: [link]
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First-pass color for page 3 of Project Waldo.
All of the pages for Project Waldo are drawn directly in Photoshop CS3 using a Cintiq tablet monitor. For line work I use default brush settings at 100% hardness (4-pixel width for thin lines, 7-pixel width for outlines).
For coloring, I use the popular Multifill and Flatten plugins ([link] ) to build selectable areas of color, and then I add new layers of color at different blend modes and opacities (this is a pretty random, haphazard, and slow process).
It usually takes me about a week to get a single page finished. Part of my reason for attempting this project is to learn ways to speed up my workflow.
Project Waldo will be released in 24-page installments beginning in 2010. For more information, and to sign up on a mailing list to be notified when the first issue comes out, visit the Project Waldo development blog: projectwaldo.blogspot.com.
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Man!!! I am coming to see more on your new site
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I Hugh! Hey, you never told me when you finished this or I would have picked it up. Just read that it was optioned. I can not tell you how happy I am for you and admire your conviction in getting the issue done. I will still try and pick it up to see all your awesome artwork
Congratualtions sir.
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awesome pic! wish i could make a nice panel like you... i'm not really good at those...=3
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For some reasons I've never been a comic fan.. until I saw this! I really hope you get it off the ground, it looks like a masterwork already!
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Thanks, kirpluk! Your stuff is spectacular -- what an amazing design and color sense you've got! Keep up the incredible work!
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Wooooooooooooooooooooooooow...
this is VEEERY NICE!!!
GOOOORGEOS
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Thanks very much, Georges!
Are you a professional animator? I'm just totally amazed by your control over the human form -- especially in stuff like "frames-fight." Really, really beautiful work.
I'm looking forward to seeing more greatness from you in the future!
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Thank you.
I'm glad you liked my work.
Actually try to do comics.
Using only digital tools. (A wacom bamboo for now)
But I also do illustrations for games and rpg.
I was very excited when I found your gallery.
was the most incredible work I met this year.
I tried to find more jobs for its Google.
But I could not find a good amount.
I will be here waiting for news.
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Sorry my bad English.
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Oh my god... I just stumbled across your work and am enthralled. Your linework is amazing!
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Thanks very much for stumbling across me!
There's some great range in your gallery. I think my favorite so far is "Infernal Blade" -- really unique face treatment and a very cool pose. Keep up the nice work!
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i love how you've actually cared to give each of those bow men their own face. you are truly dedicated.
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Aw, thanks! I sort of felt like they all looked a little too glum in the end, though. Shouldn't one of them have been smiling or whistling or something? If Pieter Bruegel had painted it, each character would have had a rich inner life...
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hahaha! it would have been funny to see a line of serious faces and in the midst of them all a guy looking totally cheerful, like there's nothing in the world he'd rather do than march all morning in a heavy armored suit. ah the optimist!
but i find that the serious faces are perhaps more accurate? i mean, sure it looks cool to us because they're wearing these wicked helmets and stuff, but for them it's just another day at work.
and in reality, not everyone has a rich inner life...
oh god that's a sad note to end on...
Merlin wears pink underwear!
that's better!
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Ah ha ha ha! Aw, I bet those Disney guys never counted on somebody being able to freeze the frame. What a great catch.
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I know right? I actually sent you that link because of Archimedes' hilarious laughing fit, and then I noticed Merlin's underwear! Naughty Disney animators!
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Aw, thanks again! I'm glad you like it.
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I love your work!
i want this book when it comes out.
i will be waiting!
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Thanks very much, smars!
Your gallery is super-rad. Please post some more of your comics! I want to see more! I love your looseness (not of line, but of form)! I wish I had that.
You might enjoy Brandon Graham ([link] ). Actually, I'm a million percent sure you already know about him. His blog ([link] ) is awesome, too.
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awesome!
thanks for the kind words and the links!
I've seen his work before, but didn't know he was here!
btw, I'll be posting more comics as soon as my classes ease off a bit.
(got one semester till graduation, so it's getting hectic)
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I'm sorry, but you are not allowed to be as awesome as you are at age 17. Really, it's just totally unacceptable. Please devote your life to the study of dentistry or something, and then come back to this when you're 25. It's not fair.
Seriously, you're totally rad. Keep up the spectacular work!
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Wow, geee, I didn't expect that (to be honest, I didn't even expect such a crappy comment like mine to be answered xD)... Thanks a lot! 
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Now THIS IS something. The beast resembles me those from the Lanfeust comic.
The art is simply amazing. How you packed so many details to it? Stunning.
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Thanks, Tomasz!
I love your Hairdresser and the World drawing. The color's just great! Keep it up!
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Believe me, all pleasure is mine. The pleasure to see so talented comic artist.
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looks like something that should be in Avatar the Last Air bender.
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Beautiful work! Those details are breathtaking. The perspective in the second panel is spot-on. I can see why this go a DD.
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Thanks, Nikki! You're very kind!
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WTF is Lindsay Harper saying? This is the best I've seen in quite some time now!
Keep the good work!
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Thanks for sticking up for me!
Your drawings kind of remind me of Alex Katz - the same stillness and subdued color. Keep up the nice work!
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Really? Thanks so much, it feels great to know someone likes what I do! Thank you!
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Yep! Sadly, I didn't get started as early as you did (you're that good at 14... not fair at all). Right now, I'm still trying to figure out panel placement, pacing, color, human expressions... how to make good stir-fry. So much to learn, so little time. Keep up the great work, by the way!
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Awww, thanks dude.
Your awesome too. I think I'll watch you just to see what other awesomness you come up with. I'll also get to see how you progress in your learning. And maybe I can even learn from you!
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Yeah, I'm still trying to figure out how to work the detail into these without punishing the viewer. Too much this time?
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hmm not really, the lines are just right so the detail doesn't really lead the viewers eyes into the wrong direction (hope you understood that)
the details in this are working just fine if you ask me
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Oh, that's good to hear. Thanks!
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how long does it typically take you to complete one of these stunning pages? And how do you do it? I'm amazed!
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It takes a pretty long time right now, though hopefully I'll speed up a little as I learn the ropes. These pages took about a week each to draw and color. They're all drawn in Photoshop using a Cintiq tablet monitor -- other than that, there aren't too many tricks. Just lots of hours. I talk a little bit more about some of this stuff at my blog: [link] .
By the way, I really like your illustrations. I can't believe you're still in school -- you are so much better than I was. Keep up the great work!
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Haha, thanks so much! And thanks for taking the time to stop by my gallery.
I checked out your blog... "flatting"? What is this thing you have discovered? I'm going to have to check out that Photoshop plugin for flatting that you mentioned - I bet it saves loads of time!! This is exciting...
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I just downloaded the plugin and I can tell that I'm going to have to mess with this some more to get it to work properly, but by golly it's cool. I'm trying to develop a comic myself and this would really be useful. 
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Wow, that is so much detail! You have such a good eye! I love how you even captured the expressions of the soldier's faces under their helmets: each soldier's eyes are so expressive!
You have great color choices, and it is just wonderful overall. It is definitely DD worthy.
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