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Francis · Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2002 5:28 pm

This is from something that eventually went nowhere. Thought I would put it up here so someone could see...

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Awetopsy · Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2002 5:32 pm

Well.. I think its a great amount of detail... but somehow it doesnt really seem Comic-book like to me... not really the comic book style of drawing... Im not sure why.. although I could be on crack too... Razz

anyways.. i really like the detail in this.. especially the environment and the car.. thats pretty cool. Smile

bluetraveller · member Member # Joined: 22 Mar 2002 Posts: 75 Location: BC

wow! This is really nice! I like the action involved. Nice style!

The only suggestion i would have is to pay closer attention to the colour values especially around the lower body. It seems to be blended into the same tonal background making it hard to distinguish the background/foreground sequence. I took the image and greyscaled it to compare values. Allow the background to recede by reducing detail, darkening or lightening tone or blurring. Or...what would happen if you changed the colour of her pants/nylons? What would happen if you darken the area in the room enshrining the two boxers? Just some thoughts...

I really like the car and the very nice line value and perspective you chose. Very well-thought composition.

cheers
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Simoom · Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2002 9:05 pm

Run Girl, don't ever let them take your butter cube!

I like the picture though, the perspective is great and there's a huge amount of detail on the background, none of which sucks Wink

I've never understood the whole pantleg and underwear look, but she's pretty cool. is the rest of the page still in black and white?

Eric Drobile · Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2002 10:16 pm

Simoom, that had me laughing for a good couple minutes.

Good picture, though.
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B0b · Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2002 1:58 am

excellent

i'll b starting on a comic book soon Smile

based on Modern Day Vampires Very Happy

Max · Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2002 5:57 am

Very cool indeed!!
the only thing whichI don't like is the orange ball over her head.

Rinaldo · Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2002 9:20 am

awesome!
distribution of detail/contrast is right on. everything is nicely balanced.

I hope this was not from your humanoids project. is it still going ahead?
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Francis · Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2002 12:04 pm

Awetopsy - hehe could be why it went nowhere. But I do think there is room for experimentation in comics- not everything needs to be "comic booky." Like Ashley Woods' stuff for instance - I kind of dig it, it's really far away from traditional comics look.

bluetraveller - cool, very helpful observations, thank you. It does blend in a bit visually there.

simoon - haha. Oh well, it's why I'm not a fashion designer. The page is meant to be all colored, but I just hadn't gotten to those panels yet.

Eric Drobile, thanks.

Bob - that sounds cool - what publisher will be putting that out?

Max Kulich - argh, I see - it is distracting.

Rinaldo - cool, thanks. The Humanoids gig I just finished a week or so ago - it's why I have some spare time and now I'm spamming the board with all this crap. I've got another small thing on the cover of a Wildstorm book coming out in a month or two.
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Rinaldo · Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2002 12:42 pm

sweet, if this is anything to go by it should kick ass.

just reading the above crits, I couldn't disagree more =x. this pic reads beautifully to my eye. I can't stop looking at it. Just give me a whole book like this and I'll be a happy man:P
post more stuff like this if ya got it. your line and colour style is perfectly suited to comics.

=)

(apologies if that's too much possative feedback, Idunno what came over my normaly dismal negative self)
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egerie · Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2002 1:01 pm

I dunno I really like to see something else than the typical north american comic book. You must know of Gimenez and the M�tabarons..

Anyway as for that cube thing I instantly thought of Synj Smile

adigra · Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2003 6:36 am

The comments in this thread make me laugh. Yeah Francis, this is no comic book art, didn't you know that you must draw like Mad!

This is brilliant. It has the best elements of european graphic novels and older Japanese stuff. Your talent as an architectural designer really shows in your lines and your perspective. Just awesome.

I really want to know the story behind this. The cube in her hand is a very moebius-esque oddity.

Did you ever get my reply to your email?
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B0b · Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2003 8:19 am

Francis i really have no idea atm, i'm just drawing it from a script that should land on my desk any day now Smile

i think its going to take me sometime to draw it, but rest assured i'll b making postings on here when i start it Wink

Francis · Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2003 5:50 pm

Rinaldo - thanks, I'm glad you approve. I think we probably have similar tastes in what we'd like to see in comics. I included another image, the one I mentioned before. This is the style I would like to do a book in... the work for Humanoids is a bit more tightly rendered.

egerie - Yah, Juan Gimenez is cool. I've been looking at the Metabarons stuff, hopefully they will let me take a crack at it sometime.

adi - Hey man, long time. This is just your basic chick running from peril in a dystopian futuristic society, with a yellow cube in her hand. You know just like in Star Wars. Thank you very much for the glowing review - I'm with you though, I think there's so much cool stuff going on in comics in other countries. It would be great to get some of that influence into some of the American comics. Can't wait to see your stuff when it comes out. I got a reply a while back - I'll drop you a note tonight.

bOb - cool I look forward to seeing those.

Hm, I hope posting this doesn't get me into troubles...

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Max · Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2003 4:47 am

Ha, that's nice, is there a story behind this....?

Shiro_tengu · Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2003 5:34 am

I love this. Is there more? I really like the style. I would love to see more. Nice Stuff, thanks for sharing.

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egerie · Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2003 6:57 pm

Sure Francis. Go see Travis Charest and slip a couple drawings in a pile lying here or there Wink

I can't help but ask, you did stuff for Les Humanoides Associ�s ?

Francis · Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2003 10:34 am

Max Kulich - yah, there's a good story; it will be used on the cover of Wildstorm's book "The Resistance," (I was told #7, but let's wait and see) which is about a group of underground freedom fighter types in a futuristic society.

Shiro - I hope there's more, hehe. Right now I don't know for sure...

egerie - Man, his stuff is great. I bought his portfolio at the comic con. I can't wait to see that stuff in print. Yes, I just finished a short story for Metal Hurlant. I don't know when that will be printed, it's up to the editor over there.
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