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Published: 2008-10-10 00:51:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 5981; Favourites: 103; Downloads: 430
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Jack and the puberty metaphorAnother school assignment. We were working from the instructor's script but we could make up our own ending.
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I LOVE the spitting on his hands panel!!
Overall I really like this work. The panel layout works fine, and I agree with you on keeping the art inside the panel borders. For me, it's more like looking into a window. The art can just BE without calling too much attention to itself.
Really can't wait to see where you go!!!
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haha! jack looks like simple jack from tropic thunder
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Very nice, as always. Are you required to color your comics for class as well?
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No color requirements yet. It's pretty early in my major and we're not even required to ink them. The only criteria is that it's on the industry standard sized boards.
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You're already ahead of the game then with the inks! Good stuff, mate. I'm excited to see some of it with the colors too when you get to that point.
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I think I have a digital coloring class next semester. So that's when I'll finally hunker down and splash some color on these pages.
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Squish! Good stuff man. Love the perspective of him standing in front of the giant's door and the long cast shadow. Popping his head up thru the clouds and the ending are nicely humorously timed. Seeing nice growth in your work...school's been good!
- D
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Sweet. I love the effects in your comics, they have so much energy, like when the bean stock first explodes out of the ground its super intense. And I like how thats balanced with funny and gross little minutia like the spitting in the hands or the giant drooling. Top notch stuff as always!
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it was a pretty positive response. The teacher dug it the most.
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the panels with his intense climbing face and the giant's drooling are my favorites-- great work man.
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lol - hilarious. I love the buildup of the scenes leading up to the payoff - jack getting his ass handed to him.
you win!
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bro, fucking sic. again.
pg 1 panel 2, watch out when you're putting figures in perspective on your horizon lines. i know what you're going for here, but some dummy is gonna look at that and think you've got a midget standing next to a giant.
pg 1 last panel, lose that gutter in the middle of the shot. number one, you never let anything get in the way of an awesome shot like that. number two, it does nothing for your pacing, so you don't need it. i look at the (awesome) gesture of jack bracing himself and then immediately look at that gutter with disdain.
where did you say you were going to school again?
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Thanks, man!
'...some dummy is gonna look at that and think you've got a midget standing next to a giant.'
Yes. some dummy. It would take a special kind of retard to not understand depth. I think it works fine.
I'm going to the School of Visual arts in NYC, right now.
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but you gotta remember that those people exist. one of the key things you gotta take into account is that your main audience won't be as versed as you or me. even with some of the things i've been most proud to produce, i had some asshole pass by and be all "is that a midget standing next to a giant?" and just felt totally defeated. if you can eliminate any need for that question (even from the dummies
just keep it coming. this shit is killer.
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haha, thanks man. That's what my teachers always say actually, "You can't make these dumb enough.'' You have to be clear to the point of stupidity with your storytelling. I just get frustrated at dumbing things down to the point that it hinders my art. sigh. I'm still searching for the happy medium.
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well there are a lot of ways to clarify while still keeping things interesting. it just takes some exploration, which is why the layout stage is so important. but you know this
like i said, this is awesome. keep it up
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I like how when Jack thrusts his head through the clouds, a mini-cloud appears like a question mark. I like this, a lot.
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great work, have you seen the comic contest @ [link]
should be sure to grab some attention from late night host Stephen Colbert - it's really fun!
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Actually, I take back what I said about the panel layout. It's just the first four that threw me, I like what I see after that.
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Couple things:
The division of the final panel on page 01: what was the reasoning there? It seems like it would work as effectively, if not more so, with the gutter removed.
You flip the camera 180 in the POV from the last panel of pg1 to the first of pg2. Creates a little dissonance. Easily fixed if you can flip p1 and p2 of pg2, though.
I'm not saying you should change anything if you're happy with it, but those are two things I caught that tend to come up in academic discussion of comics.
On the up side, I love the rendering here. Your angles are strong, there's impact to the explosive burst of the beanstalk. Every drawing is expressive, and the layout of the panels is clear, if somewhat static (which is fine depending on your personal storytelling style. Carl Barks did brilliant work using a constant 6-panel layout. Watchmen uses a 9, I think).
Overall I think you'll get a really favorable response!
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I got lots of mixed things about the gutter division on page 1. It was recommended to me by the teacher and he defended it pretty well. And yea I dig the more formal page layouts right now. I'm not comfortable with panel breaks and abstract panel shapes yet. For the most part I find them really self-indulgent and a detriment to the storytelling. Otomo and Miyazaki both keep they're art inside the panel borders and I have no gripes with those guys.
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What was his reasoning on the panel break on pg01? It just seems to break up the action to me...
I think panel breaks are best used sparingly so that what impact they got is effective.
Did you get a good overall grade on it?
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He said that panel breaks like that slow down the action, and make the reader absorb it slower. It was pretty mixed among classmates. But yea, I got a good grade on it.
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Long, wide panels also slow down the action, but something like this I think benefits from the impact of a single panel.
Meh. When in doubt, trust your own instincts.
I look forward to the next one!
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