tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80099982011-04-21T22:38:55.003-07:00<img src="http://super75comics.com/hk/blog_hdr2.jpg">Ryan Codynoreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009998.post-63443228117365667792008-10-08T09:40:00.001-07:002008-10-08T09:54:29.932-07:00<span style="font-size:85%;">Here is an example of how page 1 has evolved for the Hurricane Kids special. Anyone who knows me knows that I firmly believe in the "get it done" mentality so I rarely re-draw pages on my creator-owned work, but I just felt that I wasn't getting across what I wanted early on.<br /><br /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2392/2924881442_ed2cbce2b7_o.jpg" /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A: </span>This was the first attempt at the page, and while I got all the storytelling elements in there, I wasn't overall happy with it. I was happy with panel 1, but thought the fist got lost in everything else. I decided all the trees were too much, and not the feel of the barren world the writer and I were shooting for and in panel 3, it just didn't look like the character to me, not to mention I drew the beard wrong on this page<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B:</span> This page I got the beard right, altered the angle of the face a bit in panel 1, but again I'm struggling with defining the fist. Panel 2 got way more barren and sparse and in panel 3, I was pretty happy with it, but again, I struggled with his fist against his shirt and created the "halo" around everything to break it apart, and I'm not a big fan of that look.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">C: </span>I even colored example B because I thought I was happy enough with it. I went a bit overboard I think and I'll probably tone down the craziness on the final pages.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D: </span>After looking at example B for a few days, I decided to redo it again, and here I think is the best page. In panel 1 I decided to get rid of the punching fist all together and let the action explain what is going on. I'm much happier with panel 2 as well, barren but not empty, and panel 3 really works for me now. Angles are much more exciting that any straight ahead pose, and I decided I could separate the blacks in the glove by feathering the lines, kind of like how <a href="http://kahnehteh.blogspot.com/">Eric Canete</a> works his blacks. I'm much happier with the final page now. Only 16 more to go.<br /><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8009998-6344322811736566779?l=hurricanekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ryan Codynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009998.post-16449846986995264882008-09-23T11:40:00.000-07:002008-09-23T11:41:23.404-07:00<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3169/2883072664_6c452b586e_o.jpg" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8009998-1644984698699526488?l=hurricanekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ryan Codynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009998.post-12848944700339081422008-09-18T10:30:00.000-07:002008-09-18T10:34:13.642-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Here is a pin-up for the upcoming Hurricane Kids Super Spectacular book. It is by a great artist named Dan Christensen. I love his style and I'm blown away by my characters in his style. Absolutely amazing stuff. <a href="http://www.ape-law.com/dcomics/wordpress/">Check out his site here. </a></span><br /><br /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2187/2867634221_6bfd382002_o.gif" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8009998-1284894470033908142?l=hurricanekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ryan Codynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009998.post-62165223426799581002008-09-18T09:26:00.001-07:002008-09-18T09:26:25.867-07:00<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2012/2848815848_fef1612468_o.jpg" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8009998-6216522342679958100?l=hurricanekids.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ryan Codynoreply@blogger.com0